Experimentalfältet

Experimentalfältet is the former experimental field of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry on Norra Djurgården in Frescati, northern Stockholm. The academy, founded in 1811 by Karl XIII, moved part of its work to Fredrik Blom's house here. Several older buildings remain, and Södra huset was built at the field's southern end between 1961 and 1971 for Stockholm University.

The site was established in the early 1800s as an experimental field for agriculture and forestry research by the Royal Swedish Academy. When Stockholm University expanded in the 1960s, the area became part of the new campus, shifting its role from pure research to academic education.

The name means "the field for experiments", and the former Roslagsbanan station Universitetet was called Experimentalfältet until the university was established. The academy spread its findings through teaching, demonstrations and publications, and via hushållningssällskap across the country. Olof Carling was the first director and held a professorship in agricultural science.

The former Roslagsbanan stop serving the area was long called Experimentalfältet and was renamed Universitetet once the university campus opened; today's station of that name lies by the campus. The site sits in Frescati on Norra Djurgården, and several older buildings from the agricultural research period still stand among the university blocks.

The former Roslagsbanan station serving the area was called Experimentalfältet and was renamed Universitetet once Stockholm University was established there. The agricultural research itself moved to Ultuna outside Uppsala in the 1940s, while the garden school stayed until the early 1960s.