The Royal Palace of Stockholm, Stockholm


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Photo from King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Room, taken by Alexis Daflos. The room was a gift from the government, parliament and municipalities for the king when he had been 25 years on the throne.
http://www.kungahuset.se/images/200...slottet.+Foto+Alexis+Daflos+Kungahuset.se.jpg

From court Instagram, about the renovation of the Palace
Right now preparing the roof of the western vault at the Royal Palace for repainting with the old paint carefully removed.
https://instagram.com/p/2-qQx3v8t0/?taken-by=kungahuset

The Swedish National Property Board has published a magazine about the Royal Palace: Read about rooms, halls and stairways, which together with the people that created, worked and lived in the castle created a society in miniature.
ISSUU - Kungliga slottet ett samhälle i miniatyr by Statens fastighetsverk

During the state visit from Tunisia we got photos from one of the State Rooms which are rarely seen:
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And at this photo from Karl XI's gallery we can see some details of the room:
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During the state visit from Tunisia we got photos from one of the State Rooms which are rarely seen:

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And at this photo from Karl XI's gallery we can see some details of the room:

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The gallery truly is impressive and very beautiful. Thank G-d it survived the fire of 1697!


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Video from the Royal Palace From SVT's serie "Svenska hemligheter" (Swedish secrets). A little different places shown than normally: the tunnel, the wood cellar, forgotten stairs, attic. And at 9.30 crown princess Margareta's garden room at the attic. In the end of the video the gorgeous rooms of the Palace are shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnuNHzn4hNQ
 
Successful attempts of solar panels at the Royal Palace
For several years, there has been a preliminary study commissioned by His Majesty the King about the possibility to coat the Royal Palace roof with solar panels.
A smaller test facility, which was installed in 2010 on the north wing of the castle's roof, has worked perfectly.
The castle's roof area is 7200 square meters and if 4400 square meters would be covered with solar cells, these could generate around 500,000 kWh per year, the annual consumption of about 20 average homes or townhouses.
The solar panels would not damage the monument building Royal Palace.
"It would not be visible from the ground and affect the castle's appearance. But they would be visible from the air! A visitor arriving in Stockholm by air could see that the Head of State himself is at the forefront of a shift to renewable energy," says the Marshal of the Realm Svante Lindqvist.
Framgångsrikt försök för solpaneler på Kungliga slottet - Sveriges Kungahus
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HQ photo of the photomontage how the Royal Palace would look with the solar panels.
http://www.kungahuset.se/images/18....130+Kungliga+slottet+solceller+högupplöst.jpg
 
Very interesting . Thanks for posting.
 
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer.
The Don Quixote Salon at the State rooms
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SYaCzFrn8/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Grand Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZg18Frp6/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Small Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZpw5FrqL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor carved in 1793 by Pehr Ljung in The Small Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZ5qnFrqw/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The West Staircase in the Stockholm Royal Palace designed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc0tTlrt8/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc6e9lruM/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc_eQlruV/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Karl XI's Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7WGIQyFrqb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7W-J3WFrjU/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7XCSQMlrnb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7XO_n3lril/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Swedish gilt Baroque armchair in the Council Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace from a set of six made c 1680 for the country house Mälsåker.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X01MnFrpG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Council Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace where the king has meetings with the government.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X3swvFrtr/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A garden urn at the Stockholm Royal Palace made for King Carl XII (1682-1718) c. 1700
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X4BHZlruS/
The Victoria Salon
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Ywy0LFrhN/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7YxSpFFrh0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
Still photos from Håkan Groth's Instagram
The Bernadotte Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bHJuwFruf/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bKpq5Frkq/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bK5m4FrlF/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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A portrait of Oscar I (1799-1859) of Sweden and Norway in the Bernadotte Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7cRgQ6Frl_/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Joséphine (as Crown Princess) wife of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7cV-Ovlrp2/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The five children of Oscar I and Queen Joséphine of Sweden and Norway.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dLecMlrq4/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Crown Prince Carl (XV) of Sweden and Norway (1826-1872).
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dT4IJFrpM/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Upland (1827-1854).
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dhzKalriL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
King Gustaf V of Sweden (1858-1950)
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dl6PLlrpc/?taken-by=hakan_groth

