Culture Lund

1 culture

1.1 literature, theatre , cinema
1.2 music
1.3 lundakarnevalen
1.4 museums

culture

lund university male voice choir @ lund university main building on 1 may 2005

the culture in lund characterised university education , research, , large student population , student traditions, such student theatre group since 1886. substantial part of student night-life located @ student fraternities called nations .

lund cathedral, lutheran cathedral in lund, seat of bishop of lund of church of sweden. lund has city theatre (though without professional local ensemble of own) , number of other places concerts , theatres.

literature, theatre , cinema

numerous prominent figures literary world lived , worked in lund, in association university , theatre. prominent examples include esias tegnér, writer, poet , bishop, , august strindberg, playwright, novelist , poet. longer list given below other notable natives. lund novel genre in own right, bildungsroman in young student experiences life in lund, copenhagen , Österlen whilst maturing individual. lund novel exemplified work of fritiofsberg nilsson piraten , frank heller.

the spex form of student theatre particular nordic universities, strong tradition in lund. parodistic musical plays, setting well-known music new lyrics , mixing historical , present in unconventional intrigues. comedians hans alfredson , anders jansson started careers in lund spex.

the concluding scenes in ingmar bergman s classic film wild strawberries set in, , shot in, lund.

with international architecture film festival in lund, since 2009, lund centre in Øresund architecture , film.

music

lund has long been regional centre classical , church music. in particular, lund renowned vibrant amateur choir scene, choirs such carolinae damkör, domkyrkokören, katedralkören, lunds akademiska kör, lund chamber choir (swedish: lunds kammarkör), lunds studentsångförening, lunds vokalensemble, , svanholm singers. since 2006, lund has been host of biannual lund international choral festival. classical orchestras based in city include lund city orchestra, academic orchestra , lund new chamber orchestra.

in more recent decades, lund has developed lively pop , jazz scene. cultural venue mejeriet opened in 1987 in former dairy building outside city park. has hosted concerts both well-known , emerging bands. pop singer , television presenter måns zelmerlöw born , grew in lund. artists associated lund include dj , record producer axwell, rock musician kal p. dal, rapper timbuktu, indie pop group radio dept., , singer , songwriter amanda jenssen.

lundakarnevalen

lund university observatory

the lund carnival has been held every 4 years since mid-nineteenth century: traditional accounts originated @ wedding in 1849 (the four-year intervals place party in 2002, 2006, 2010, etc.). arranged students of university, 1950s onwards event has grown in size , intensity (with 5500 volunteers 2010), remains amateur event. midway between music , stage fair, city festival, , outpouring of satire, parody , general madness. students dress in costumes, relating , poking fun @ current issues, , parade in wagons. others perform humorous skits in evenings. carnival revues , other stage entertainments have launched number of well-known entertainers , actors on years.

museums

the bosmåla cottage part of open-air museum kulturen, hosts collection of historical skanian buildings.

lund hosts largest open-air museum of scania, kulturen. kulturen second oldest dedicated open-air museum in world , consists of more 30 buildings, large collections on scanian art, crafts, local archaeology , history. museum founded in 1892 georg karlin. today museum hosts different exhibitions , visitors can experience how swedish people lived , worked throughout centuries.

several museums attached university. lund university historical museum based in lundagård park , hosts exhibitions related history of university, city , cathedral. museum of sketches public art unique museum of sketches , drawings of artworks during development. lund university zoological museum oldest , largest in country.