ART IN THE STOCKHOLM METRO The underground art gallery

The Stockholm metro system was inaugu-rated in 1950, but even during the construction of this magnificent triumph of modernism, a group of artists had already started to get involved in the planning process. Why not make underground travel an experience instead of just a means of transport? After all, people need more than just walls of rock to look at and to be inspired by. Art could fulfil that function while also counteracting vandalism, they reasoned. The efforts of dynamic artists Siri Derkert and Vera Nilsson resulted in two motions being sub- mitted to the Stockholm City Council in 1955. One of them included the following:

“Although it may not be possible to turn each underground station into a fairytale castle, artists, sculptors, potters and craftsmen should, in association with architects and engineers, never- theless be given the opportunity to create beautiful rooms and stimulating station environments throughout, and also mould one of the main sta- a bubbling spring, a water-lily pond and an extract tions into an underground cathedral with a fanfare from Strindberg’s Occult Diary (for those who can of colour and rhythm.” decipher his sprawling handwriting). Under Kungs- All the parties rallied together in favour of the trädgården on the ramp to Arsenalsgatan, travel- motions and a competition to decorate Klara- lers are given the chance to go back in time and stationen (now T-Centralen) was announced on visit the burnt-down Makalös Palace, once located 28 March 1956. The jury included artists Sven X:et in the vicinity. By the Swedish Royal Institute of Erixson and Bror Marklund. The ultimate decision, Technology there is a suspended glass dodecagon. however, rested with the then Trafikbolaget, In Kristineberg you can even pet a bronze cheetah. which imposed stringent requirements on the Some 140 artists have contributed to the Stock- artwork in terms of withstanding the tough envi- holm Metro’s permanent exhibition and an addi- ronment and the test of time. tional few hundred have added temporary art features. SL invests SEK 10 million a year in In the years that followed, a long series of propo- safeguarding and developing the artwork, which sals was implemented on the upper platform and has also enjoyed great international recognition. in the ticket halls of T-Centralen. The process Art provides a guiding light for the tapestry of was a success and the work continued. people, movements and aromas in the under- Today, the Stockholm Metro has become the ground. world’s longest art exhibition, extending for The French writer Emile Zola said, “A work of art is around 110 km. Sculptures, mosaics and paintings a corner of creation seen through a temperament.” can be found in around 90 of SLs (Stockholm Transport) 100 metro stations in fantastic rock Welcome to a temperamental art journey through chambers. Features include a lush garden, the underground. White neon loops in the Sculptures on Sveavägen corres- platform ceiling. ponding to the artwork in the Hötorget metro station. Gun Gordillo 1998. Gun Gordillo uppsatt 1999. Hötorget, Green line. Hötorget, Green line.

7 “The UN resolution on human Colour composition in laminated rights.” Ceramic decoration on glass with backlit screen prints. the track walls. Design on the Marble floors. platform walls of 12 ceramic screens with themes such as the Gert Marcus 1994. travels of Linné. Bagarmossen, Green line. Françoise Schein 1998.

Universitetet, Red line.

A 2x9 metre video installation on the wall by the escalator.

Fredrik Wretman 1998.

Universitetet, Red line.

8 9 Sculptures, pillars, vegetation, painted arches Enamel works dedicated to the life of August etc. Design of platform, escalator and ticket Strindberg mounted at the Tegnérgatan hall. entrance, close to the Strindberg Museum.

Ulrik Samuelson 1987. Sture Valentin Nilsson 1983.

Kungsträdgården towards Arsenalsgatan, Rådmansgatan, Green line. Blue linje.

10 11 Temporary student exhibition Painted blue vines, flowers and silhouettes of workers on blue and Exhibition no 3. white background in the ceiling.

Jeanette Schweitz 1997. Per Olof Ultvedt 1975.

Odenplan, Green line. T-Centralen, Blue line.

Temporary exhibition

Non-permanent colour-prints Temporary student exhibition /signals between the billboards on the track walls. Exhibition no 12.

Werner Janson 2000. Eva Marklund 2000.

Zinkensdamm, Red line. Odenplan, Green line.