The King's Audience Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dulMIlroe/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7duvT8Frot/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7du8QwlrpB/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Ante Room in Queen Lovisa Ulrica's apartment, called the Blue Salon, decorated in 1730-1740.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7esfDiFrmA/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor by the French painter Charles-Joseph Natoire in the Blue Salon
https://www.instagram.com/p/7es3PUlrmR/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7es8_YlrmW/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor by François Boucher symbolising Air in Queen Lovisa Ulrica's Dining Room
https://www.instagram.com/p/7gAzWjlrpE/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Oscar II and Queen Sophia's Breakfast Room in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hkJjSFrpf/?taken-by=hakan_groth

In a former guard's room at Stockholm Royal Palace hangs two portraits of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia painted by the American artist Nelson Shanks in 1990-1991.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hljyVFrrT/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Guard's Room in the Guest Apartment in the Stockholm Royal Palace. This is where visiting head's of state stay when they come on official visits to Stockholm as guest's of the King.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hmsG7lrsc/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
From Håkan Groth's Instagram:
The Ante Room in the Guest Apartment
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hvVv6lrpK/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hvxBzlrpu/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The famous Oath of the Horatii clock made c 1810 after Jacques-Louis David's painting in the Louvred
https://www.instagram.com/p/7h_PMjFrla/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Meleager Salon
https://www.instagram.com/p/7kOFfklrvD/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7kPZLplrhP/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7kv27AFrhd/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k4hH7lrkM/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The main bedroom in the Guest Apartment
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k9amKFrvN/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k9hy0Frvc/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k-grylrh0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Inner Salon in the Guest Apartment
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k_F0jFrjJ/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7k_N7UlrjZ/?taken-by=hakan_groth
An overdoor with a painting by Guillaume Taraval in one of the two small octagonal cabinets decorated in the 1740's. Through the door is the Bernadotte Gallery.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7mqZvpFrmU/?taken-by=hakan_groth
An overdoor with a painting by Guillaume Taraval in one of the two small octagonal cabinets decorated.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7mqt2Vlrmu/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A portrait of Joséphine of Leuchtenberg (1807-76) by Joseph Stieler painted in 1823
https://www.instagram.com/p/7naB08lrgu/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A portrait painted in 1932 by Isaac Grünewald of Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000)
https://www.instagram.com/p/7ncA9iFrkt/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (the future King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway) in the Battle of Halle in 1806. Painting by Justine dei Clary
https://www.instagram.com/p/7nsp7Xlrlf/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
From Håkan Groth's Instagram:
Overdoor in the Hall of the Order of the Polestar
https://www.instagram.com/p/7pGXqwlrtm/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Ceiling decoration with the Swedish coat of arms in the Hall of the Order of the Sword
https://www.instagram.com/p/7pHS6_lruX/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Wall decoration in papier-mâché designed in 1866 by Fredric Wilhelm Scholander in the Hall of the Order of the Sword.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7pHxaBFruy/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor in the Hall of the Order of the Sword with a view into the Hall of the Order of the Seraphim designed by Carl Fredric Adelcrantz c 1740.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7pIGm1lrvG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The banner of the Order of the Seraphim made in 1810.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7qrEDQFrgo/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Chandeliers at the Palace
https://www.instagram.com/p/9k7Clmlrp-/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/9k7w70Frqz/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/9k9m10FrsX/?taken-by=hakan_groth

The Vita Havet (White Sea) ballroom
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ZTsVblrqP/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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https://www.instagram.com/p/-cqW0Xlrs2/?taken-by=hakan_groth

