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Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden, together with the canal Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen forming the northern shore line of the island Djurgården (or more correctly between Northern and Southern Djurgården). The bridge Djurgårdsbron stretches over the bay. Old names : Ladugårdsviken (17th-18th centuries), Surbrunnsviken, Södra brunnsviken Historically known as a good fishing ground, Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, also known as the Bay of Sweden, is today popular for bathing in summer. The bay was used for the diving, swimming (including the part for the modern pentathlon event), water polo and rowing competitions during the 1912 Summer Olympics, and during the Swedish championship 1930.On the north shore of the bay are a great number of embassies and several museums, including The National Maritime Museum, the Ethnographical Museum, and the Technical Museum. On the south shore are the open-air museum Skansen, the Rosendal Palace.