BP-skylten, Cultural mosaic sign in Södermalm, Sweden.
BP-skylten is a freestanding art sign in Södermalm, Stockholm, made from roughly 50,000 glass mosaic pieces in green, yellow, and black. It measures just over 3 meters (10 feet) in both height and width and stands beside a residential building from 2000 on Ringvägen.
The sign was built in 1954 as part of a fuel station on Ringvägen 94 and served as an advertisement for decades. After a company merger in 1993, it remained standing and eventually gained protected cultural status.
The mosaic emerged when large advertisements shaped city views and is now valued as a window into how industrial-era design looked and functioned. Today it shows how ordinary commercial signs can become protected pieces of a city's visual identity.
The sign is located at the edge of the neighborhood near Eriksdalslunden park and is easily reached on foot. Since it stands on a street corner, visitors can view it at any time without entering a building.
The green and yellow color scheme was introduced as a brand trademark in 1947 and made the station instantly recognizable on city streets. Fewer people know that the name BP originally came from Best Persian, a reference to Iranian oil sources.
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