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November 20th 2017

Published: November 20th 2017

Welcome to the home of the 1912 Olympic Games A blog entry on TravelBlog about Stockholm Olympic Stadium? But a stadium isn't a travel destination??? That's right, it isn't. But Stockholm is a popular tourist destination and if you visit Stockholm you can actually visit Stockholm Olympic Stadium if you want to. We are writing this blog entry because we want to point out a little known place yo... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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George Patton competed in Modern Pentathlon

George Patton, who many years later became famous as a key figure in the Second World War, competed in Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games in 1912 and ended up in fifth place.

Photo from a wrestling matches which lasted 11 hours and 40 minutes

Wrestling had different rules back then and there was no time limit on how long a match could last. One of the wrestling matches lasted 11 hours and 40 minutes.

Photo of Oskar Swahn

Oskar Swahn won a gold medal in one of the shooting events. He was then 64 years and 258 days old. He is still today the oldest gold medallist in the modern Olympic Games

"Ode to Sport"

Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach from Germany won the gold medal in Literature with the poem "Ode to Sport". Later it turned out that Hohrod and Eschbach was a pseudonym used by the President of the IOC Pierre de Coubertin, the man who started the modern Olympic Games.

Jim Thorpe

American athlete Jim Thorpe won both the pentathlon and the decathlon. He was later stripped of both medals for violating amateurism regulations. In 1982 the IOC revoked the previous decision and posthumously reinstated him at the gold medallist in both events.

Plaque commemorating Jim Thorpe

Plaque commemorating Jim Thorpe's two gold medals and that he was wrongfully stripped of them

Japanese marathon runner Shizo Kanakuri

The day of the marathon was too hot for Shizo Kanakuri. He never finished the race. When he had recovered he went back to Stockholm and went directly to the hotel. In the 1960-ies a TV team brought him back to Sweden and let him run the last section of the race giving him a race time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.

Plaque about marathon runner Shizo Kanakuri

This plaque about Shizo Kanakuri stands in Sollentuna where he dropped out of the race and went into a private garden and drank juice instead

Plaque commemorating the 1912 Olympic Games

This plaque commemorating the 1912 Olympic Games was donated by United States

Plaque about Francisco Lázaro

The Portuguese long distance runner Francisco Lázaro competed in the marathon race. The marathon event was held on a very hot and sunny day and the Portuguese collapsed 30 km into the race. He was brought to hospital where he died the day after.

Swastika - note that it was painted there already in 1912

Some of the pillars holding the roof are decorated with swastikas. They were painted there in 1912 and back then that symbol meant nothing sinister.

The royal stand

This stand is for the Royal Family

Plaque to Eric Lemming

Plaque honoring the Swedish athlete Eric Lemming who won the javelin throw and also set a new world record

Plaque to the architect

This plaque honours Torben Grut, the architect behind Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Handmade bricks

The bricks covering the stadium were specially ordered and they were actually handmade.

Bricks creating a pattern

Over the gates the bricks are laid so they create patterns

Bricks creating a pattern

Over the gates the bricks are laid so they create patterns

Bricks inlaid to form a crown

Over the door which leads to the royal stand are inlaid to create the shape of a crown

Statue of wrestlers

The several sport inspired sculptures around the stadium were not there in 1912.They were installed in the 1930-ies.

Statue of relay runners

Statue of a javelin thrower

20th November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Very nice!

20th November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Nice statues!

20th November 2017

Ake running the tracks in Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Lucky you!!

20th November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Yes, we are lucky to be able to go there and run
It really is a very cool stadium. That's why we wrote this blog entry. Btw we have not only run in the Stadium. We have both also competed there. Emma has finished Stockholm Marathon there and I have both run a 10 km race, which had its start and finish in the Stadium, and I have twice run 800 meter races in Stockholm Olympic Stadium. /Ake

20th November 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

yup, it is LOL

20th November 2017

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Stockholm Olympic Stadium
And the winner is...One of your best blogs ever. What a fascinating read and sight. Many significant details and events...thanks Sweden. Surprised the pic of you running Ake does not have a crowd standing and cheering...i.e. the 10km race. If not guess that can be a work in progress. Do you have a pic with a crowd there and Emma running such as at the Stockholm Marathon? That would be worth seeing and could be added as an edit to this blog!

21st November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thank you
I am glad to hear that you enjoyed reading it. We don't have any photos worth publishing of the few races we have run in the Stadium. I was hoping to get my hands on a picture from one of the concerts that have been there. But so far I haven't managed. If I do I will post it. Now that I think of I might have an almost 30 year old picture lying around in a box somewhere in the basement. I took it when I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in the late 80-ies. I might add that if the staff at the Stadium can't help me with the aerial photo I hope to be able to add. /Ake

22nd November 2017

Mumtraveller
Lynne Brown

A hidden gem!
Well I have been to Stockholm many times..when my son was living there and visiting friends but never thought about going to see the stadium. So next time it’s on my list ! Thanks for the info .

22nd November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Gem hidden in plain sight
It is true that it is a hidden gem but it couldn't be in more plain sight. It even has its own metro station :-) /Ake

28th November 2017

A runner practising on the Stockholm Olympic Stadium

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Runner
You've got some great actions shots.

28th November 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thanks. I got lucky there. Sunny day and a good looking guy doing some fast running on the track. Couldn't really fail there. /Ake

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