The Royal Palace of Stockholm, Stockholm

"The Secrets of the Royal Palace"

Airview from Logården at the Royal Palace, screenshot from documentary "Kungen och jag".
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"Just finished the work week to recharge before the Book Fair. Had the privilege of visiting the Bernadotte Library with a fantastically knowledgeable guide and librarian. The library contains, among other things, the royal book collections, about 100,000 books that belonged to our kings and queens, but also photos and a music archive. Oldest book is from the 15th century. Magical feeling to enter this room and feel the beat of history".
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A visitor's video from the visit to the Royal Palace

At Youtube of The Royal Palaces
The solar cell installation on the roof of the Royal Palace has been expanded by almost 1,400 square meters. That is more than a doubling of the previous solar cell surface. It is now possible to produce 30 to 35 percent of the palace's energy needs locally.

At Instagram of the Nationalmuseum
"How does a place look today compared to about 150 years ago?
In the painting View of Stockholm Castle by Carl Stefan Bennet (1800–1878) we can take part in a view that many of us recognize well. Here, the moonlight gives the scene a dreamlike character. Dark figures move soundlessly over the soft snow cover and in the magical light sled tracks and moon shadows appear. Can you recognize yourself in the painting and see the change in our contemporary view of the same place? What has been added and what has fallen away in the approximately 150 years that have passed?"
Nationalmuseum Instagramissa : "Hur ser en plats ut i dag jämfört med för cirka 150 år sedan? I målningen Utsikt mot Stockholms Slott av Carl Stefan Bennet (1800–1878) kan vi ta del av en vy som många av oss väl känner igen. Här ger månskenet scenen en drömlik karaktär. Mörka gestalter rör sig ljudlöst över det mjuka snötäcket och i det magiska ljuset framträder slädspår och månskuggor. Kan du känna igen dig i målningen och se förändringen i vår samtids vy över samma plats? Vad har tillkommit och vad har fallit bort under de cirka 150 år som har passerat? Genom forsknings- och utvecklingsprojektet Användbara auktoriteter för datadriven samlingsforskning kan vi nu koppla ihop målningar med platser som de avbildar. Dessa datakopplingar ger oss kunskap om, och knyter samman oss, med en tid som varit. Vi kan se och kanske förstå utvecklingen av vårt samhälle genom att se förändringar, i den fysiska platsen, genom historien fram till i dag genom konsten. Det treåriga projektet med start 2021 utreder bland annat om och hur sammanlänkade kulturarvsdatamängder kan öka forskning på digitaliserade kulturarvsamlingar. Projektet är ett samarbete mellan @nationalmuseumswe, Statens historiska museer och @wikimediase. Carl Stefan Bennet, Utsikt mot Stockholms Slott. Vinterstycke, Olja på duk. NM 4743. #carlstefanbennet #stockholmsslott #konsthistoria #19centuryart #nationalmuseumswe"

