Restare, located on Gärdet in Stockholm, is situated just southeast of Villa Källhagen. The memorial was created by sculptor Monika Larsen Dennis and inaugurated on Veterans Day 2013 in the presence of Carl XVI Gustaf. It is intended to be a site for future celebrations of Veterans Day in Stockholm and for other forms of commemoration of veterans from foreign service within the Armed Forces (and the then Army) and in other international peacekeeping work.
The name comes from the Latin verb restare, meaning to stay, rest, or remain. The memorial consists of a white platform in terrazzo, which was placed over an older house foundation likely originating from the Hesslingeberg farm. On the platform is an intarsia of 10 millimeter wide stainless steel bands forming a mandala pattern. The platform ends towards Djurgårdsbrunnsviken with three steps.
In the middle of the platform stands a two-meter-high sculpture in white marble in the form of a thin bud. On the northern side of the platform, there are three white artificial stone benches. Nearby, the site is situated close to the memorial bust of Folke Bernadotte and the UN monument.
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