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| Stockholm Palace | |
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| Kungliga slottet | |
The Royal Palace in Stockholm.
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Town or city | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Construction started | 1697 |
| Completed | 1760 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Nicodemus Tessin the Younger Carl Hårleman |
The Stockholm Palace (Swedish: Stockholms slott) is the royal castle in Stockholm in Sweden. It was built in the 18th century, after a fire in 1697 destroyed the old castle Tre kronor.
Images for kids
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De la Vallée's suggestion from 1654
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The northern row with the planned Lejonbacken before the fire in 1697.From the Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.
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Nicodemus Tessin the Younger's drawing for the central part of the northern facade, circa 1690
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The Royal Chapel in 1694
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The remains of the Tre Kronor Castle after the fire in 1697, the northern row is still standing (to the right)
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Tessin's sketch for the Royal Chapel, 1698
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Tessin's finished plan, 1697
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The palace in September 2014, built according to Tessin's plan.
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Tessin's cross-section of the southern row with the Hall of State to the left and the Royal Chapel to the right, circa 1700
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Quittances for salaries paid, among the names is "Nicodemus Tessin", circa 1700
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Tessin the Younger's suggestion from 1713 (north to the right)
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Hårleman and Tessin at the building site, an interpretation by Carl Larsson, 1896
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Carl Hårleman's sketch of a wall in the Prince Gustaf's audience room, 1750
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The ceiling in the west stairwell, a plafond by Julius Kronberg, 1890s
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Louis Masreliez's drawing for the Duke Carl's cabinet hall, 1792
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The Stockholm Palace (to the right) and the Parliament House (to the left). In the background the sunlit facade of the Nationalmuseum and the dome of the Skeppsholmen Church.
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The outer courtyard and the western row seen from the tower of the Storkyrkan
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The King and the Queen in the window
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The Renomé group
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"Sweden prays tirelessly for life and victory for the King, the splendid, fortunate, pious and always venerable Charles XII, the pride of the northern world, Father of the fatherland, whose invincible bravery under Herculean effort brought him to the heights of glory. May the fortune of the House remain and add generation to generation."
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Erik Dahlbergh
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Romulus and Hersilia
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"Mercy"
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The coloration of the palace's facade in the 1800s
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Lighting on the eastern facade in 2007
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Weather-damage on a sandstone cantilever and a previous patching
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The ceiling in the south stairwell
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The top of the west stairwell
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Meleagersalongen(The Meleager Room)The Guest Apartments
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Skära salongen(The Pink Drawing room)Prince Bertil's apartment
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Vita havet(The White Sea ball room)The State Apartments
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Slottskyrkan(The Royal Chapel)The southern row
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Throne room - "Hall of State" - Rikssalen in 2015
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"The White Lady" is said to resemble Perchta von Rosenberg, circa 1429-1476
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The western facade
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The northern facade
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The eastern facade
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The southern facade
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Four of ten caryatids
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Three of nine royal medallions
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The National Property Board of Sweden posts information, 2011
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Renovation of the northern row, June 2011
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The northern row, a ground-floor apartment after the renovation, June 2011
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The southern facade, the east wing, June 2011
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Livrustkammaren
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Gustav III:s Museum of Antiquities
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The Tre Kronor Museum
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The Royal Gift Shop
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The Royal Guards