Edvin Öhrströms glass spire adorns Stockholm's Sergels torg. Constructed in 1974, the sculpture was initially intended to be lit from within. Internal lighting was eventually installed in 1993, featuring four spotlights with metal halogen lamps.
At Lindshammars glasbruk, three people worked full-time for about three years on the glass for the obelisk, with the last of them passing away in the summer of 2022. The piece, officially named Kristall, vertikal accent i glas och stål, was praised for its proportioning to the site and its role as an accentuated axis for the city area.
During a renovation decided by the traffic board on 13 April 2015, the steel structure's rust protection was renewed and the glass prisms were washed. The renovation involved dismantling the lighting and approximately 600 steel cassettes in which the prisms are stacked. The obelisk was rededicated on the 19th of the month in 2017.
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Written by Nik Frost
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