The map above shows the location of our first direct site visit of the Stockholm Field by train from Gamlastan.The area is comprised of vast open spaces which elegantly integrates with varying land formations and densities of vegetation amongst burial grounds. Upon arrival, the most distinctive feature of the site includes a long entranceway from the Nynasvagen road which provides a concentrated focus into the interior of the site where a large cross structure can evidently be seen pointing to the sky on top of raised ground giving its dramatic appearance. In spite of the lying snow base, much could still be appreciated about this site. Perhaps the blanket of snow did it justice for enhancing a certain sense of delicacy and tranquility, though technically speaking such landscape components could not be seen in detail. Further into Skogskyrkogarden interior, a large Neo-Classical "Chapel of Resurrection" (designed by Sigurd Lewerentz in 1925) prominently stood in front of us all, though neatly tucked away amongst a thick cover of Pine Trees. It enacts a symbolic gesture of human reaching to heaven as the image below conveys.
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