Medal - Stockholms Stadshus City Hall

An interesting medal, emphasizing the history of Stockholm City Hall (location of the Nobel Prize banquet).

Mälardrottningen (Queen of Lake Mälaren) appears on the medal & in the Golden Hall as the main part of a huge mosaic, see below.

According to Asa Mahring (personal communication), Curator of the Stockholm City Museum, “Inside the City Hall, on the northern wall of the Golden Hall, there is a large seated Queen of Lake Mälaren with Stockholm in her lap. This alludes to the poetic name Mälardrottningen (Queen of Lake Mälaren) for Stockholm; the city is located between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. Everything on the walls is made of mosaic.”

It would appear that the engraver/designer of the medal may have been Nils (Edvin) Olsson, winner of the 1948 Olympic Bronze medal (i.e., the last time these were issued in this category) for his, “Model for “Baths and Sporting Hall for Gothenburg” at the 1948 London Olympics in the Art Competitions, in the Architecture category, Architectural Designs. This was built in 1956, and it became one of his most prominent buildings.” An image of the Valhalla Swimming Hall can be found, here.