The Royal Palaces at its Instagram
The Bernadotte apartments consist of fourteen rooms in the northern side of the Royal Palace and houses, among other things, the portraits of the Bernadotte family - from Karl XIV Johan and Desideria to Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia. The paintings are made by contemporary leading artists such as Per Krafft, François Gérard, Anders Zorn and Emil Österman, to name a few. Many visitors stop and admire a portrait that is radically different from the other royal portraits. The young lady in the painting is Queen Ingrid of Denmark as a Swedish princess. She was portrayed in 1932 by the well-known artist Isaac Grünewald. In contrast to many older royal portraits, the setting is simple. The composition is bold with the royal in a relaxed pose with her legs visibly crossed. Many must have considered that the artist had crossed the line of decency, because you really didn't portray a royal person that way. The only connection to the royal story is the chair the princess sits in, a so-called Sulla chair from the 1790s, designed by Louis Masreliez for Gustav III's pavilion in Haga. As far as is known, the artwork remained in Grünewald's possession but was given to her father Gustaf VI Adolf as a gift on his 80th birthday in 1962.
Kungliga slotten on Instagram: "Måndag igen . Bernadottevåningen består av fjorton rum i Kungliga slottets norra länga och inrymmer bland annat porträtten av familjen Bernadotte – från Karl XIV Johan och Desideria till Carl XVI Gustaf och Silvia. Målningarna är utförda av samtidens främsta konstnärer som Per Krafft, François Gérard, Anders Zorn och Emil Österman, för att nämna några. Många besökare stannar upp och beundrar ett porträtt som radikalt skiljer sig från de övriga kungliga porträtten. Den unga damen på tavlan är drottning Ingrid av Danmark som svensk prinsessa. Hon avporträtterades 1932 av den kände konstnären Isaac Grünewald. I motsats till många äldre kungliga porträtt är miljön enkel. Kompositionen är djärv med den kungliga i avslappnad posering med benen synligt i kors. Många lär ha ansett att konstnären hade passerat anständighetens gräns, för så avporträtterade man verkligen inte en kunglig person. Den enda kopplingen till den kungliga historien är stolen som prinsessan sitter i, en s.k. Sullastol från 1790-talet, formgiven av Louis Masreliez för Gustav III:s paviljong på Haga. Så vitt känt kom konstverket att förbli i Grünewalds ägo men skänktes till hennes far Gustaf VI Adolf som gåva på 80–årsdagen 1962. Prinsessan Ingrid, dotter till Gustaf (VI) Adolf och Margareta av Storbritannien, föddes 1910 på Kungliga slottet och avled 2000 på Fredensborgs slott i Danmark som dansk drottning. Hunden på porträttet ska enligt uppgift vara ”Scottie”. . Kungliga slottet är öppet alla dagar i veckan, även måndagar. I slottsbiljetten ingår besök till Representationsvåningarna, Skattkammaren och Museum Tre Kronor. Kombinationsbiljett finns till jubileumsutställningen ’Vasa till Bernadotte’. Till Bernadottevåningen och utställningen finns audioguide som du även kan uppleva hemifrån. Börja besöket på Kungligaslotten.se . Foto: Alexis Daflos/Kungligaslotten.se #historia #konst #inredningar #arkitektur #historiskaporträtt #porträtt #porträttsamling #oljemålning #kungligaslottet #stockholmsslott #kungligaslott #kungligaslotten #kungligasamlingarna #history #art #design #interiordesign #architecture #royalcollections #royalpalacestockholm #royalpalace #royalpalaces #visitstockholm #visitsweden"

The Royal Court published these winter photos yesterday
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French objects: The china cabinet
In the Victoria Salon at the Royal Palace, there is a cabinet rich in detail that draws the eye to it. It was a state gift from Napoleon III to Karl XV in 1861. The Sèvre porcelain and gilt bronze cabinet reflects the era's interest in technological progress and scientific realism. It was designed by Léon Feuchère for the Sèvres manufactory in Paris and is Sèvre's largest product ever. The Chinese cityscapes are based on paintings that the artist Auguste Borget did on location in Macao.
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French objects: The wallpapers
The Don Quixote Salon at the Royal Palace is named after the woven tapestries that hang there. The motifs are taken from the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes' story 'The Genius Knight Don Quixote of La Mancha', which was published in the early 17th century. The novel, in which the tragicomic hero Don Quixote goes on an adventure with his squire Sancho Panza, is one of the world's most read and loved classics.
The tapestry suite, including the upholstery, was woven at Les Gobelins in Paris in the 1770s and was a gift from Louis XVI to Gustav III in 1784. The master of the tapestry designs was Charles Coypel. The suite was one of the manufactory's most popular and was woven during practically the entire 18th century in multiple editions, although with constantly varying design of the framework.
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At Youtube channel of the Royal Palaces:
During the work with the statue groups on the southern facade of Stockholm Palace, an exciting discovery was made. In one bottle they found two messages - one from the late 19th century and one from the 1990s.
They tell at the video that they are going to put now an own message to the facade during this renovation.


At Instagram of the Royal Palaces:

The facade renovation
This lion's head, a so-called lion mascaron, is newly carved and sits at the top under the roof at the central part above the southern arch of the Royal Palace's southern facade. There will be a total of six individual copies of the original lions, carved in Rorschacher stone from Switzerland. The original lions were created in the 1730s by Antoine Belette from drawings by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
"The lion mascarons are about 1.2 m high, about 1 m wide and about 0.8 m deep and weigh about 1.8 tons each. The original lions were so weathered that it was deemed necessary to replace them entirely. They were made of Gotland sandstone and the Rorschacher stone has similar properties but is more resistant to weathering," says Maria Chung Roslund, site manager from M3 Bygg AB.
Photo 1 shows the new lion, photo 2 shows the plaster model and photo 3 shows the old lion.
Kungliga slotten on Instagram: "Fasadrenoveringen . Det här lejonhuvudet, en så kallad lejonmaskaron, är nyhugget och sitter högst upp under taket vid mittpartiet över det södra valvet på Kungliga slottets södra fasad. Det ska bli totalt sex individuella kopior av de ursprungliga lejonen, huggna i Rorschachersten från Schweiz på ett danskt stenhuggeri. De ursprungliga lejonmaskaronerna skapades på 1730-talet av Antoine Belette efter ritningar av Nicodemus Tessin den yngre. ”Lejonmaskaronerna är ca 1,2 m höga, ca 1 m breda och ca 0,8 m djupa och väger cirka 1,8 ton styck. De ursprungliga lejonen var så söndervittrade att det bedömdes nödvändigt att byta ut dem helt. De var gjorda av gotländsk sandsten och Rorschacherstenen som vi använder nu har liknande egenskaper men är mer motståndskraftiga mot vittring”, säger Maria Chung Roslund, platschef från M3 Bygg AB. Huvudena ingår i den nionde etappen av totalt 22 av den stora renoveringen av Kungliga slottets fasader Etapp nio beräknas vara klar till hösten och hela den södra fasaden omkring halvårsskiftet 2028. Varje etapp tar 1-2 år och hela renoveringen av fasadens 30 000 kvadratmeter beräknas vara klar omkring år 2050. Bild 1 visar det nya lejonet, bild 2 visar gipsförlagan och bild 3 visar det gamla lejonet. Foto: Maria Chung Roslund/M3 Bygg, Anne Teresiak/AIX Repost @statensfastighetsverk"

