Kungshuset
Kungshuset (Swedish; royal house ), also Lundagårdshuset or academies Gamla ( Old Academy ), is a historic building in the park in the southern Swedish city of Lund Lundagård.
Location
The Kungshuset is set in the Medieval center Lunds, staden in Centrala district. Nearby are significant buildings: South of Lund Cathedral, north west, the main building of the University of Lund, east of the building of the Academic Association, AF borrow.
History
The building was built in 1578-1584 as zweigeschössiges house. The client was the Danish king Frederick II. The house originally served as a residence for the governor of the Danish king, who himself also lived in the house during visits. In the 17th century, the property fell by the ruling feudal system to the church and was inhabited 1638-1679 by the superintendent of the Diocese of Lund, Peder Winstrup, the first bishop after the Reformation.
Lund was since the Peace of Roskilde in 1658 again under Swedish rule and by a decision of King Charles XI. came back into the house in 1688 royal possession. Between September 6, 1716 to June 11, 1718 resided Charles XII. in the building and ruled Sweden in the Great Northern War characters.
Later they left the building of the University, which used it until the completion of today's new central building in 1882 as the main building. Between 1740 and 1742 the building was converted by Carl Hårleman. In a second reconstruction by Carl Georg Brunius in the years 1837-1839, a third floor and the tower was built. Until 1867 the building was the seat of the Astronomical Department of the University, then moved to the newly constructed Old Observatory Lund at the Svanegata. Between 1877 and 1879 according to the drawings of Heligoland Zettervall changes to the façade were made. Until the move to its new building in 1907 Kungshuset also served the university library as accommodation.
Today the building is owned by the state and managed by Statens fastighetsverk. Tenant is the Philosophical Faculty of the University.