The State Bedroom of Queen Sofia Magdalena
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ecgo7Frmz/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/-eagoxlri-/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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Gustaf III's State Bedroom
https://www.instagram.com/p/-fA3TNFrsD/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/-fBdaElrs9/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
LadyFinn said:
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer.
The Don Quixote Salon at the State rooms
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SYaCzFrn8/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Grand Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZg18Frp6/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Small Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZpw5FrqL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor carved in 1793 by Pehr Ljung in The Small Gallery in the Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities
https://www.instagram.com/p/4SZ5qnFrqw/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The West Staircase in the Stockholm Royal Palace designed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc0tTlrt8/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc6e9lruM/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Vc_eQlruV/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Karl XI's Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7WGIQyFrqb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7W-J3WFrjU/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7XCSQMlrnb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7XO_n3lril/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Swedish gilt Baroque armchair in the Council Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace from a set of six made c 1680 for the country house Mälsåker.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X01MnFrpG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Council Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace where the king has meetings with the government.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X3swvFrtr/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A garden urn at the Stockholm Royal Palace made for King Carl XII (1682-1718) c. 1700
https://www.instagram.com/p/7X4BHZlruS/
The Victoria Salon
https://www.instagram.com/p/7Ywy0LFrhN/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7YxSpFFrh0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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The Victoria Salon is just so beautiful, amazing salon. I love the colors, so warm and rich looking.
Thank You Lady Finn for all the nice pictures, this was alot of hard work to do for us. Now on to the next set of pictures..:)
 
LadyFinn said:
Still photos from Håkan Groth's Instagram
The Bernadotte Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bHJuwFruf/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bKpq5Frkq/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bK5m4FrlF/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7bSbnglrhN/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A portrait of Oscar I (1799-1859) of Sweden and Norway in the Bernadotte Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/7cRgQ6Frl_/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Queen Joséphine (as Crown Princess) wife of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7cV-Ovlrp2/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The five children of Oscar I and Queen Joséphine of Sweden and Norway.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dLecMlrq4/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Crown Prince Carl (XV) of Sweden and Norway (1826-1872).
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dT4IJFrpM/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Upland (1827-1854).
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dhzKalriL/?taken-by=hakan_groth
King Gustaf V of Sweden (1858-1950)
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dl6PLlrpc/?taken-by=hakan_groth

The King's Audience Room at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7dulMIlroe/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7duvT8Frot/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7du8QwlrpB/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Ante Room in Queen Lovisa Ulrica's apartment, called the Blue Salon, decorated in 1730-1740.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7esfDiFrmA/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor by the French painter Charles-Joseph Natoire in the Blue Salon
https://www.instagram.com/p/7es3PUlrmR/?taken-by=hakan_groth
https://www.instagram.com/p/7es8_YlrmW/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor by François Boucher symbolising Air in Queen Lovisa Ulrica's Dining Room
https://www.instagram.com/p/7gAzWjlrpE/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Oscar II and Queen Sophia's Breakfast Room in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hkJjSFrpf/?taken-by=hakan_groth

In a former guard's room at Stockholm Royal Palace hangs two portraits of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia painted by the American artist Nelson Shanks in 1990-1991.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hljyVFrrT/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Guard's Room in the Guest Apartment in the Stockholm Royal Palace. This is where visiting head's of state stay when they come on official visits to Stockholm as guest's of the King.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7hmsG7lrsc/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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Oscar I was a very handsome man, very distinguished looking and regal. His wife, Queen Josephine was also a very beautiful woman and you can see that that the male children in the family look so much like their dad. A very handsome family. Was Oscar I and Josephine a love match? Now that I have seen these pictures of the royal family during this time, I want to know more about them and the time period. I also want that gorgeous yellow chair for my home.....what beautiful furniture there is. Now onto the next set.........:)
 