12 13 “Altamira.” A composition in Dutch brick along the track walls. Gates of wrought iron.

Berndt Helleberg 1964.

Hornstull, Red line.

“Watchmen.” Two bronze sculptu- res on the platform and patterns in the centre of the platform.

Ragnhild Alexandersson 1994.

Gubbängen, Green line.

14 15 Small version of bronze sculpture Temporary exhibition in the ticket hall symbolizing non- violence. ”Poetry on the way”.

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 1998. Serie of poems no 9 2001.

Åkeshov, Green line. Mariatorget, Red line.

16 17 Wall design in Spanish tile in the Pillars with engravings in concrete Pillars with stone mosaic and glass ticket hall at Vasagatan. on the upper platform. mosaic on the upper platform.

Jörgen Fogelquist 1957–1962. Siri Derkert 1957. Vera Nilsson 1957.

Addition on pillars in the southern T-Centralen, upper platform. T-Centralen, upper platform. ticket hall by the exit to Vasaga- tan. Markings in white clinker slabs.

Jörgen Fogelquist 2000.

Ticket hall, towards Central station.

18 19 “In our hands.” Ceramic wall designs on the concrete surfaces of the platform.

Maria Ängquist Klyvare 1996.

Vårberg, Red line.

20 21 Ceramic wall decoration in stair- “The Angels” and “The Crawlers” well and elevator hall. painted on aluminium on the walls around the stairwell. Åsa Lindström 1994. Leif Tjerned 1997. Ängbyplan, Green line. Gullmarsplan, Green line.

22 23 “Teleportings”. Tile mosaic in the ticket hall. Tile mosaic in the form of deformed animals on the inside of the ramp.

Christian Partos 2000.

Hässelby strand, Green line.

Pattern in cement mosaic tiles.

“Flora”. Mural with screen-printed Christian Partos 2000. pictures on tile background in SLs thoroughfare connecting the Hässelby strand, Green line. centre and the station.

Rolf Bergström 1999.

Vårby gård, Red line.

24 25 “The Tree of Life.” Wall decoration Two pictures in medieval tapestry Temporary exhibition in plaster and articificial stone in patterns on the track walls. The the passage to the bus terminal. transformer station and the floor Temporary black and white pictu- patterns on the platform, in the res between the billboards on the Pierre Olofsson 1980. passages and ticket hall are uni- track walls. ted by a concrete mosaic sun- Danderyds sjukhus, Red line. motif. Patterned clinker walls in Birgitta Hahn 2001. the passages and the ticket hall. Slussen, Red and Green line. Göran Dahl 1998.

Gamla stan, Red and Green line.

26 27 “Meeting of the waves”. Diabase stone sculpture, 28 tonnes.

H N Koda 1999.

Alvik, Green line.

