Skansen

open-air museum and zoo, showing Swedish folk culture and way of life in the pre-industrial era
Organization open_air_museum Q725108
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Skansen

Summary

Skansen is an open-air museum[1]. Skansen ranks in the top 5% of open_air_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Skansen is located in Stockholm[3].
  • Skansen is in the country of Sweden[4].
  • Skansen's image is recorded as Skansen Entré 2015a.jpg[5].
  • Skansen's instance of is recorded as open-air museum[6].
  • Skansen's instance of is recorded as zoo[7].
  • Skansen's instance of is recorded as working life museum[8].
  • Skansen's founder is recorded as Artur Hazelius[9].
  • Skansen's logo image is recorded as Skansen Logo.svg[10].
  • Skansen's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123421981[11].
  • Skansen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144825911[12].
  • Skansen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50067389[13].
  • Skansen's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500309249[14].
  • Skansen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12329385k[15].
  • Skansen's IdRef ID is recorded as 032221126[16].
  • Skansen's location is recorded as Stockholm[17].
  • Skansen's Commons category is recorded as Skansen[18].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Pharmacy, Skansen[19].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Bakery, Skansen[20].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as The tower Bredablick, Skansen[21].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Printing house, Skansen[22].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Ekshärad Farmstead, Skansen[23].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Vastveit Storehouse, Skansen[24].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Oktorp Farmstead, Skansen[25].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Kyrkhult Farmhouse, Skansen[26].
  • Skansen's has part is recorded as Stone Cottage, Skansen[27].

Body

Founding

Skansen's founder is recorded as Artur Hazelius[9]. +1891-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Skansen[28].

Identity

Skansen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Stiftelsen Skansen'}[29].

Why It Matters

Skansen ranks in the top 5% of open_air_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2] Skansen has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Skansen is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Database swedish working life museums. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . skansen.se. skansen.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . skansen.se. skansen.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . skansen.se. skansen.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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