Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden

The station house at Saltsjöbaden

Saltsjöbaden is a residential area of Nacka Municipality, south-east of Stockholm, Sweden located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Nacka Municipality ( Nacka kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude.

History

Saltsjöbaden (literally "the Salt Sea baths") was developed as a resort by Knut Agathon Wallenberg, a member of the wealthy and influential Wallenberg family, from farmland which he bought in 1891 through a newly created railway company. Knut Agathon Wallenberg, ( 19 May 1853 - 1 June 1938) was a Swedish Banker and Politician, he was also Knight The Wallenberg family is one of the most influential and wealthy families in Sweden, renowned as bankers and Industrialists They are considered to be the

Saltsjöbaden was an independent municipality 1909-1970. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1971 it was re-integrated into Nacka Municipality. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

The local railway (Saltsjöbanan), built by Wallenberg and completed in 1893, connected Saltsjöbaden with Stockholm, with its terminus at Slussen. Saltsjöbanan is a Suburban rail system between Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden in Nacka, Sweden. Slussen ("the lock" in Swedish) is an area of central Stockholm, named after the locks between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea The railway was taken over by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik in the late 1960-ies and integrated in the Stockholm public transport system. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik AB, (Stockholm Public Transport literally Greater Stockholm Local Transit Company commonly referred to as SL, is the organisation running all Public transport in Stockholm consists of Bus, metro, regional/suburban rail, Light rail, Tram and Archipelago

Two luxurious hotels (1893) and a sanatorium were built, designed by architect Erik Josephson. A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness typically Tuberculosis. The parish church, Uppenbarelsekyrkan (the "Church of the Epiphany"), was built 1910-1913 and designed by Ferdinand Boberg with decoration by Olle Hjortzberg and Carl Milles, among others. Ferdinand Boberg, born April 11 1860 in Falun, died May 7 1946 in Stockholm, was a Swedish Architect. Carl Milles, born Carl Emil Wilhelm Andersson son of lieutenant Emil "Mille" Andersson and his wife Walborg Tisell, ( June 23 1875 The remainder of the land bought by the railway company was subdivided into plots; with the railway facilitating communications with the city, Saltsjöbaden soon became a popular suburb for the upper and upper middle classes who purchased the plots and developed it with spacious private houses.

The Stockholm Observatory was 1931-2001 located in Saltsjöbaden (see Saltsjöbaden Observatory). The Stockholm Observatory (Swedish Stockholms observatorium) is an astronomical institution in Stockholm Sweden founded in the 18th century and today part of Stockholm The Stockholm Observatory (Swedish Stockholms observatorium) is an astronomical institution in Stockholm Sweden founded in the 18th century and today part of Stockholm The asteroid 36614 Saltis, discovered there in 2000, was named after a common nickname of the place. 36614 Saltis (2000 QU148 is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on August 27, 2000 by Alexis Brandeker at the Stockholm Observatory

The larger of the two hotels, Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden, was the location of the negotiations between the Swedish Employers Association (now the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, which led to the Saltsjöbaden agreement of 1938. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv literally Swedish Commerce) is a major interest organisation for Business and Industry in Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige literally "National The agreement materialized into the social democratic class compromise, or form of industrial relations in Sweden, the so-called “Saltsjöbaden spirit”, marked by willingness to co-operate and a cross-class, collective sense of responsibility for developments in the national labour market and in the Swedish economy generally. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left The field of industrial relations (also called labor relations) looks at the relationship between Management and workers particularly groups of workers represented ^[1]

In the world of chess, Saltsjöbaden is famous for the 1948 Interzonal tournament won by David Bronstein of the USSR. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 ^[2]

Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden hosted the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group in 1962, 1973 and 1984. The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

References

1. ^ The Saltjö agreement At the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions website. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions' (Eurofound is a Agency of the European Union, with offices located in Dublin Ireland
2. ^ Interzonal tournament, Saltsjöbaden 1948