28 29 Addition at the southern entrance; lands- Farsta centrum cape in glass technique and inlays of polis- “Transformations in air space.” hed stone in the concrete mosaic floor. Three-dimensional watercolours hang Göran Dahl 1987. from the ceiling in the ticket hall. Gunnar Larson 1982. Björkhagen Relief in the ticket hall. On the platform Farsta strand there is a sculpture of three birch trunks Concrete mosaic wall and floor decorations. cast in fibre concrete within a steel frame. Fredrik Jacobsson 1993. Sculptures, mosaics and paintings can be seen in around 90 of SLs 100 under- Lenka Jonesson 1991. ground stations. A 110 km long art exhibition extends under the streets of Stock- Copies of wood-engravings depicting holm, which can be seen daily when travelling with SL. Every year, the exhibition is Blackeberg the history of Farsta made by updated with new works of art, both temporary and permanent. All the art can also Naturalistic paintings on glazed clinker. Kristina Anshelm 1989. be viewed and enjoyed on our web site www.sl.se/konst, where you will also find Ruben Heleander 1987. additional information about SL and SLs artwork. You can read more about the Placed on the platform in 1997. underground, the architecture and art in the books “En värld under jord” Bredäng (Art goes underground) and “Stockholm Under”. Sawed and painted wooden shapes/ Fittja jigsaw pieces mounted in the ticket hall. Small version of a bronze sculpture on Lena Kriström-Larsson 1982. the platform symbolizing non-violence. Abrahamsberg Axelsberg Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 1998. Controlled random tiling of ticket hall Sculptural design of the station’s name. Addition above the stairs 1999. and stairwell in a grey scale. Stoneware Each letter has been turned into a 3–4 Fridhemsplan frieze in the ticket hall. metre sculpture of glass, concrete, sand Brommaplan The blue line: Rigmor Roxner, 1999. or iron. Composition in glass, stainless sheet Stipple painting of tunnel and platform Leif Bolter, Veine Johansson, Inga metal and aluminium refering to the walls. Objects related to the sea and Akalla Modén, Gösta Wessel 1983. history of aviation and the nearby air- environmental issues in glass showca- Ochre coloured grotto. Ceramic pictures port. Photographs in the ticket hall. ses. A seabird with a wingspan of three illustrate the ideals, daily life, leisure and Addition in the form of a tile-clad wall Peter Svedberg 1996. metres soars under one of the arches. work of men and women. with a streak of black granite along the Ingegerd Möller, Torsten Renqvist 1975. Birgit Ståhl-Nyberg 1977. ramp and on the walls of the lift. Danderyds sjukhus Gösta Wessel, 1999. In the passage to the hospital there are wall, The ticket hall at Fleminggatan/ Alby floor and pillar decorations on the theme S:t Eriksgatan: “The cavern of secrets.” Decorations, Bagarmossen “healing plants and symbols in folklore”. Tile wall and terracotta sculpture in signs and symbols in a variety of colours Colour composition in laminated glass Hertha Hillfon 1978. homage to Carl von Linné. The work of on green. with backlit screen prints. Marble floors. art is a donation to AB SL from Metropo- Olle Ängkvist 1975. Gert Marcus 1994. (page 9) “The Tree of Life.” Wall decoration in litano de Lisboa in Portugal. plaster and articificial stone in the pas- Dimas Macedo 1997. Alvik Bandhagen sage to the bus terminal. “Meeting of the waves”. Diabase stone Sculpture in the form of an giant folding Pierre Olofsson 1980. (page 26) Non-permanent black and white sket- sculpture, 28 tonnes. Mural in cement rule and a 19 ton block of sandstone. ches between the billboards on the mosaic tiles, 110 square metres. Creati- Freddy Fraek 1983. Images and reliefs on track walls. track walls. From 2000. ve design of tile-patterned walls and Kicki Stenström, Siegfried Heim, floor using cement mosaic tiles. A six- The folding rule was covered with cop- Iréne Vestman, Susann Brännström 1991. Gamla stan teen metre long pedestrian guard rail in per sheeting in 1987. Two pictures in medieval tapestry pat- cortén steel along the railway line to “Duo.” Sculpture in the waiting room of terns on the track walls. The transformer Drottningholmsvägen. Bergshamra the bus terminal. station and the floor patterns on the H N Koda, 1999. (page 29) “Voices from the past.” Historical deve- Pierre Olofsson 1992. platform, in the passages and ticket lopment in collage techniques with ima- hall are united by a concrete mosaic Aspudden ges on sheets of glass, concrete mosaic Duvbo sun-motif. Patterned clinker walls in Penguin sculpture and enamelled reliefs inlays in the floor and runes on granite walls. “The Cave.” Relief pattern in the rock the passages and the ticket hall. on track walls. Göran Dahl, Carl Johan De Geer, resembling fossils. Göran Dahl 1998. P.G. Thelander 1987. Kristina Anshelm 1978. Gösta Sillén 1985. (page 27)

