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Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-67), 'Winter' sculpted 1834, in the recently restored North Portico at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-67), 'Spring' sculpted 1834, in the recently restored North Portico at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-67), 'Summer' sculpted 1834, in recently restored North Portico at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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In Deo Spes Mea (In God My Hope) was the motto of the Queen Ulrica Eleonora the Younger who ruled Sweden 1718-20 and of her husband Fredric I who was king 1720-51.
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The entrance to the North Portico from the inner courtyard.
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The only balcony at the Stockholm Royal Palace
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An 18th century sculpted coat of arms with the Swedish Three Crowns above a doorway at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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One of the two bronze lions outside the Royal Palace by the French sculptor Bernard Fouquet c 1700. They were modelled on the two Medici marble lions in Rome.
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Gustaf III of Sweden purchased a collection of antique sculptures from the collection of the late Giovanni Baptista Piranesi. His son Francesco had been appointed art agent to the king in 1783. The foremost piece in the collection was Endymion said to have been found in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli outside Rome. The pieces in the background had been made up from antique fragments by Piranesi.
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The Grand Gallery in Gustaf III's Antiques Museum opened in 1794 in the Stockholm Royal Palace. When Gustaf III died in 1792 his brother Prince Carl became the regent as his son Gustaf IV Adolph was only 14 years old. Carl decided to make a donation of his late brother's collection of art and antique sculptures into a National Museum, the first in Sweden open to the public. The architect Carl Fredric Sundvall designed this sculpture gallery in what had been intended as an orangery. Apollo and the nine Muses that Gustaf had bought from Giovanni Volpato in Rome were placed on the inner wall. Other pieces came from the Piranesi collection. It was and still is used for receptions and concerts.
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Gustaf III's Antique Museum designed in 1792 by Carl Fredric Sundvall to house the late king's collection of antique sculptures he had bought in Rome 1784. The gallery has seven tall French windows overlooking the private royal garden at the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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In the centre an antique sculpture of an ancient priestess said to have been found in Capua Vetera in Campania in the 15th century. Bought by Gustaf III from the dealer Giovanni Volpato in Rome 1784. The candelabra made up of antique fragments and later pieces came from the Piranesi collection.
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These amazing pieces in the Gustaf III's Antique Museum in the Royal Palace was bought in Rome 1784 by the king from Francesco Piranesi. They had been created in the workshop of his more famous father the artist Giovanni Battista. The central urn was the most expensive of the pieces and was also published in a prominent place in his work 'Vasi e candelabri', Rome 1774.
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Pehr Ljung carved this ornament 1794 with a pair of griffins guarding Apollo's sacred tripod in the Small Gallery. The museum caretaker had his room behind it and could keep an eye on visitors through it. Prince Carl, who took the initiative to create the Royal Museum in the Palace had the griffin in his coat of arms.
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An unfinished watercolour from around 1840 by the courtier and artist Baron Carl Stefan Bennet of Carl XI's Gallery in the Stockholm Royal Palace. The gallery had been decorated by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger in the 1690's and survived the great fire of 1697 that destroyed all of the old castle except the northern range that Tessin had rebuilt. This was the central room in the apartment of Carl XIV Johan (1763-1844). The king is seen receiving a courtier in the centre. This is where the state dinners for 160 guests seated at a long table is held nowadays.
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At the program of the events, lectures, exhibitions at the Royal Palaces 2017 is is a series of programs with exclusive theme evenings. The court's staff invites small groups for a talk and views of the halls, rooms and facilities that are rarely or never shown to the public. The serie is called "Nyfiken på... temakvällar" (Curious about ... theme evenings)

"This year we are pleased to provide an exclusive tour of Princess Sibylla's apartment used as a residence and representation. There the history and the modern monarchy are tied together in a unique and exciting way.
Princess Sibylla's apartment isn't normally shown to the public and is unknown to most people. On two exclusive occasions it is now possible to visit the floor which in 1754 became the home floor for the then eight-year-old Crown Prince Gustav (III). For example, it was here that King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's engagement was announced in March 1976, and the Crown Princess couple's engagement in February 2009."
The events are on 29th and 30th March and they were sold out immediately.
Nyfiken på... Prinsessan Sibyllas våning – temakväll 29 och 30 mars - Sveriges Kungahus

From Svensk Damtidning "Now you can sit at Victoria and Daniel's engagement sofa!"
