Stockholm Palace Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Stockholm Palace
Kungliga slottet
The Royal Palace in Stockholm.
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.

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De la Vallée's suggestion from 1654
The northern row with the planned Lejonbacken before the fire in 1697.From the Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger's drawing for the central part of the northern facade, circa 1690
The remains of the Tre Kronor Castle after the fire in 1697, the northern row is still standing (to the right)
Tessin's sketch for the Royal Chapel, 1698
The palace in September 2014, built according to Tessin's plan.
Quittances for salaries paid, among the names is "Nicodemus Tessin", circa 1700
Tessin the Younger's suggestion from 1713 (north to the right)
Hårleman and Tessin at the building site, an interpretation by Carl Larsson, 1896
The ceiling in the west stairwell, a plafond by Julius Kronberg, 1890s
Louis Masreliez's drawing for the Duke Carl's cabinet hall, 1792
Stockholm Palace (to the right) and Parliament House (to the left). In the background the sunlit facade of the Nationalmuseum and the dome of the Skeppsholmen Church.
The outer courtyard and the western row seen from the tower of the Storkyrkan
The King and the Queen at the window
The Renomé group
"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."
Erik Dahlbergh
Romulus and Hersilia
Perseus and Andromeda
"Mercy"
The coloration of the palace's facade in the 1800s
Lighting on the eastern facade in 2007
Weather-damage on a sandstone cantilever and a previous patching
The ceiling in the south stairwell
Meleagersalongen(The Meleager Room),the Guest Apartments
Skära salongen(The Pink Drawing room),Prince Bertil's apartment
Vita havet(The White Sea ball room),the State Apartments
Slottskyrkan(The Royal Chapel),the southern row
Throne room - "Hall of State" - Rikssalen in 2015
"The White Lady" is said to resemble Perchta von Rosenberg, circa 1429–1476.
The western facade
The northern facade
The eastern facade
The southern facade
Four of ten caryatids
Three of nine royal medallions
The National Property Board of Sweden posts information, 2011
Renovation of the northern row, June 2011
The northern row, a ground-floor apartment after the renovation, June 2011
The southern facade, the east wing, June 2011
Livrustkammaren
Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities
The Tre Kronor Museum
The Royal Gift Shop
The Royal Guards

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