The Ring, Circular sculpture at Stockholm Central Station, Sweden

The Ring is the round opening in the floor of Stockholm Central Station's main hall, seven metres across, leading down to the passage to T-Centralen. Its railing is an ironwork by sculptor Stig Blomberg showing the four cardinal points: cast-iron figures with a brass handrail.

Swedish sculptor Stig Blomberg created and installed this circular artwork in 1959 during a renovation period of the station. The four figures were designed to represent the cardinal directions and to mark the connection between the station's two main levels.

The railing is a wrought-iron work by sculptor Stig Blomberg, showing the four cardinal points: a northern scene with a puffin on a head, a southern African medicine man, a western alligator god, and an eastern phoenix. In the 1960s the spot was known as "Bögringen" as a meeting place for homosexuals, and it is still called "Spottkoppen".

The Ring sits in the main hall, above the lower passage that links T-Centralen to tracks 11–19. Reach it from the main hall or from the lower level, where the walkway opened on 1 December 1958. Look up from the passage to see the railing figures against the light.

The railing was a gift from the Swedish Railway Workers' Union for the State Railways' centenary in 1956, two years before the walkway opened. In the 1960s the spot became known as "Bögringen", a meeting place for homosexual men, as Berlin's Bahnhof Zoo was for its city.