Nu kan du provsitta Victorias och Daniels förlovningssoffa! _ Svensk Damtidning
 
LadyFinn said:
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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Svensk Damtidning has published this article from their paper issue a year ago now at their website due to the Canadian state visit.
The article has a gallery from the Guest apartments at the Royal Palace.
Så är det att bo i kungaparets gästvåning _ Svensk Damtidning
 
Wonderful article. I wonder why Queen Máxima of the Netherlands made no use of the grand bedchamber? Was it because of: "No fuss please, a simple room is enough?"
 
Photos from the Royal Palace from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
A French Louis XVI ormolu, bronze and marble clock made c 1784-85, possibly a gift from the Comte de Provence (later Louis XVIII) to Gustaf III. The movement is signed by the Swede André Hessén who was active in Paris. The bronzes possible by Louis-Simon Boizot. The figures on the left are Mother Svea (the personification of Sweden) holding the hand of Crown Prince Gustaf (IV) Adolph and pointing to medallions of his illustrious forbears Gustaf (I) Vasa, Gustaf II Adolph and his father Gustaf III.
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The French Empire silver centrepiece by Odiot was made in Paris for the Emperor Don Pedro I of Brazil. It was inherited by Queen Joséphine of Sweden and Norway in 1873 when her sister Amélie of Leuchtenberg, the Emperor's second wife died. The pieces from the service are often used, as in the photo, at state dinners.
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The gate to the small formal garden (Logården) at the Royal Palace. The crowned monogram is that of Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway who reigned 1818-44. He was the former Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French Marshal and Prince of Ponte Corvo.
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The east entrance to the Royal Palace through the small formal garden.
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The East Loggia in the Royal Palace. The are two identical Italian style loggias on either side of the inner courtyard designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. This is the private one used by the royal family.
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The plaster reliefs in the loggias at the Royal Palace were made by the French sculptor Jean-Philippe Bouchardon c. 1745.
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One of the doors in the East Loggia at the Royal Palace that opens out into the inner courtyard. When Tessin designed the palace the loggias were intended to be open as in Italy, but it wasn't practical as the snow blew in during the winter and it became too cold and draughty.
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The east façade of the Royal Palace with the small formal garden. For the design of the central section the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was inspired by Lorenzo Bernini's Palazzo Odescalchi (then called Chigi). The work with the new palace began in 1697 directly after the fire that burnt down most of the old castle.
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The north façade of the Royal Palace. The central section survived the fire of 1697 that destroyed most of the old castle Tre Kronor (Three Crowns). It had been rebuilt by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger 1692-95 in a late Roman Renaissance style inspired by Palazzo Farnese.
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The north façade of the Royal Palace with one of the two bronze lions sculpted by the Frenchman Bernard Fouquet the Younger (d. 1711) and erected in 1704. He modelled them on the marble lions at Villa Medici in Rome. Sadly bronze sculptures looted from Kronborg Castle in Denmark had to be melted down to use for the casting.
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The ceremonial balcony at the Royal Palace where the royal family come out on special occasions.
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The Swedish coat of arms cast in bronze above the ceremonial balcony at the Royal Palace cast at the end of the 19th century.
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The west façade overlooks the outer courtyard where the changing of the guard takes place every day. This was the entrance to the stairs leading up to the King's Apartment. The Queen's Apartment was on the opposite side overlooking the garden and the water. The two apartments are joined in the north range by a long gallery.
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A view of the outer courtyard of the Royal Palace where the changing of the guard takes place. The soldiers are housed in the curved wing to the left.
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The South Portico is the ceremonial entrance to the Stockholm Royal Palace. It gives access to the two largest and most important rooms, the Hall of State and the Royal Chapel. The balcony is for musicians.
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'Hæc Est Sola Nostra Gloria' (This is Only Our Glory). Ceiling decorations in the South Portico, Royal Palace designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
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The Swedish coat-of-arms with the three crowns supported by two lions above the entrance doors in the South Portico, Stockholm Royal Palace. Stucco decorations designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
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The Hall of State in the Royal Palace this is where the formal state opening of the Swedish Parliament took place, the last time was in 1974. The balcony was used by the queen and the princesses. Nowadays it is opened in the Parliament with less pomp and circumstance. The room is also used for banquets and concerts.