30 31 Fence between the tracks with a tubes and neon lights in the skylight Pattern in cement mosaic tiles. Kärrtorp tapestry pattern in metal. turret outside the ticket hall. Christian Partos 2000. Light boxes with “clandestine” signs Britta Carlström 1998. Kazuko Tamura 1993. (page 24–25) placed on the platform, in the stairwell and at the side of the track areas. Globen Hammarbyhöjden Hökarängen Björn Olsén 1994. “Ice fantasy.” Sculptures of concrete Brick decoration of a goat in the south Bronze sculptures, compositions in the and glass along the track. ticket hall. platform floor and glazed colour prints Liljeholmen Joanna B. Troikowicz 1989. Tom Möller 1958. in the platform pillars. Concrete frieze with rock reliefs in the Hanns Karlewski 1995. ticket hall. Gubbängen Hjulsta C. A. Lunding 1964. “Watchmen.” Two bronze sculptures on Paintings by different artists on varying Hötorget the platform and patterns in the centre themes. White neon loops in the platform ceiling. Mariatorget of the platform. Eva Nyberg, Magnus Rimling, Gun Gordillo 1998. (page 7) Ceramic rods in deep relief on the walls Ragnhild Alexandersson 1994. (page 15) Olle Magnusson, Ruth Rydfelt, of the platform. Christina Rundqvist-Andersson, Karlaplan Karin Björquist, Kjell Abramson 1964. Gullmarsplan Birgitta Karlsson, Ove Thorsén 1975. Ceramic composition on the platform wall. “Zenit.” Painted steel sculpture on one Tor Hörlin 1967 Wrought iron gates. of the platforms. Neon installations Hornstull Britt-Louise Sundell 1964. under the concrete roof. “Altamira.” A composition in Dutch “That day, that sorrow.” A 96-metre long Leif Tjerned 1995. brick along the track walls. Gates of photomontage depicting events in Swe- Bronze sculpture on the platform. wrought iron. den during the twentieth century. Asmund Arle 1964. Complementary addition “The Angels” Berndt Helleberg 1964. Larseric Vänerlöf 1983. and “The Crawlers” painted on aluminium (page 14) Addition in the central walkway. on the walls around the stairwell. Kista Karin Björquist 1979. Leif Tjerned 1997. (page 23) Addition in the central walkway. Sculpture with 16-metre tall, painted Berndt Helleberg 1979. aluminium profiles in a 73 degree gradient. Temporary pictures (poems) on the Gärdet Lars Erik Falk 1980. track walls. (page 17) Fantasy beetles with Latin names in Additional sculptures and installations display cases. in 16 display cases on the theme of Kristineberg Masmo Karl Axel Pehrson 1967. “Sky, Sea, Earth, Desert.” “Traveller with animal.” A group of “Bring the sun down to the metro.” Berndt Helleberg 1992. sculptures in bronze and concrete. Paintings on metal sheets along the Non-permanent colour-prints/signals Carina Wallert 1991. track walls. between the billboards on the track Husby Staffan Hallström, Lasse Andréasson walls. From 1998. Grotto in the colour of lime blossoms. Kungsträdgården 1971. A long, continuous series of pictures Towards the Gallerian: Hagsätra with Archipelago motifs. Design of platforms, escalator and tick- Medborgarplatsen Stone mosaics in the ticket hall. Birigit Broms 1977. et hall. Exposed rockface, concrete Colouring of pillars and walls. Britta Simonsson-Örtenholm 1960. sprayed green, concrete mosaic floor, Gunnar Söderström 1979. Photographs of roses encased in plastic cast sculptures from the Makalös (i.e: Three paintings by the ramp. blocks in the wall at the foot of the escalator. Fabulous) Palace, petrified waterfall, Ceramic wall decoration and patterned Per Carm 1991. Helen Sandberg 1993. painted harlequin loop in the ceiling etc. con-crete mosaic floor in the south Ulrik Samuelson 1977. ticket hall. Hallonbergen Huvudsta Mari Pårup 1997. Enlarged children’s drawings, figures and “Hanging gardens.” Colour and form Towards Arsenalsgatan: texts on white. Painted metal sculptures decor, including veils of metal hanging Sculptures, pillars, vegetation, painted Midsommarkransen Elis Eriksson, Gösta Wallmark 1975. from the ceiling. Patterns in the platform. arches etc. Design of platform, escala- Wooden midsummer garland in the cei- Per Holmberg 1985. tor and ticket hall. ling and low relief on the walls. Additional fence between the tracks. Ulrik Samuelson 1987. (page 10) Anna Flemström, Stina Zetterman, Elis Eriksson, Gösta Wallmark 1982. Hässelby strand Hans Nilsson 1979. “Teleportings”. Tile mosaic in the ticket Addition by the stairs to Arsenalsgatan. Hallunda hall. Tile mosaic in the form of deformed Concrete sculpture. Wooden reliefs, flower motifs and Rods of screenprinted film in plexiglass animals on the inside of the ramp. Ulrik Samuelson 1999. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

