Karl Johansslussen
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Karl Johansslussen is a lock and a sluice, along the Söderström river connecting and controlling the flood discharge between Riddarfjärden, the easternmost part of Lake Mälaren, and Saltsjön, the sect
Sightseeing boat in the lock.
Detail from Vädersolstavlan showing the area in 1535 viewed from south-west.
Detail from a copperplate by Frantz Hogenberg in the 1560s showing the area viewed from south-east.
Polhems Sluss (built 1747–1755), Painting by Anders Holm (1780)
Karl Johans Torg
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Karl Johans torg is a public square between the old town Gamla stan and Slussen in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Karl Johansslussen
…the untidy surrounding area needed a facelift, and Ericson was therefore given the task of embellishing it. A paved space was added south of the lock, Karl Johans Torg, and the sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg (1786–1854) created an equestrian statue of Charles XIV John (1763–1844), carried out in Rome and cast in…
Statue of Charles XIV John
Rock club Debaser
View of the square facing north