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King Carl XVI Gustaf seated on the Silver Throne when he opened the Swedish Parliament for the one and only time at the Royal Palace in 1974. He was 27 years old at the time.
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The Silver Throne was commissioned as a gift by Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie from Abraham Drentwett in Augsburg, Germany, for Queen Christina's coronation in 1650. It was one of only two pieces of furniture saved in the fire 1697 that destroyed the old royal castle. The two female figures are Justice holding a pair of scales and a sword and Prudence holding a mirror. Queen Christina's monogram was replaced in 1751 with the Swedish coat-of-arms with three crowns for the coronation of King Adolph Fredric. The throne hasn't been used by the king since 1974. A replica was made in Hollywood in 1933 for the film 'Queen Christina' with Great Garbo. It was used a again in 1989 for the movie 'Batman' then as the the throne of the Joker.
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The canopy above the throne in the Hall of State was designed by Jean Eric Rehn and made in Paris for King Adolph Fredric's coronation in 1751.
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Sculpted decoration in one of the window recesses in the Hall of State in the Royal Palace designed by Carl Hårleman.
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Decoration in the Hall of State, Stockholm Royal Palace.
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The balconies above the entrance to the Hall of State were used by musicians during the state opening of parliament.
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Photos from the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
The entrance to the Royal Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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The Chapel in the Royal Palace was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger in Baroque but modified in the Louis XV style when it was built by Carl Hårleman. The first service was held in December 1754 when the royal family moved in. It has been used ever since with a service every Sunday when everyone is welcome. It has been and still is used by the royal family for baptisms, weddings and funerals.
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The French sculptor Jacques-Philippe Bouchard made the medallions of the Apostles with their framework above the windows in chapel at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Bouchardon was one of many French and Italian artists who came to Stockholm to work with the interiors of the palace from around 1730. A school was set up they taught young Swedish artists and craftsmen. This later became the Royal Academy.
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The Christogram IHS modelled by the French sculptor Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon above a window in Chapel in the Stockholm Royal Palace
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The ceiling in the Royal Chapel was painted with three scenes depicting Christ ascending to Heaven by Guillaume Taraval and Johan Pasch the Elder.
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Photos from Slottsboden (The Royal Gift Shop) at the Royal Palace, taken on 26th January 2017 by photographer Patrik C Österberg.
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The West Staircase in the Royal Palace designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and built in the first half of the 18th century. The late Porphyry large was made in Älvdalen c 1820.
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A Swedish porphyry urn made in Älvdalen for King Carl XIV Johan c 1820.
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Fredric I (1671-1751), King of Sweden 1720-51 and Landgrave of Hesse from 1730. He was married to Queen Ulrica Eleonora the Younger, reigning 1818-20, who abdicated in his favour. He was a constitutional monarch with little power which didn't bother him as it gave him more time for hunting, eating and his mistresses. The government even made a stamp with signature so he didn't have to be troubled by needing to sign state papers. All portraits of him shows him with a happy smile! He is not considered a great king but he didn't interfere in matters of state and let the government rule. Bust by Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon at the Royal Palace.
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A faience garden urn with the monogram of Carl XII of Sweden who reigned 1697-1718.
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The top floor landing and vestibule of the West Staircase with Corinthian columns. The floor is laid with Swedish marble and limestone. The bases of the columns are of Swedish marble but the columns are of stone painted to look like marble.
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The great Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1674-1728) in the West Staircase at the Stockholm Royal Palace that he designed and built.
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Juno with the infant Hercules. Marble sculpture commissioned by King Carl XIV Johan in 1818 from Johan Niclas Byström.
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A carved and gilt ovedoor in the King's Second Guard's Room (Livdrabantsalen) from c 1740.
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A portrait of Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway (1763-1844) as Crown Prince painted in Paris in 1810 by François Gérard. The former Jean-Baptist Bernadotte, a French marshal and Prince of Ponte Corvo was elected to succeed the old childless Carl XIII and the portrait was painted as he left Paris to travel to Sweden.
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The coronation of Carl XIV Johan (the former Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte in 1818 by Pehr Krafft the Elder (detail). The king commissioned this enormous painting (completed in 1824) from Krafft who had studied for David in Paris 1796-1805.
