Sveaplan, Urban park in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Sveaplan is a roundabout at the northern end of Sveavägen in the Vasastaden district of central Stockholm, where the road's north-south and east-west sections meet Cedersdalsgatan. It was laid out about 100 metres south of its planned site and at half the intended size, and is now a system of traffic-light junctions rather than a circulating roundabout. North of it stand the Wenner-Gren Center tower from 1961 and the Socialhögskolan building from 1936, with Bellevueparken beyond.
Sveaplan received its name in 1885, together with Sveavägen, during Stockholm's major street-name revision. The 1885 city plan placed it where the small lake Ormträsket had been, but it was built about 100 metres further south and only half the planned size. It was long an early and unusual roundabout, now rebuilt as signal-controlled crossings.
The name Sveaplan was fixed in the 1885 street-name revision and belongs to the group of patriotic and historical names, referring to Svea, the personification of Sweden. The roundabout marks the northern end of Sveavägen in Vasastaden, where Sveavägen's north-south and east-west sections meet Cedersdalsgatan.
The park is easily accessible on foot from different parts of the city and has parking available for visitors. The paved pathways make it easy to move around the entire area.
Sveaplan was planned in the 1885 city plan for the site of the small lake Ormträsket, but was laid out about 100 metres further south and only half the intended size. Two buildings of the former Cedersdals malmgård still stand by the roundabout.
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