Stockholm Beauty Council
The Council for Urban Aesthetics in Stockholm, officially The Council for the Protection Ecological and Aesthetic Matters is an advisory council of the Stockholm Municipality which inspects city plans and requests for construction permits remitted by various municipal departments. The council is however permitted to initiate cases within its field, which makes it a relatively independent municipal organ.
Organisation
The council has thirteen members of which twelve, representing the authorities, organisations, and groups which nominated them, are appointed by the municipal council. The thirteenth member, by tradition a Stockholm connoisseur, is appointed by the other twelve members. Two of the members are architects representing the Swedish Association of Architects and the National Property Board ; two are experts on nature conservation representing the Academy of Sciences and the Society for Nature Conservation ; two are artists appointed by the Academy of Fine Arts ; and, finally, two are cultural historians appointed by the Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Samfundet S:t Erik. Four members are representing the major political parties. The council elects its own chairman, vice chairman, and secretary. It holds sessions once per month.The council chairman is Inga Varg, while the office is headed by architecture historian Henrik Nerlund.