At Instagram of the Royal Palaces
Welcome to the Royal Palace
Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin younger gave the Royal Palace's two large stairwells in the eastern and western lengths a powerful design that was completed by Carl Hårleman. The two stairwells, together with the southern vault, were the interiors that Ticino declared he was most pleased with, even though he only saw them at the drawing stage. The color scheme of the stairwell is dominated by the red-brown limestone from Öland, the green marble from the balustrades from Kolmården and the painted marble imitation of the walls. The western staircase, here in the picture, is decorated with several sculptures, including John Börjeson's portrait bust of the palace architect Nicodemus Tessin younger from 1886. Here you can also see perspective paintings by Domenico Francia in the 1740s and ceilings by Julius Kronberg in the 1890s. The lantern groups seen in the picture are from the middle of the 18th century by Jacques Philippe Bouchardon after models by Carl Hårleman and Jean Eric Rehn. They are considered to be inspired by the lantern groups of Vienna's Belvedere and Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini's cupboards in St. Peter's Church.
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Exhibition at The Royal Armoury since 30 October
Manga Royals – Royal History, Manga Style
Can a Swedish king be a manga character? And what happens if you combine royal history with the art of manga? Meet Swedish royals as you’ve never seen them before – manga style!
Manga Royals_ Royal History, Manga Style - Livrustkammaren
Manga Royals - Livrustkammaren
The National Property Board Sweden SFV about the renovation of the Royal Palace
Now in November, the eighth stage in the renovation of the Royal Palace's facades has been completed. It is the central part of the western façade that is now finished. On this part of the façade, the nine relief medallions with the royal portraits at the top can now be seen again, and the ten beautiful caryatids, the five-meter-high female sculptures, look out over the outer courtyard again. The castle's new, warm pink color is also better visible now that the plastic over the middle part has been removed.
- It has been great, says Magnus Roos, project manager at the Swedish Property Agency. Despite the pandemic, we have managed everything according to plan and are in phase.
Now the renovation of the palace's southern length awaits towards Slottsbacken. In January – February next year, new scaffolding will be erected and work will begin again in March 2022. The ongoing facade restoration of Stockholm Palace is the largest in modern times and will be completed in 2050.
The Hall of State at the Royal Palace, designed by architect Carl Hårleman after Tessin the Younger's drawings, is located in the palace's southern length. It was built for the county parliament and inaugurated in 1755. Here the parliament and the king gathered for votes and debates.
Despite the fact that the Riksdag moved to Riddarholmen in 1834, to the building we today call the Old Riksdag House, the Riksdag's opening was held in the Hall of State until 1974. Today it is used for concerts and official ceremonies. Maybe you recognize the beautiful table setting in picture two? The photo was taken in connection with the Crown Princess couple's wedding dinner in 2010.
At the palace, a large façade work has been going on for several years, and in recent days SFV has completed the eighth stage, the central part of the western façade. After the shelter has fallen and the scaffolding has been taken down, the newly restored relief medallions and karytids peek out again.
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The National Property Sweden takes you behind the scaffolding at the Royal Palace to show the craftsmanship that is going on during the facade work there - in both a historical and contemporary perspective.