*Location:

   Radhus (or) Stadshustorn
   Malmvägen at Elin Anderssons Gata
   Kiruna, Norrbottens Län, Sweden
   LL: N 67.84855, E 20.30206 z19

   Gamla stadshus (old city hall)
   31 Hjalmar Lundbohmsvägen
   LL: N 67.85251, E 20.22243

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Kiruna Infochef
   T: 0980-70183   F: 0980-80291
   E: kahn@kommun.kiruna.se

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Playing mechanism and controls replaced
   in 1993.  Tower dismantled from top
   of old city hall in 2017; now a free-
   standing tower near new city hall
   (dedicated 2018).

   d1, ??cm, 1560kg, 1962, Bergholtz

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1961
     with bells made by Bergholtz        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021

City page (in Swedish) about the carillon, with two photos (unfortunately not clickable) and a sound clip (which may not work for all visitors).

Old town hall photo

The Swedish Wikipedia article on the new city hall (ded.2018) has a photo of it, but that does not show the relocated bell tower.

Google StreetView image from Sep.2011, before relocation of the tower and demolition of the old city hall.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Bergholtz bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Sweden.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/06
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/06/11