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Mankind has built fireplaces for thousands of years, for heat, light and cooking. Fireplaces have long been at the heart of the home, inc...
TicketsA Royal family keeping up with the time. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Pro...
Read moreTwo queens have left their mark on Drottningholm Palace. One of them, Queen Hedvig Eleonora, had the palace built. The other, Queen Lovis...
Read moreLeo is unlike any other lion in the world. In its glass box in the Upper Armoury, Gripsholm’s very own lion is perhaps more comical than ...
Read moreThe sculpture of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, regarded as one of J.P. Molin's finest works, has returned to one of the Palace's unique f...
Read moreAfter 164 years at Slussen, the equestrian statue depicting Bernadotte's entry into Stockholm has a new home. And after many years, the s...
Read moreThe ticking of timepieces in room after room is symbolic of today’s living palace. Most of the clocks in the grand apartments of the Roya...
TicketsQueen Hedvig Eleonora built Drottningholm Palace during Sweden’s time as a great power, and practically, it was a way of confirming the p...
Read moreThe Royal Walks app guides you along a scenic stroll through Djurgården, from Djurgården Bridge and along the waterfront to the Royal sum...
Read moreThe Baroque era was a time of magnificent fountains. Drottningholm’s baroque garden was no exception, but it would be almost three centur...
Read moreDownload the Royal Court’s app for the Royal Palaces, including information, images and videos about the palaces and our cultural heritag...
Read moreThe economic evolution. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Professor in history.
Read moreThe development of democracy. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Professor in h...
Read moreReforms. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Professor in history.
Read moreNeutrality and peace policy. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Professor in hi...
Read moreImmigration. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harrison, Professor in history.
Read moreKarl XIV Johan – the founder of modern Sweden. '200 years of Swedish History with the Bernadotte Dynasty' is a story told by Dick Harriso...
Read moreAt a young age, Karl XI received around twenty horses as a gift from the royal families in Spain and France. He then commissioned portrai...
Read moreThe Bernadotte Library contains the royal book collection, approximately 100,000 books that have belonged to the Bernadotte kings and que...
Read moreQueen Kristina's coronation in 1650 was one of the most lavish and most attention drawing coronations in Swedish history. Enormous orders...
Read moreThe Royal Stables are located at Väpnargatan 1, right at the beginning of Stockholm's Strandvägen. The Royal Stables have existed since t...
Read moreKing Gustav III was very fond of Gripsholm Castle, and often came here with his entire court – almost one hundred people. He set up a kit...
Read moreOut on Drottningholm stands a hidden gem ornamented with dragon heads, which was originally a birthday present from King Adolf Fredrik ...
Read moreThe Russian Tsar Nicholas came here on a visit with his family in summer 1909. The tsar arrived with his imperial yacht Standart, which w...
Read moreIt is from Ulriksdal that Queen Kristina's coronation procession began. It has also been a military hospital and a home for war veterans....
Read moreKing Gustav Vasa laid the groundwork for Strömsholm Palace when he had an estate built on an island in the Kolbäck River in the 1550s. Af...
Read moreThe pink furnishings and décor of the summer palace are largely made from Swedish materials, including marble from Kolmården and porphyry...
Read moreHaga bears witness to King Gustav III's yearning for a rural idyll and great luxury. The guests invited here by the king include the poet...
Read moreIt says a lot about King Gustav III's interest in the theatre and its personal importance for him that he deemed it necessary to have a f...
Read moreThe Royal Palace of Stockholm has a history that stretches back more than a thousand years. From the Middle Ages to the present day. This...
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