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Description
Property Name: Stockholm Mosque
Inventory No: 46-8-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-05
Country (State party): Sweden
Province: Stockholm
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 59° 18′ 56.8″ N
18° 4′ 29.2″ E
Historic Period: Contemporary (21st century)
Year of Construction: 2000
Style: Contemporary
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Ferdinand Boberg
Significance
The building was originally built as an electric power station with the influence of Moorish architecture. The building houses a library, a bookshop, a gym, offices, lecture halls, and a large kitchen.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The mosque still protects its own structure.
References
Web sources