# Folkan

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{{Short description|Former theater in Stockholm, Sweden}}
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'''Folkan''' (also known as '''Folkteatern''', English: People's Theater<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barman |first1=T. G. |title=Guide to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland |date=1939 |publisher=Thomas Cook Ltd. |location=London |page=309}}</ref>) was a theatre at [Östermalmstorg](/source/%C3%96stermalmstorg) in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden. It was built in 1856 and demolished in 2008 because of problems with the foundation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Luthander|first=Per|title=Rivning vid Östermalmstorg|url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/rivning-vid-ostermalmstorg/|access-date=2008-04-02|newspaper=[Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter)|date=2010-08-17}}</ref> The theatre was called '''Ladugårdslandsteatern''' when it was built, but was renamed to '''Bijou-teatern''' in 1877. It got the name Folkan in 1887.

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Category:Former theatres in Stockholm
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Category:1856 establishments in Sweden
Category:2008 disestablishments in Sweden
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