Swedish broadcaster SVT confirms key venues and event locations for Eurovision 2016.
The EuroClub will be hosted in a purpose-built venue constructed next to the water in front of the Royal Palace whilst the official fan zone for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Eurovision Village, will be situated in Kungsträdgården (the Royal Gardens).
"The choice of the Stockholm City Hall for the opening ceremony and the Royal Garden for the Eurovision Village feels just right, but what really stands out is the unique location of the EuroClub, at one of Stockholm's most beautiful places, at the waterfront in front of the Royal Palace", said contest producer Christer Björkman.
Stockholm is ready to party! _ News _ Eurovision Song Contest
 
Louis XV armchair in the Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3lHJTFruG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Swedish Empire armchair made c 1820 after a French model for Carl XIV Johan (formerly Jean-Baptist Bernadotte) for a salon at the Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BA6g6Wslrs0/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A French 18th century marble urn with exquisite ormolu mounts in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAc05e-FrkL/?taken-by=hakan_groth

The paintings of Gustaf VI Adolf and his both wives, Margareta and Louise
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A marble bust of Queen Silvia of Sweden commissioned by her husband as a present for her 70th birthday in 2013 from the Italian sculptor Giancarlo Buratti.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBAhUVJlroT/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
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The paintings of Gustaf VI Adolf and his both wives, Margareta and Louise
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A marble bust of Queen Silvia of Sweden commissioned by her husband as a present for her 70th birthday in 2013 from the Italian sculptor Giancarlo Buratti.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBAhUVJlroT/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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There is a "matching" bust of the King standing next to this one. I think it was commissioned for the King's 60th birthday, by the same sculptor.
 
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer and expert.
From the Royal Chapel:
The Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace was designed in the Baroque style by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654-1729), but decorated by his successor Carl Hårleman (1700-53). Hårleman altered the décor slightly and added elements in the Rococo style in the 1740's.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBf8y2JlrjO/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The organ in the Stockholm Royal Palace's Chapel was designed by the Royal Architect and Super Intendent Carl Hårleman and decorated by the French sculptor Adrien Masreliez. The first sermon was held here in December 1754.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBgBGkPFrud/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Between the pulpit and the altar in the Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace is a box reserved for members of the Royal Family who wish to attend the church service without being seen by the congregation. The medallion above the door is of the Swedish King Gustaf Vasa (1496-1560) who commissioned the first translated Swedish bible in 1541.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBf_5d8lrrU/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The extraordinary pulpit in the Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace was made by the French sculptor Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon (1711-53). It took him three years to carve and it was finished in 1751. Symbols of the Four Evangelists Mathew (an angel), Mark (a winged lion), Luke (an ox) and John (an eagle) are used as supporters.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBf9JdUlrkd/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Swedish coat of arms in the Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace. Designed by Carl Hårleman.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBgAQvIlrsa/?taken-by=hakan_groth