32 33 on the platform walls. things, the sciences and the arts. Skanstull designed with neon, black granite, etc. Lisbeth Lindholm, Dag Wallin 1990. Madeleine Dranger, Rolf H. Reimers 1985. Clowns painted on sheet metal and- by the bus terminal. paintings in the passage at the Gun Gordillo 1987. Mälarhöjden Ropsten Ringvägen entrance and on pillars. “Ebb and flow.” Enamel paintings on metal A painting portraying a twisting snake Gunnar Söderström 1980. Temporary black and white pictures sheeting mounted on the track walls. on the platform wall. Playful paintings Modernization of the station is planned. between the billboards on the track Margareta Carlstedt 1965. on the walls of the moving sidewalk walls. From 1990. (page 27) passage to Hjorthagen. Skarpnäck Mörby centrum Roland Kempe 1971. 17 bench-like granite sculptures placed Sockenplan Shadow paintings in pink, blue/grey on the platform and 17 sculptured granite “The Madmen’s boat.” Bronze and white which give a different impres- Leaf-patterned wrought-iron gate at the blocks on the footbridge. Clinker flooring. sculpture on the platform. sion of colour depending on where you Hjorthagen entrance. Richard Nonas 1994. Sture Collin 1990. stand. Folded metal sculptures at the Matts Jungstedt 1980. escalators. Skogskyrkogården Solna centrum Karin Ek, Gösta Wessel 1978. Råcksta Wooden sculpture of giant chairs and a A red and green grotto with painted Ceramic friezes and hand-glazed tiles table on the platform. motifs from Sweden in the 70’s; coun- Norsborg on the walls of the ticket hall. Hans Bartos 1975. tryside, environmental pollution, the Fluorescent lines in the skylight turret Mia E. Göransson 2001. Hagalund district etc. Peephole dis- outside the ticket hall. Skärholmen plays with stories in sculpture. Saimi Kling 1992. Rådhuset Suite of pictures on the track wall Karl-Olov Björk, Anders Åberg 1975. A grotto the colour of sandstone, with depicting the changing daylight over Näckrosen imaginative “architectural finds” from a landscape with car wrecks. “Hagalund surroundings.” Additional Motifs, paintings and objects related to different periods in Kungsholmen’s Ulf Wahlberg 1990. display towards Solna centrum. Näckrosdammen (“The water lily pond”) history. Anders Åberg 1992. and Film City. Sigvard Olsson 1975. Skärmarbrink Lizzie Olsson-Arle 1975. Bronze sculptures on the platform. Stadion A number of complementary additions. Carl Magnus 1990. Large-scale wooden sculptures serve Odenplan made by Sigvard Olsson. as route signs, relating to, among other Exhibition case on the platform display- The lift at Kungsklippan has been Slussen things, the Stockholm Olympic Games ing the work of students from various covered with tiles and neon features, Dividing gates in iron and concrete of 1912, the Stockholm Stadium and art schools in the Greater Stockholm amongst other things. 1999. between the platforms. the College of Music. Bright colours area for the benefit of SL travellers. An Aston Forsberg 1964. against a blue marbled rock wall. initiative aimed at presenting the Tile clad and painted steel profiles by Enno Hallek, Åke Pallarp 1973. younger generation of artists to the the ramp leading to Hantverkargatan. 2000. Latticed blue screens with triangular general public. From 1996. (page 12-13) patterns in the track area. Stadshagen In the subway by the lifts, there is an Bernt Rafael Sundberg 1990. Six “variable” sport motifs painted on Rinkeby ornamental archway and a red granite folded aluminium sheets on the track Rust-red cave with gold mosaic, depic- wall with folds and patterns made Enamelled sheet metal wall designs in walls. ting Viking Age finds from excavations in from cement mosaic floor tiles and the passage to Hökens gata. Lasse Lindqvist 1975. the area. Paintings of birds on the track a chimney stack mount. 2001. Sune Fogde 1965. Additions in 1976 and 1985. walls, a “sun” hanging from the ceiling. Nisse Zetterberg, Sven Sahlberg, Rådmansgatan “Admission 70 öre.” Deep relief in white Sundbybergs centrum Lennart Gram 1975. Enamel works dedicated to the life marble concrete in the ticket hall at Sculptures which freely depict local of August Strindberg mounted at the Hökens gata. house facades of the past and future. “Palisade.” A work standing between Tegnérgatan entrance, close to the Aston Forsberg, Birger Forsberg 1965. The paintings on the track walls cor- the tracks after a sketch by Nisse Zet- Strindberg Museum. respond to the house facades. terberg, made by Alf ten Siethoff 1985. Sture Valentin Nilsson 1983. (page 11) “Off the tracks.” Glass painting in the Silhouette picture in concrete mosaic, ticket hall at Slussen. roof trusses built of boat ribs an sculp- Rissne Rågsved Harald Lyth 1983. tures of our senses in the connecting Captioned time-axis from the pyramids “Green Bird.” Mobile bronze sculpture passages. to the present day. Corresponding maps 7 metres above the platform. Entrance to the Nacka/Värmdö buses: Lars Kleen, Michael Söderlundh, show the development in, among other Björn Selder 1983. A 90-metre long noise divider, artistically Peter Tillberg 1985.

