Sabbatsbergs_sjukhus

Sabbatsberg Hospital

Sabbatsberg Hospital

Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden


Sabbatsberg Hospital (Swedish: Sabbatsbergs sjukhus) was a hospital in Vasastan in Stockholm. It was opened in 1879.[1]

Quick Facts Geography, Location ...

In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was pronounced dead at 00:06 CET on 1 March at Sabbatsbergs Hospital, after having been shot in the street earlier that night.[2]

The emergency clinic at Sabbatsberg closed in 1994. It is no longer operated as a hospital, although some healthcare-related activities are still located on the grounds, which partially have been rebuilt as housing.[3]

Some of the scenes in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo were shot in the hospital.[4]

Floor plan in 1893

Notable deaths


References

  1. Holmqvist, Valter; Ivervall, Karl-Heinz; Eriksson, Kerstin (1989). Sabbatsbergs sjukhus 111 år. Stockholm: Sabbatsbergs sjukhus. ISBN 91-7970-763-7.
  2. Stocklassa, Jan; Billger, Ola (24 February 2014). "The Millennium author's theories concerning the murder of Olof Palme". www.svd.se. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. Sjökvist, Elisabeth (10 December 1993). "Sista dagarna för Sabbatsberg". www.dn.se. Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 4 October 2015.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Sabbatsbergs_sjukhus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.