Svarta villan

Each apartment is furnished with a master bed and bunkbed, wardrobe, desk, chair, sofa and armchair. The kitchen has a refrigerator, freezer, stove, oven and microwave, dinnerware and cooking utensils. Please note that you need to bring your own blanket, pillow, sheets, towels and cleaning supplies. 

Location

A five-minute walk to the center of Stockholm University Campus Frescati. A ten-minute walk to Campus Albano and a five-minute ride with the subways red line to the city center.

Internet

A router is activated in each apartment. Information about how to connect to wi-fi is available on the router. 

Laundry

Laundry room is placed in the basement. Book laundry slot on the calendar in the laundry room. 

Parking

General information about parking: staff parking and Aimopark. Bikes may only be parked in designated area.

Postbox

A postbox is placed on the front door, tagged with tenant’s name. 

Recycling

Recycling Bins for household waste is found outside the building. Food waste is separated from the other waste, disposed in paper bags and thrown in the brown bin. More paper bags are found in the basement/laundry room. The closest recycle station for other type of waste is located at Ekhagsvägen 2.

Make sure you follow the general rules of recycling.

History/about

The cottage is one of two buildings called Svarta villorna (the Black Villas). They were built as residential houses for the caretakers of The National Museum of Natural History in 1914. The other museum houses were built of brick, but the caretakers’ houses are made of wood. The architect Axel Anderberg designs are typical of the times villas in exclusive residential areas, but the insides were much simpler. In each villa there were four 2-room apartments, with kitchen and WC for the caretakers and their families. The laundry and bathing had to be carried out in the Portvaktshuset (Gate-keepers house), located about 300 meters south of the villas. 

The villas were initially heated with traditional Swedish tile stoves and the food was cooked on wood burning stoves. Each apartment had its own food and wood cellar. In front of the villas were the kitchen gardens. Potatoes, vegetables and fruit were grown there - the old fruit trees are from that time. Even today, the villas are used by the Swedish Museum of Natural History. A couple of apartments are rented out to guest researchers, other apartments are used as workplaces for the museum's researchers. (Källa: Riksantikvarieämbetet).