Valhalla Swimming Hall

Valhalla Swimming Hall

Infobox Swimming venue
name=Valhallabadet
fullname=Valhallabadet
city=Gothenburg, Sweden
capacity=? (50 m pool)
? (25 m pool)
opened=December 6, 1956
architects=Nils Olsson
home clubs=Göteborg Sim
SK S02
Simidrottsklubben
poolnames=Stora bassängen
Lilla bassängen
Barnbassängen
length=50 m
25 m
x m
width=x m
x m
x m
deep=1.8 m
x m
x m
lanes=8
8
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Valhalla Swimming Hall (Swedish: Valhallabadet) is a swimming hall located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Valhalla was officially opened on December 6, 1956, by Gothenburg's municipal commissioner Torsten Henriksson.

Valhalla was designed by Nils Olsson, the design was awarded with a bronze medal at the Olympics in architecture in 1948. [cite book
last = Caldenby
first = Claes
title = Guide till Göteborgs arkitektur
origyear = 2006
accessdate = 2006-02-17
publisher = Arkitektur Förlag
location = Sweden
language = Swedish
isbn = 91-86050-67-2
pages = p 102-104
quote = ritades ursprungligen av Nils Olsson och medadaljbelönades på olympiaden i arkitektur 1948 (!) ] The work was completed by Gustav Samuelsson in 1956 after Olsson's death.

Upon completion at 67 000 m³, Valhalla was the biggest and most modern swimming facility in Sweden. The interior decoration of 700 square meters (7 535 square feet) was made by local painter Nils Wendel.

In 1959 the men's tub bathing area was rebuilt to a thermae bath. In 1967 a 50 meter outdoor swimming pool was added to the facility. During renovations and expansions in the 1980s 185 changing booth were exchanged for lockers to prevent homosexual men from meeting in the locker room area, since it had been a problem. In 1987 the outdoor pool was demolished for a new 50 meter indoor pool.

Valhallabadet was a venue for the 1997 Short Course World Championships, the main venue was Scandinavium.

During the 2005 Swedish Short Course Championships Anna-Karin Kammerling broke the world record on 50 meter butterfly with the time 25.33.

References

External links

* [http://www.gotevent.se/valhallabadet/default.asp Official Website]


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