Swedish green marble
The grand staircase of Stockholm City Hall in Stockholm is made of Swedish green
Swedish green marble, or simply Swedish green, is a marble from quarries in Kolmården, in the north-eastern part of the province of Östergötland in Sweden. It is fine-grained, with a variable green colour and attractive veining, due to serpentines in the stone. It is considered one of the hardest marbles in the world.[1]
Swedish green has been used extensively in buildings and monuments in Sweden and abroad.
Notable buildings with Swedish green
- Stadshuset, Stockholm
- Stockholm Palace, Stockholm
- Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm
- Matchstick Palace, Stockholm
- University Hall, Uppsala
- Rockefeller Center, New York City
- Paris Opera, Paris
See also
References
- ↑ "Material Name:Swedish green". Marmorbruket. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
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