Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, antique dealer, writer, photographer and author of Neoclassicism in the North.
An aerial photo of Haga Palace built in 1802-05 by Carl Christoffer Gjörwell for the children of Gustaf IV Adolph and Queen Fredrica.
Today it’s the residence of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, her husband Prince Daniel and their children.
Previous occupants include the Dowager Duchess Thérèse of Dalarna (widow of Prince August of Sweden who died in 1914) and Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla who moved in here in 1932 as newly wed. Their five children Margaretha, Désirée, Birgitta, Christina and Carl Gustaf were born here. Prince Gustaf Adolf was killed in a plane crash in 1947 and the following year Princess Sibylla and the children moved into an apartment in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
The building on the left, attached to the main house by a passage, is the service building built in 1932.
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Haga Palace, originally called The Queen’s Pavilion. Built in 1802 to 1805 by Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (who was Desprez’s pupil) to house the children of Gustaf IV Adolph and Queen Fredrica.
They lived in Gustaf III’s Pavilion next door, but that was too small to house their children and staff as well.
It was planned for the three eldest, Crown Prince Gustaf, Prince Carl Gustaf, Grand Duke of Finland, and Princess Sophia Wilhelmina. The young Grand Duke of Finland died before the house was finished.
Today it is the home of Crown Princess Victoria, her husband Prince Daniel and their children.
It was here that the present King of Sweden was born in 1946.
The glazed veranda at the back was added in 1932 when the newly married Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla moved in.
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The Grand Salon, formerly the dining room in the Haga Palace as it was in the 1890’s.
Princess Thérèse, Duchess of Dalarna (1836-1914), lived here from 1890 until her death. The original decor from 1805 with marbled walls was kept, but the room is filled with a mixture of furniture and objects in the typical style of the late 19th century. The Duchess, née Princess of Saxony-Altenburg had married Prince August of Sweden (1831-73) and Norway in 1864 and lived here as a widow.
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The Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf and his wife moved into Haga Palace after their marriage in Coburg in 1932. The palace architect Ragnar Hjorth had been commissioned to completely renovate the former Queen’s Pavilion that had been built in 1802-05 and turn it into a modern family home.
The original dining room that had been panelled and had eight(!) double doors was simplified and only three doors and the corniche was kept. The old tiled stove was replaced with a fireplace in modern style. it was furnished in a mixture of styles and modern comfortable sofas.
These photos were taken in the 1940’s.
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The Dining Room of Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sybilla of Sweden in Haga Palace in the early 1930’s.
The room was originally intended to be the bedroom of the young Prince Carl, Grand Duke of Finland, but he died in 1805 the same year the building was finished so he never moved in.
It was the dining room of the Princess Thérèse, Duchess of Dalarna who resides here from 1890 to 1914.
The architect Ragnar Hjorth restored and modernised the dining room in 1932, but the old dining chairs from the 1890’s were kept.
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The writing room of Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden decorated in 1932 by the architect Ragnar Hjorth.
A portrait of Princess Sibylla hangs above the mantle piece.
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Princess Sibylla of Sweden’s Writing Room in Haga Palace. When the widowed princess moved form Haga in 1948 to an apartment in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, she brought her furniture with her.
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