Opened on 31 August 1975.
"Näckrosen" means "the water lily," and that's one theme used in the station artwork, as seen below. The station's south entrance also serves Gamla Filmstaden, which was Sweden's original "Hollywood," an area of studios where many early Swedish films were made. This history is portrayed in exhibits on the station platforms as well, and I've illustrated this below.
(26 February 2001)
Water
lilies on the ceiling, in the mid-platform passage between the two
platform faces.
(26 February 2001)
A
track-wall station name sign. Note that this sign uses the
"SL-grotesk" typeface that I like so much, used from 1955
until about 1985. Many of these signs, in other stations, have
been replaced with signs using SL's Helvetica variant, ick. (Or
maybe that's just me....)
(26 February 2001)
The
platform station signs at Näckrosen are all Helvetica versions.
Apparently I'm not alone in disliking these signs; notice that the
main station name sign has been defaced....
(26 February 2001)
A
photograph of a photograph. This photo is from the filming of
the classic Swedish film "Gösta Berlings saga."
The woman at the right is Greta Garbo, then known as Greta
Gustafsson.
(26 February 2001)
A
photograph of a reproduction of Greta Gustafsson's contract with
Svensk Filmindustri ("the Swedish Film Company," roughly
translated). You can't make out much of the text, but you can
see her signature at the lower left.
(26 February 2001)
Etched
into the platform, a quotation from the beloved Swedish author Harry
Martinson: "Many things in life must be like play in order
to be lived" would be my feeble attempt at a translation.
(26 February 2001)
A southbound train arriving at
Näckrosen.