A shield decorated with three crowns, the coat of arms of Sweden, supported by a cherub and a lion. Decoration from the 1740's in the East Loggia of the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdMhWylriQ/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The former bedroom of King Carl XIV Johan in the Stockholm Royal Palace was decorated in the Louis XV style in the 1740's by Carl Hårleman. The elegant ceiling and overdoors were painted by the Frenchman Guillaume Taraval. The walls were originally covered with a French green and silver coloured silk damask.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBg5pOiFruk/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The former bedroom of King Carl XIV Johan in the Stockholm Royal Palace was decorated in the Louis XV style in the 1740's by Carl Hårleman. The ceiling was painted by the Frenchman Guillaume Taraval.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBg6F-dlrvS/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The former bedroom of King Carl XIV Johan in the Stockholm Royal Palace was decorated in the Louis XV style in the 1740's by Carl Hårleman. The ceiling was painted by the Frenchman Guillaume Taraval. This room had previously been the bedroom of Queen Sophia Magdalena (1746-1813), wife of Gustaf III.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBg6dxrlrgD/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
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Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer and expert.
The South Portico in the Royal Palace with the entrance to the Hall of State. The Royal Chapel is on the opposite side. The balcony was intended for musicians.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBhLpWwFrnb/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A detail of the ceiling in the South Portico in the Stockholm Royal Palace with the coat of arms of Sweden.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBhWrRzFrmZ/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Don Quixote Salon at Stockholm Royal Palace is named after the tapestries woven in the 1770's at the Les Gobelin factory in Paris.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBj1NFxlrny/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor painted by François Boucher (1703-70) in the Don Quixote Salon at Stockholm Royal Palace. The frame was designed by the talented architect Jean Eric Rehn.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBj2UHLlrpC/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The ceiling in Gustaf III's State Bedroom was decorated by Jacques Foucquet and René Chauveau c 1700. It depicts how the young King Carl XII (1682-1718) is protected by the Olympian Gods.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBlQR80lrld/?taken-by=hakan_groth
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Another decorative painting, by a for me unknown artist, above a door in a room in the Stockholm Royal Palace not open to the public
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBlT1DKlrs8/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Pillared Hall (Pelarsalen) in the Stockholm Royal Palace was decorated by the architect Carl Hårleman during the 1730's and 1750's and was used initially (from 1754) as the King's Dining Room. Gustaf III altered the room around 1780 with the help of Jean-Baptist Masreliez when four large mirrors, new overdoors and two statues of Venus and Apollo were added.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnKiIxFrm9/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The Pillared Hall in the Stockholm Royal Palace with Gustavian chairs made by Eric Öhrmark.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnLCKrlrn9/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Overdoor with a painting by Jean-Baptist Oudry in what was the Audience Room of Gustaf III's younger brother Prince Fredric Adolf (now in the Guest Apartment). Another of the many paintings bought in Paris for the decoration of the Stockholm Royal Palace during his visit in 1744-45.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnyurPlrm_/?taken-by=hakan_groth
An ormolu, enamel and crystal chandelier made c 1819 by André Galle in Paris (1761-1844) in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBn11j4lrsX/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A French Sèvres porcelain ur with ormolu mounts, one of a pair, made c 1780 that was a gift to Gustaf III from Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette when he visited Paris in 1784. The Empire bronze and ormolu candelabras are Swedish made c 1810-1820.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBpSPUylrkg/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The ceiling in Queen Sophia Magdalena's State Bedroom depicts Mother Svea (The personification of Sweden) holding a shield with Sweden's heraldic emblem, the three crowns. This was painted in 1734 by Guillaume Taraval and Antoine-Baptist Monnoyer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBpWGwplrro/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The ceiling in Queen Sophia Magdalena's State Bedroom depicts Mother Svea (Sweden) in the centre surrounded by figures representing the four then known Continents, here Africa. It was painted in 1734 by Guillaume Taraval and Antoine-Baptist Monnoyer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBpWtRGFrsv/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for posting these. Can I just ask though, who pays for the Swedish palaces to be maintained so that, unlike Buckingham Palace, lumps of plaster don't come falling down? Is it a government department that keeps on top of the maintenance or is there a special fund?
 
Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer and expert.
The Audience Room in the State Apartment at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The Italian Renaissance canopy is believed to have come to Sweden with Catarina Jagellonica of Poland (1526-83) wife of Johan III.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBqboxmFriY/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The ceiling of the Audience Room was created c 1700 by the two Frenchmen Jacques Foucquet and René Chauveau.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBqeU1yFrnA/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The centre of the ceiling in the Audience Room in the State Apartment shows the Roman Gods Mars and Venus.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBqe2h7Frn-/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Louis XVI commode made c 1785 attributed to Adam Weisweiler. This piece was bought in 1797 in France for Prince Carl (later King Carl XIII) of Sweden. The clock was made in Paris c 1780 by the Swedish clock maker André Hessén (1745-1805).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBrmZZNFrgu/?taken-by=hakan_groth
 
