Sjökarteverket

Sjökarteverket (Swedish: "The Nautical Chart Department") is a building located on the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Built in 1871-1872 to the plans of Victor Ringheim, head of the Engineering Department and successor of Fredrik Blom, this building was originally a well-proportioned two-storey structure, in 1910 heightened with one floor, and in 1937-1938 lengthened with three window rows. The building replaced a small log house on the site, for long, 1747-1861, known all over town as the tavern "Tuppen" ("The Rooster") and praised by Carl Michael Bellman in his 67th epistle. The Department, originally located on Riddarholmen, used the building to store the partly secret nautical charts before a various shipping departments were gathered under one body, the Swedish National Administration of Shipping and Navigation ("Sjöfartsverket") , in 1956, and the scattered institutions physically united under a single roof on Gärdet in 1965. The building then housed the Museum of Architecture during the period 1966-1993, to served the architecture department of the school of fine arts, before accommodating "Designforum Svensk Form", an exposition space promoting Swedish design from 2005.cite web
title = Skepps- och Kastellholmarna
publisher = Stockholms Sjögård : Sjökarteverket (Tuppen)
date = 2006-03-30
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.sjogard.se/omrade/skeppskastellh.htm#sjokarteverket
accessdate = 2007-02-01] cite web
title = Sjökarteverket, Skeppsholmen
publisher = Statens Fastighetsverk
date =
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.sfv.se/cms/sfv/vara_fastigheter/sverige/ab_stockholms_lan/skepps-_och_kastellholmarna/sjokarteverket.html
accessdate = 2007-02-01] cite web
title = Sjöfartsverket - Historia
publisher = Sjöfartsverket
date =2005-02-02
url = http://www.sjofartsverket.se/templates/SFVXPage____920.aspx
accessdate = 2007-02-12] cite web
title = Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm
publisher = Statens Fastighetsverk
date =
url = http://www.sfv.se/cms/sfv/vara_fastigheter/sverige/ab_stockholms_lan/museer/arkitekturmuseet.html
accessdate = 2007-02-12] cite web
title = Fredmans epistel n:o 67
publisher = Wikisource
date =2006-010-12
url = http://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Fredmans_epistel_n:o_67
accessdate = 2007-02-12]

References

See also

* History of Skeppsholmen
* History of Stockholm