Tellus, Movie theater in Midsommarkransen, Sweden
Tellus is a movie theater with 100 seats located in the residential district of Hägersten within Stockholm Municipality. The venue includes an integrated café where visitors can purchase refreshments.
The venue was approved as a cinema by the Överståthållarämbetet on 17 November 1920 and opened on 22 November 1920 with 108 seats. It operated as a commercial cinema until 1986, except for a couple of years between 1978 and 1980. Since 1986 it has been run by a non-profit cultural association.
The name Tellus comes from the former Tellusborg district. Since 1986 a non-profit cultural association of about fifty members has run the cinema, baking cakes and repairing film projectors. The café next door hosts cultural activities, and the association is financially and politically independent.
The cinema is at Vattenledningsvägen 46 by Svandammsplan in Hägersten, now part of Midsommarkransen. The premises were approved for cinema use on 17 November 1920 and seated 108; in 2015 the figure was 100. The café next door hosts cultural activities.
The cinema opened on 22 November 1920 and was approved as a cinema by the Överståthållarämbetet on 17 November 1920, with 108 seats; by 2015 it had 100. Apart from a couple of years between 1978 and 1980, it ran as a commercial cinema until 1986, when a non-profit cultural association with around fifty members took over.
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