Svensk Damtidning had an article about the Grand Guests Apartments used for state visits some weeks ago.
Royal housekeeper Ebba von Mecklenburg tells that although she has worked at the Royal Palace for many years, she is still impressed of the space of the salons and the beautiful woven wallpapers. The article has been done just before the state visit of the Tunisian president.
The bed linen is brought from the Linen Chamber. To get the Guest apartments ready for a state visit takes about a week. Von Mecklenburg tells that the rooms shall be furnished, cleaned and the windows will be washed.
The guest apartments are used also by royals when they visit the royal family. Queen Maxima stayed there when she was at the wedding of Carl Philip and Sofia. She didn't use the grand bedroom, but stayed at a smaller room.
All rooms - drawing room, audience room, salons and bedrooms - are used. The Head of State doesn't travel alone and the entourage needs rooms. Von Mecklenburg tells that there is security staff around the clock, but the guests can't order tea and sandwiches at 04.00 in the morning, there aren't staff for that.
At the internal salon there is a TV. Is there a wifi? Von Mecklenburg says that "do you think that we are old-fashioned?" and tells that they are very modern and have both wifi and computers. But they are discreet and don't let those stand at the center of the room.
There is the Margareta room, a smaller room where the breakfast is served. At the walls are paintings painted by crown princess Margareta. Von Mecklenburg tells that the breakfast is brought from external purveyor according to the wishes of the guest. All the wishes of the guests are been written down at the so called "förbesök", the visit made before every visit. The delegation from the incoming country comes to Stockholm and Ebba von Mecklenburg and the other staff get to know if the Head of State has special wishes, for instance about the breakfast or about allergies.
Von Mecklenburg says that they want that their guests have everything as good as possible. Some things they can't supply if they would need rebuilding, to other wishes they say "Yes of course". One more detail are the small soaps and bottles with shampoo and shower gel at the bathroom. Von Mecklenburg tells that she chooses those which are good, smell pleasant and are environmentally friendly and aren't unsuitable for those who have allergies. And they should be in small bottles and all brands don't have those.
And before the guest arrives, the court florist Claes Carlsson brings his beautiful flower bouquets and decorations to the apartments. And there will also be fruits and chocolate and carafes full with swedish tap water. Peanuts and dates are the king's favourites.
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:previous: this is great. thank you for sharing :flowers::flowers:
 
Curryong said:
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for posting these. Can I just ask though, who pays for the Swedish palaces to be maintained so that, unlike Buckingham Palace, lumps of plaster don't come falling down? Is it a government department that keeps on top of the maintenance or is there a special fund?
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According to the Swedish Royal House website, there are two separate grants respectively for palace administration, which covers maintenance of the royal palaces and of the royal collection, and for the court administration, which funds the King's Household, the Queen's Household, Princess Victoria's Household, and the Royal Mews. The palace administration grant was approximately SEK 62.5 million in 2015 whereas the court administration grant was about SEK 65 million (note: US$ 1 = SEK 8.48 as of March 3, 2016).

Royal Finances - Sveriges Kungahus


The maintenance of the royal palaces specifically is managed by the Office of the Governor of the Royal Palaces, which, as far as I understand, is a department of the Royal House. That contrasts with other countries like Spain for example where the royal palaces are managed by a National Heritage agency that answers directly to the national government and is not part of the Royal House.
 
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From court Instagram
Today's word: metope! A metope is the square, often decorated, plate forming part of the Doric column order. The metopes in the picture can be seen at the Royal Palace facade toward the Outer courtyard. They have warlike designs from the, then-known, continents Europe, Africa, America, and Asia.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEI89d7P8rN/?taken-by=kungahuset

Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a photographer and antique dealer and expert.
Enfilade of rooms in the Bernadotte apartment in the Stockholm Royal Palace decorated in the 1740's for the Queen of Sweden. The French rock crystal chandelier was made c 1700.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEMSytClrg3/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The writing room of Queen Sophie of Sweden (1836-1914), wife of Oscar II. It was originally luxuriously decorated as the Queen's Bedroom in the 1740's with panelling in white and gold. The walls and furniture were covered with a red silk damask decorated with golden crowns
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEMwGdSlrof/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The breakfast room of Oscar II and Queen Sophia in the Stockholm Royal Palace who lived here 1873-1913. The silver chandelier was a gift from the family for their Silver Jubilee as monarchs in 1897. The room was originally twice the size and decorated in the 1730's in the Régence style. It was so richly gilded then so it was known as the 'Gilt Room'.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BENjnoUFrk4/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The writing room of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (1836-1907). It was preserved untouched after his death in his memory. The desk in the foreground was his private use and he had a second smaller desk by the other window for signing state papers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEOy-0HFrms/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A detail of the cornice and ceiling in King Adolph Fredric of Sweden's cabinet in the Royal Palace decorate in the 1740's. Oscar II used this room as his bedroom.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEOzXQ9lrne/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A gilt bronze bust of King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway from the 1820s.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEO0l0mlrqG/?taken-by=hakan_groth
The bedroom used since the 19th century by visiting heads of state in the Guest Apartment in the Stockholm Royal Palace. It was decorated in the 1760's for Prince Fredric Adolph (1750-1803) who could move in in 1770. He was Gustaf III's youngest brother who died in Montpellier in France.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEPGnnElrva/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish gilt Louis XIV table attributed to the German born furniture maker and sculptor Burchard Precht (1651-1738) in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEXqwIdFrko/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A gilt Swedish Louis XV ceremonial folding stool from a large set made c 1750 for the Stockholm Royal Palace
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEXrBtYlrlB/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A Swedish Louis XV royal audience chair made 1744 with carvings by the French sculptor Jean-Caspar Caillon. The chair is now in Hall of the Order of the Seraphim in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEX8aB5lrof/?taken-by=hakan_groth

Photo from princess Sibylla's apartments, taken yesterday and today at the King's reception
https://media.shootitlive.com/AOCtXd4YvAXKUQ1xpgPHHrSuB0v/1200.jpg?project_id=expressen/2193
https://media.shootitlive.com/EdDrZyG3Hz5hhzpnr8UGsXyMaRG/1200.jpg?project_id=expressen/2193

Anna Palm De Rosa (1859-1924), View of the Royal Palace from the Grand Hôtel. On sale at auction at Stockholm Auktionsverk 8th June.
https://media.auktionsverket.se/E606/stor/2066.jpg?d=20160601105800

Anna Palm De Rosa (1859-1924), View towards the Royal Palace and Helgeandsholmen. On sale at auction at Stockholm Auktionsverk 8th June.
https://media.auktionsverket.se/E606/stor/2042.jpg?d=20160523155200
 
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The Royal Palace has Swedish Royal Guards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5gIB7Cfaw

The northern entrance of the Royal Palace was inspired by the entrance to Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Italy.

The State Bedchamber of Queen Sophia Magdalena was decorated in the 1770s in the Swedish version of the French Louis XVI style. The overdoor panels were painted by the French artist Charles Joseph Notoire in 1743.
 
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Summer times at the Royal Palace! The Royal Apartments opens 8:30 from July

The Palace, with the Royal Apartments, the museums and gift shop, is open year round and daily during the summer months. In July and August the Royal Apartments will open at 8:30, the other sights at 10:00.
Summer times at the Royal Palace! The Royal Apartments*opens 8_30 from July - Sveriges Kungahus
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHR4FqEBJsN/?tagged=kungahuset

Some photos of the Royal Palace in the evening
https://www.ninawelten.de/wp-content/gallery/stockholm-september-2014/IMG_5840.jpg
https://www.ninawelten.de/wp-content/gallery/stockholm-september-2014/IMG_5705.jpg
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https://www.ninawelten.de/wp-content/gallery/stockholm-september-2014/IMG_5375.jpg
 
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Those are beautiful and romantic pics. When were they taken? Recently?
 
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