# Barnhusviken

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{{Short description|Body of water in central Stockholm, Sweden}}
thumb|Barnhusviken from Barnhusbron.
'''Barnhusviken''' ([Swedish](/source/Swedish_language) for "the Orphanage Bay") is a body of water in central [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden).  Separating the island [Kungsholmen](/source/Kungsholmen) from the mainland district [Norrmalm](/source/Norrmalm) north of it, it connects [Karlbergssjön](/source/Karlbergssj%C3%B6n) to [Klara Sjö](/source/Klara_Sj%C3%B6).

Together with [Karlbergskanalen](/source/Karlbergskanalen), Karlbergssjön, and Klara Sjö, Barnhusviken constitute the nameless body of water which separates Kungsholmen from the city districts Norrmalm and [Vasastaden](/source/Vasastaden%2C_Stockholm) and the northern suburb [Solna](/source/Solna_Municipality).

The northern shore, entirely occupied by the [Klarastrandsleden](/source/Klarastrandsleden) motorway and eight rows of railway tracks, is not accessible to pedestrians, but, in contrast, the southern shore offers a section of the walk stretching some 2&nbsp;km from the [City Hall](/source/Stockholm_City_Hall) and all the way along the northern shore of Kungsholmen.<ref name="vattenprogram-20.2">''Vattenprogram'', p 20.2</ref>

== About the name ==
Just like the bridge [Barnhusbron](/source/Barnhusbron) spanning across it and several other local structures, the former bay was named in the 1860s after an [orphanage](/source/orphanage) (''barnhus'', literally "children-house") relocated from [Riddarholmen](/source/Riddarholmen) to the neighbourhood on its northern shore in the 1630s.<ref name="Gatunamn">''Stockholms gatunamn'', p 149</ref>

It is called a bay simply because it used to be a bay before continuous land filling transformed it into the narrow canal it is today.  On maps from the early 19th century it is labelled ''Rörstrandssjön'' ("Lake of Rörstrand") after the vicinity to the porcelain factory of [Rörstrand](/source/R%C3%B6rstrand).<ref name="guide-Maps">''Guide till Stockholms arkitektur'', map supplements</ref>

== Notable buildings ==
thumb|The Bonnier Tower.
thumb|Bonniers Konsthall.
[[Image:Trygghansa.JPG|thumb|[Trygg Hansa](/source/Trygg_Hansa), Nov 2006.]]
Several prominent buildings line-up along the shores of Barnhusviken:
* On the northern shore is the [Bonnier Tower](/source/Bonnier_Tower), the skyscraper of the headquarters of [Bonnier](/source/Bonnier_Group) media group, designed be architects [Anders](/source/Anders_Tengbom) and [Ivar Tengbom](/source/Ivar_Tengbom) and during the period 1949-1958 the tallest building in Stockholm.<ref name="guide-84">''Guide till Stockholms arkitektur'', p 84</ref>  Next to it is the [Bonniers Konsthall](/source/Bonniers_Konsthall), designed by [Johan Celsing](/source/Johan_Celsing) and inaugurated in 2006.<ref name="Bonnier-About">Bonniers Konsthall: About</ref><ref name="Bonnier-architecture">Bonniers Konsthall: Architecture</ref>
* On the southern shore is the [St Erik Area](/source/St_Erik_Area), a prestigious residential area build during the second half of the 1990s in a style imitating the [Nordic Classicism](/source/Nordic_Classicism) prevalent in Sweden during the 1920s.  The area is dominated by the huge flight of stairs leading down to the waterfront.<ref name="guide-111">''Guide till Stockholms arkitektur'', p 111</ref>  While this project has been much criticized by architects as an outdated [Disneyfication](/source/Disneyfication) and [New urbanism](/source/New_urbanism) at its worst, the green space below this monumental staircase has proven very popular among the numerous [feral](/source/feral) [domestic rabbit](/source/domestic_rabbit)s who, since they started to spread from [Solna](/source/Solna_Municipality) in the mid-1980s, are giving the area a reputation.<ref name="DN-rabbits">Hallgren, Magnus, ''Innerstaden översvämmas av kaniner'', Dagens Nyheter</ref>
* Between the St Erik Area and the bridge is the headquarters of the insurance company [Trygg Hansa](/source/Trygg_Hansa), built 1967–76, and on the opposite side of the bridge [Tekniska nämndhuset](/source/Tekniska_n%C3%A4mndhuset), a huge brick complex built 1962–65 to house some 1.200 [white-collar worker](/source/white-collar_worker)s of the [Stockholm City Planning Administration](/source/Stockholm_City_Planning_Administration) and various city committees. A matching addition facing the continuation of the bridge was made for the [Stockholm District Court](/source/Stockholm_District_Court) in 1984–86.<ref name="guide-95">''Guide till Stockholms arkitektur'', p 95</ref>

== See also ==
* [Geography of Stockholm](/source/Geography_of_Stockholm)
* [History of Stockholm](/source/History_of_Stockholm)

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
* {{cite book
 | title = Stockholms gatunamn
 | edition = 2nd | year = 1992
 | publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
 | location = Stockholm | isbn = 91-7031-042-4
 | pages = 149 | chapter = Norrmalm
}}
* {{cite book
 | title = Guide till Stockholms arkitektur
 | edition = 2nd | year = 1999 | publisher = Arkitektur förlag
 | location = Stockholm | isbn = 91-86050-41-9
 | language = sv
}}
* {{cite web
 | url = http://www.bonnierskonsthall.se/en/About/Bonniers-Konsthall/
 | title = Bonniers Konsthall - About: Profile
 | publisher = Bonniers Konsthall
 | access-date = 2008-01-04
 }}
* {{cite web
 | url = http://www.bonnierskonsthall.se/en/About/Architecture/
 | title = Bonniers Konsthall - Architecture: Glass, steel and concrete
 | publisher = Bonniers Konsthall
 | access-date = 2008-01-04
 }}
* {{cite news
 |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=206042 
 |title=Innerstaden översvämmas av kaniner 
 |last=Hallgren 
 |first=Magnus 
 |newspaper=[Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter) 
 |date=2003-11-20 
 |access-date=2008-01-04 
 |language=sv 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515234625/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=206042 
 |archive-date=2011-05-15 
}}

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Category:Canals in Sweden
Category:Buildings and structures in Stockholm

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