At Instagram of the Royal House and the Royal Palaces
"Happy Easter from the eastern octagonal cabinet at the Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace!
Don't forget to set the clock to summer time tonight!
The floor clock in the cabinet is from the first part of the 1750s. The case was made at Jacob Liljedahl's lacquer factory and has a baroque shape while its decoration is rococo.
The watch from Stockholms Manufabrique is signed "Stockholm hos Gustaf Nylander" and bears the sentence "Pie et Prudenter" (With faith and knowledge)."

A new experience is now available! Take a guided tour around the Royal Palace, and learn about its history, architecture, sculpture and surrounding buildings.
The Royal Walks app takes you on a historical circular walk around the Royal Palace.
The tour begins a thousand years back in time with the earliest history of the palace, from the core tower and defence fortress, via a devastating palace fire, to today's magnificent palace.
The tour show all sides of the palace, including a general overview and fascinating details.
The walk starts below Lejonbacken, continuing via Norrbro (Stockholm's oldest stone bridge), Gustav Adolfs Torg, Stockholm Bay, Strömbron and the eastern side of the palace, up Slottsbacken and the southern side of the palace, and finally to the Outer Courtyard.

The Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren) at the Royal Palace

The Royal Palaces at its Instagram

Excursion Royal Palace
The Royal Palace has a history that spans centuries and is part of our common cultural heritage. From the Middle Ages, a rich historical chain of events leads up to today's state and representation.
The current palace was built in Baroque style by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and designed as a Roman palace. Inside there are many attractions - the Treasury with the royal regalia, Museum Tre Kronor about the palace's medieval history and not least the Royal Apartments with the pompous parade rooms. In the well-preserved palace environments, you wander through layers of interior art. And don't forget to look up at the ceilings.
At Outer Courtyard you can take part in the Change of the Guards, here is also the Royal Gift Shop.

The Royal Court and the Royal Palaces at their Instagram:
This summer, the Royal Palace's facades have been inspected.
The facade was built in the 1690s from Gotland sandstone. Already at the end of the 18th century, it was discovered that the porous stone weathered.
Since then, stones have been replaced, mended and reinforced.
In 2011, a major facade renovation was started, which is estimated to take around 50 years.

A member of the Stockholm Police have tweeted that a woman visiting the Royal Palace in Stockholm today suddenly slipped past the guards & barriers & sat down on the Silver Throne. The 17th C throne was scratched during the incident. The woman is suspected of crimes such as vandalism & violations of the National Protection Act.

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A member of the Stockholm Police have tweeted that a woman visiting the Royal Palace in Stockholm today suddenly slipped past the guards & barriers & sat down on the Silver Throne. The 17th C throne was scratched during the incident. The woman is suspected of crimes such as vandalism & violations of the National Protection Act.

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Margareta Thorgren to Expressen:
- There was a person who came to the Silver Throne in the Hall of State. Our guards saw the whole thing and immediately called the police. The police took care of this person.
According to her, there are no signs that the Silver Throne has been damaged.
- On a first inspection of the chair itself, no damage is visible. We are incredibly grateful for that, because this is a truly fine cultural heritage.

The Royal House posted these beautiful photos from this morning to its social media.

In the gloomy cellar vaults of the Museum Three Crowns (Museum Tre Kronor), we'll hunt for the mediaeval king Gustav Vasa's lost money!
During the autumn holiday week there will be extra activities for children in Museum Three Crowns at the Royal Palace. Master Eskil was Gustav Vasa's servant, and was entrusted with taking care of Gustav Vasa's personal funds… But where has he hidden the money bags?