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Slottsbiografen
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Photograph: courtesy Nils Bingefors.
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Address
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Nedre Slottsgatan 6
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Opening Night Seating Capacity
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270
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Original Theatre Owner
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Hugo Plengiér
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Original Theatre Architect
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Victor Holmgren
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Years of Operation
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26 October 1914 to present
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Type of Musical Accompaniment
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Thought to have been a 3-person orchestra (including piano)
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Current Status
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Operating
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The Slottsbiografen (The Castle Cinema) was built in 1914 upon the site of a building that previously housed the Upsala-Biografen (1906-1913). Decorative murals were painted by the artist Gusten Widerbäck.
Among silent era audiences at the Slottsbiografen was a young Ingmar Bergman, his grandmother living just a block away from the theatre.
The Slottsbiografen was restored from 1993 to 1996 to its original 1914 state, and is now protected as part of the national heritage in Sweden.
References: Additional information provided by Nils Bingefors. |