34 35 Svedmyra lower platform and in the ticket hall at Telefonplan thoroughfare connecting the centre A 40-metre long glass screen along the Drottninggatan. “My friends are your friends.” Ceramic and the station. track with images of different leaves. Torsten Treutiger 1957. wall design with screen-printed pictures Rolf Bergström 1999. (page 24) Sculpture of green oxidized copper along the ramp. sheet on the platform. Wall decoration of white clinker with Bo Samuelsson 1997. Vällingby Torgny Larsson 1991. decorative ceramic figures on the track Square urban concrete trees on the wall at the upper platform. Tensta platforms. Ceramic clad elevator wall in shades Anders Österlin, Signe Persson-Melin 1957. “A rose for the immigrants. Solidarity, Casimir Djuric 1983. of green. family.” Flowers, animals, plants, quota- Barbro Johansson 1991. Concrete mosaic high relief on a black tions etc. in colour on white. Penguins Västertorp pillar on the upper platform. on shelves in the central walkway. “With the Eagle towards the Pole.” Deco- Sätra Berndt Helleberg 1957. Helga Henschen 1975. ration in mural technique on the theme of “Arabian Nights.” Ceramics on the conc- André’s balloon journey to the North Pole. rete surfaces of the platform and smaller Wall design on track wall, upper plat- Thorildsplan Jörgen Fogelquist 1982. ceramic cladding on the bearing wall. form, glass prisms in varying colours, Relief of a sun on the track wall. Päivi Ernkvist 1994. non-figurative patterns. Huck Hultgren 1975. Västra skogen Erland Melanton, Bengt Edenfalk 1958. Repetitive facial profiles in concrete Tallkrogen Painting of concrete surfaces on the mosaic, cobble stone and tile patterns. Picture in plastic laminate, city plan and “Clouds and bridges.” Fragment of theme of “Thomas Thorild, genius, Tree screening hedge, closure in the urban development, located above the ceramic wall decoration at the SL-Cen- inventor, thinker”. track area. stairs. ter in the ticket hall at Drottninggatan. Tobias Apelgren, Lou Åberg 1998. Sivert Lindblom 1975. Kristina Anshelm 1998. Staffan Hallström, Lasse Andréasson Addition in 1985. 1964. Universitetet T-Centralen “The UN resolution on human rights.” Zinkensdamm Green and red lines: Addition on pillars in the southern ticket Ceramic decoration on the track walls. Paintings on end walls. Clinker tile patterns in the ticket hall hall by the exit to Vasagatan. Markings Design on the platform walls of 12 cera- Göran T. Karlsson, John Stenborg 1991. at Drottninggatan, stairwell and lower in white clinker slabs. mic screens with themes such as the platform. Jörgen Fogelquist 2000. travels of Linné. Non-permanent colour-prints/signals Oscar Brandtberg 1957. Françoise Schein 1998. (page 8) between the billboards on the track The passage between T-Centralen and walls. From 1998. (page 12) Pillars with engravings in concrete on the Central Station: A 2x9 metre video installation on the the upper platform. Ceramic wall design. wall by the escalator. Åkeshov Siri Derkert 1957. (page 19) Jörgen Fogelquist 1994. Fredrik Wretman 1998. (page 8) Small version of bronze sculpture in the Addition in 1998. (page 18) ticket hall symbolizing non-violence. Wall design in Spanish tile in the ticket Vreten Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 1998. (page 16) hall at Vasagatan. The blue line: “The sky of a cube.” Based on Japane- Jörgen Fogelquist 1957–62. Painted blue vines, flowers and sil- se ideas of yin and yang, the work of art Ängbyplan (page 18) houettes of workers on blue and white features blue cubes with white clouds Ceramic wall decoration in stairwell and background in the ceiling. pushing out of the walls, ceiling and elevator hall. Stoneware sofas on the upper platform. Per Olof Ultvedt 1975. (page 13) floors in the heart of the station. It cor- Åsa Lindström 1994. (page 22) Egon Möller-Nielsen 1957. responds to the black stone cube at the “Take the A-train.” Blue enamel suite entrance to the station. Östermalmstorg Wrought iron gates in the passage to inspired by the SL logotype along the Takashi Naraha 1985. Theme: “Women’s rights, the peace and Klara kyrka. walls of the moving subway passage. environmental movements.” Figures Britt-Louise Sundell 1964. Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 1984. Vårberg and texts blasted into the concrete of “In our hands.” Ceramic wall designs on both the track walls and the inner walls Pillars with stone mosaic and glass Tekniska högskolan the concrete surfaces of the platform. of the platform. mosaic on the upper platform. Paintings, technical figures and sculp- Maria Ängquist Klyvare 1996. (page 20–21) Siri Derkert 1965. Vera Nilsson 1957. (page 19) tures which symbolize and illustrate the four elements, the universe and technical Vårby gård Wooden sculpture around the concrete Black and white clinker slabs with vary- evolution. “Flora”. Mural with screen-printed pillar in the passage to Birger Jarlsgatan. ing decor in low relief on pillars on the Lennart Mörk 1973. pictures on tile background in SLs K G. Bejemark 1965.

