Arvfurstens palats

Arvfurstens palats ( " Palace of the hereditary princes ") is a magnificent building in Stockholm's Norrmalm neighborhood and seat of the Swedish Foreign Ministry.

The current building was built in 1783-1794 for Princess Sofia Albertina, sister of King Gustav III, the youngest daughter of King Adolf Frederick and Luise Ulrike of Prussia as an extension of the previous building. , A palace in the Dutch Renaissance style, which originated under Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson had. Erik Palmstedt was commissioned a major new facade to design adjacent square. The original palace was the wing, and another wing was built overlooking the water. The building was an exact copy of the old opera by Gustav III. be on the side of the square opposite. The opera had to give way to a successor building in 1891. The interior got Louis Masreliez.

The building is designed according to the principles of late baroque shape as a coherent plastic unit. The facade is influenced by neoclassicism, with large, simple motifs, smooth surfaces and subtle color details. The classification with Corinthian pilasters was reinforced by the suggestion of a colonnade in the middle part of the main façade. Above it rises an attic with a balustrade at the roof edge, which is crowned by a statue of lion with heraldic shield. Typical of the Gustavian style are the festoons on the window frame of the upper floor.

Sofia Albertina decreed in her will that the palace should belong to the respective hereditary prince available, so the number two to the throne. Be first came Hereditary Prince Gustav (1827-1852) to benefit from this scheme, and the subsequent Oscar II lived for a time in the palace. At times, Court staff were housed in the building.

1902 bought by the state to the palace for 2.25 million crowns. The representative frame has now been used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1906 drew the Foreign Minister with a First Secretary and about twenty officers.

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  • Building in Stockholm
  • Palace in Sweden
  • Built in the 18th century
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden Holland Order of succession Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland
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