Gamla Stadshagen, Working-class residential district in western Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Gamla Stadshagen was a group of 23 two-story wooden houses in the Kyllret block, on the site of today's Gångaren block just south of Stadshagens IP. Architect Sven Erik Lundqvist designed the 12–16 apartments per building, each one room and kitchen of 35 m². Facades were falun red or dark tarred with white details, under gable or hipped roofs.
In June 1917 Stockholm began building 23 two-storey wooden houses in the Kyllret block, designed by architect Sven Erik Lundqvist and ready for occupancy that autumn. The area was renamed Gamla Stadshagen in 1938. A 1939 plan reserved the site for industry and the expansion of Sankt Görans Hospital, and demolition began in 1963, finishing in 1965.
The nickname "Guldgrävarlägret" (the gold diggers' camp) came from the area's resemblance to an unplanned settlers' town. Within the housing group there were shops including Konsum, a private grocery, a haberdashery and a newspaper kiosk, and a baker sold pastries from the kitchen of house 15.
The site is now occupied by Electrolux's headquarters and buildings of Sankt Görans Hospital, so there is nothing left of the wooden houses to visit. The former Kyllret block corresponds to today's Gångaren block, just south of Stadshagens IP sports ground. The area is served by bus line 41 along the former Finsens väg, which once ran through the settlement without a stop.
On the slope of Stadshagsberget facing Karlbergskanalen stood two ski jumps: the "Stora" about 22 metres high and the "Lilla" 10 metres. They were used from the 1930s until the area was demolished in the 1960s.
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