36 37 SL (Stockholm Transport) is ultimately responsible for the inhabitants of Greater Stockholm having access to a public transport system that works properly.

Every day 640,000 people travel with SL transport services (commuter trains, local trains, buses, the metro and trams). SL invests SEK 3 billion every year in moderni- sing and expanding its transport services. We are constantly working to improve. New buses, underground carriages and improved sign and information systems for dealing with traffic disruptions are just a few examples of this endeavour. Our goal is to be the best public transport provider in Europe by 2005, and we will achieve this goal in association with our contractors: Connex, Citypendeln, Linjebuss, Busslink and Swebus. They were awarded their assignments in competition with other com- panies, and their task is to handle the day to day running of transport.

If you have any questions or would like to share any views with us, the easiest way to reach us is through our web site www.sl.se where you can also read more about our artwork. You can also call SL Traffic Information with enquiries about times and routes, tel. +46 8-600 10 00, or SL Forum if you want to discuss or ask something about SL transport services, tel. +46 8-686 25 25.

Photo: Anna Gerdén Anders Gunnartz Gustaf Eneroth Hans Ekestang Gerry Johansson Christer Svedman Eva Hedling Kerstin Ribeiro. Print: Evers Druck, Germany 2001. Paper: Arctic Silk 130/115g. An Audumbla Communication Group product.