Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8, Commercial building at Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8 is a commercial building in central Stockholm, built in the early 20th century following Swedish design principles. The structure displays characteristic features of this building period with functional spaces for commerce and administration.
Stockholms Enskilda Bank bought four properties in the Näckström block in 1907, including the Dramatiska teatern and Hôtel du Nord. After Gustaf Wickman's 1907 proposal was rejected and CEO Knut Agathon Wallenberg resigned in 1911, a limited competition was held between Wickman, Axel Anderberg, Erik Josephson and Ivar Tengbom. Tengbom won and the bank building was erected in 1912–1915; the attic was fitted out in 1960, again to Tengbom's drawings.
The portal's four pairs of half-columns carry Carl Milles sculptures in black diabase depicting trade through history. Inside, the glazed banking hall is dominated by grey polished Gusta limestone, and the basement deposit vault has a floor of marble mosaic. The building also had a paternoster lift, a tube-post system and a local telephone network.
The building is located in a central area of Stockholm and is easily reached on foot. Visitors should note that it is an active commercial and administrative building that continues to be used.
The bank hall's grey polished Gusta limestone, the marble-mosaic floor of the basement vault and the paternoster lift were fitted when the building opened; the attic was converted in 1960, again to drawings by Ivar Tengbom.
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