The present new Palace took almost 60 years to construct. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was the Younger was the principal architect. He had been travelling in Europe to collect new ideas on how to construct houses. He visited Versailles and saw the Hall of Mirrors. In The Royal Palace he built Charles XI’s Gallery inspired by what he had seen in France. He divided the gallery in to three parts, the cabinet of war, the main gallery and the cabinet of peace, resembling the gallery in Versailles. He also visited Het Loo in the Netherlands while they were constructing it. He was also made important visits to Rome.
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Royal Palaces, Sweden
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The Royal palace © The Royal Collections
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The garden Logården © The Royal Collections
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Changing of the guard © The Royal Collections
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The Pillared Hall is used for occasions such as the presentation of medals which takes place to mark the King’s namedays © The Royal Collections
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The Jubilee room © The Royal Collections
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The Victoria Drawing room © The Royal Collections
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Oskar II’s Writing Room. The present interior dates from the 1870’s onwards © The Royal Collections
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The Hall of State © The Royal Collections
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The Great Bedchamber is used by visiting Head of States © The Royal Collections
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The dinner table is set in Karl Xl’s gallery © The Royal Collections
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H M the King is celebrated every year on his birthday the 30th of April © The Royal Collections
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Today there are ten royal Palaces with the main palace situated in the middle of Stockholm. It is the official residence of King Carl XVI Gustaf. The King Carl XVI Gustaf. The King and the Queen have their offices at the Royal Palace. They live at Drottningholm Palace 20 minutes west of Stockholm.
Royal Domain of Drottningholm
The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese pavilion and gardens, it is the finest example of an 18th-century north European royal residence inspired by the Palace of Versailles.
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The Royal Collections Department is responsible for the management, care and maintenance of the works of art and furnishings at Sweden's ten royal palaces. In total, there are approximately 250,000 individual article owned by the State that are at The King's disposal.
The Royal Collections is headed by the Director of the Royal Collections, Carin Bergström.
“He is a prince right down to the tips of his toes,” said the queen describing him. ‘He’ was Jean Baptiste Bernadotte and he came from France.
In May 1810 the unexpected death of the heir to the Swedish throne and the long series of intrigues that had preceded and followed this tragic event played havoc with the political life of the country. It was necessary to choose a new heir, and soon! The final choice caught everyone by surprise.