In the autumn of 1936, Axel Nilsson left Kungsholmsstrand. First, the apartment was too small, and Axel wanted new views to paint, the view to Karlbergsstrand and the area around Karlbergssjön, he had painted countless times and now he needed new challenges.

At this time, there were plenty of housing for rent in Stockholm. He decided on a three-storey floor seven steps up with the address of Stadsgården 10. Here the light flowed from a long façade wall completely pierced by windows and the view was striking towards Gamla Stan, Stadsgården and Djurgården. Panoramat offered new motifs every day, the newly built Katarinahissen, Djurgården ferries that aimed at the outdoors, the Finnish boats and, not least, the activity at ...