Östermalmstorg is a square in the district of Östermalm, Stockholm

Stockholm

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. It is known for its food market hall, Östermalmshallen, opened in 1889. Östermalmstorg was also the location of the first Åhléns

Åhléns

Åhléns is a Swedish chain of department stores, located in almost every city in the country, and with several stores in the major cities, including 18 stores in Stockholm alone . Åhléns also has business operations in Norway. It is one of Sweden’s leading retailers in a number of fields...

 City department store

Department store

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, opened in 1932.

By the square stands the controversial statue

Statue

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 of The Meeting (Swedish

Swedish language

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: "Mötet"), showing a naked male figure bearing a piece of meat on his shoulders before a recumbent female figure, created by the artist Willy Gordon

Willy Gordon

Willy Gordon was a Swedish-Jewish sculptor and artist. Gordon was born at Ringen in the Russian gubernia Courland and later emigrated with his family to Malmö, Sweden when he was seven years old...

.

See also

• Östermalmstorg metro station
  Östermalmstorg metro station
  Östermalmstorg metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm Metro, located in the district of Östermalm. The station was opened in 1965.The station has two main accessible exits, one by Östermalmstorg and one by Stureplan...