Stockholms Stadion
Full name	Stockholms Olympiastadion
Nickname	Stadion (The Stadium)
Built	1910–1912
Opened	1912
Capacity	13 145– 14,500
Home of	Djurgårdens IF Djurgården/Älvsjö
Pitch size	105 x 70 m

Stockholms Olympiastadion as seen at the opening of the 1912 Summer Olympics. For the Games, the capacity was upon 20.000.

Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games. Since then, it has hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics, but also for example, 50 Swedish Championship finals in bandy, and hosted concerts from artists such as The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams and Kent. In 1956 when Melbourne hosted the Olympic Games, the horse competitions were held here due to quarantine rules in Australia. The probably most famous event that currently is helt here is DN-galan. Finland-Sweden athletics international has been held here 29 times. It has a capacity of 13 145–14,500 depending on usage and a capacity of nearly 35,000 for concerts. 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Originally, the north-west stand had two levels, increasing the capacity to about 20 000. After the Olympics, it was reduced to one level.

The Metro station Stadion was opened in 1973. Stockholm Metro, Hötorget Station Rådhuset Station on the blue line Kungsträdgården Station on the blue line T-Centralen, blue line. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Records

The record attendance for football is 22,108 and was set 16 August 1946, when Djurgårdens IF played AIK. The record attendance for bandy is 28,848 and was set 1959. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... DjurgÃ¥rdens IF Fotboll is a Swedish football club located in Stockholm. ... AIK is a Swedish football club based in Solna just north of Stockholm. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stockholms Stadion is the stadium in the world where the most athletics records have been set, totaling 83.

It is the smallest main stadium for a Summer Olympic Games. However, there was no need for a bigger one, as it was never full during the Games. Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ...

External links

• The Stadium Guide
• World Stadiums

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Coordinates: 59°20′43″N, 18°04′45″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...