Helsinki: Svenska Teatern

Country: Finland (Suomi)
City: Helsinki
Location: Pohjoisesplanadi 2

[Finnish name: Ruotsalainen teatteri]

[1st theatre on the site built 1827 by Carl Ludwig Engel. Demolished. 2nd theatre built 1860 by G. Th. Chiewitz. Destroyed by a fire in May 1863.]

Current theatre built 1866 by Nicolas L. Benois. 1936 rebuilding by Eero Saarinen and Jarl Eklund. 1978 extension by a winter garden restaurant by Olof Hansson. Used for theatre performances in Swedish.

Notable world premieres:

  • Henrik Ibsen: John Gabriel Borkman (10 Jan 1897)
  • Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (4 Nov 1899)

Links: www.svenskateatern.fi, Wikipedia

Helsinki: Svenska Teatern Front Text: "Svenska teatern - Ruotsalainen teateri"
Type: Blank Back
Size: Classic
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Helsinki: Helsinki: Svenska Teatern Picture: "Opera Kellari" restaurant, in the rear part of the Svenska Teatern building
Reverse Text: "Helsinki, Opera Kellari - Helsingfors, Operakällaren"
Publisher: Granbergs Aktiebolags Förlag, Stockholm, Nr. 9
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Helsinki: Svenska Teatern Front Text: "Helsingfors - Svenska Teatern - Helsinki - Ruotsalainen Teatteri"
Handwritten Front Text: "Le Théatre Suédois Hesingfors"
Publisher: PK; T 2047
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Helsinki to Paris (France), 1925

Helsinki: Svenska Teatern Reverse Text: "Helsinki-Helsingfors, Ruotsalainen teatteri, Svenska Teatern, The Swedish Theatre"
Publisher: Bildkonst; 198/18
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

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