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Madame Désirée Bernardotte, née Clary (1777-1860) painted in 1804 by François Gérard. She had been Napoleon's first fiancée before he met Joséphine. Her sister Julie was married to Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte. Through her marriage to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte in 1799 she ended up being the Queen of Sweden and Norway in 1818.
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A bust of Carl XIV Johan (Bernadotte) by François-Joseph Bosio (1768-1845).
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One of a pair of magnificent Swedish Empire console tables made c 1810 in the Stockholm Royal Palace. It was probably made for Carl XIII who as prince had been appointed Grand Admiral of the Fleet and pieces made for him often had a naval theme. The busts are of Prince Oscar (II) and Prince August.
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A bust of Queen Désirée (née Clary). She came briefly to Sweden in January 1811 but couldn't stand the climate, Queen Charlotte and the formality of the Swedish Court so she soon returned to Paris. She stayed away there for 12 years but finally returned in 1823 accompanying her daughter-in-law to be Joséphine of Leuchtenberg. She had a large wart on her cheek which the bust also had but she is said to have hacked it off herself!
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The wedding of Crown Prince Oscar (I) of Sweden and Norway to Princess Joséphine of Leuchtenberg (Empress Joséphine of France's granddaughter) 19 June 1823 in Stockholm. Painted by Pehr Krafft the Younger.
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The coronet of a Swedish royal prince or princess in carved giltwood on a picture frame.
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Portraits of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway's children, Carl (XV), Gustaf, Oscar (II), August and Eugénie.
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Historic relics: the sword and the baton were given to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte in 1804 by Napoleon in a ceremony at Versailles when he was made a marshal of France. The Swedish Order of the Seraphim with its blue ribbon was awarded him in Paris 1810 when he had been elected to be Sweden's Crown Prince.
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Crown Princess Joséphine of Sweden and Norway (1807-76) painted in Munich 1823 by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858). She was the granddaughter of Empress Joséphine of France and married Crown Prince Oscar (I) of Sweden and Norway the same year.
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Thérèse, Duchess of Dalarna, née Rincess of Saxe-Altenburg (1836-1914). She was married to Prince August of Sweden and Norway (d. 1873), the youngest son of Oscar I.
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Oscar II's Breakfast Room at the Royal Palace was decorated in the Régence style in the 1730's by French craftsmen. In 1873 when Oscar II and Queen Sophie moved in the richly carved decor was stripped of its white paint and gilding to reveal the oak panels. The corniche was painted in naturalistic colours. Tapestries with Oscar and Sophie's monogram were woven in Stockholm by Handarbetets vänner.
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Detail of the cornice from c 1740 in what was originally Queen Lovisa Ulrica's Dressing Room. This became Queen Sophie's Bedroom in 1873.
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An overdoor in the Bernadotte gallery painted by the French artist Guillaume Taraval c 1740. Above is a cartouche with Fredric I's monogram. He died in 1751, three years before the royal family could finally move in, 57 years after the fire destroyed the old castle.
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Crown Prince Oscar (I) of Sweden and Norway (1799-1859). He was born in Paris as Oscar Bernadotte and when his father was elected crown prince he became a Swedish prince. When Napoleon was on St Helena in exile he claimed he was his godfather and that he asked his mother Désirée to call him Oscar. She denied this was true. He however became the godfather of the writer Oscar Wilde as his father the eminent Irish eye specialist Sir William Wilde came to Stockholm in 1854 and managed to cure King Oscar's eye problem. When he was there he received the news that his wife had given birth to a son in Dublin and the king agreed to be his godfather thus naming his Oscar!
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A Swedish porphyry urn with ormolu mounts made at the porphyry works in Älvdalen that was owned by King Carl XIV Johan. After the king had arrived in Sweden in 1810 he decided to invest his considerable fortune in Swedish industries and the porphyry works was one of them.
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Detail of ormolu mounts on an Empire desk (one of a pair) made as master pieces by Lorentz Wilhelm Lundelius in Stockholm 1818 for Carl XIV Johan.
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In the Guard's Room in the State Guest Apartment stands this large Italian table with a marble specimen top (in the centre a piece of malachite). It was a gift to the Dowager Queen Joséphine by Pope Pius IX when the queen visited him in Rome 1875, the year before she died. They had been corresponding since the 1850s.
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One of a pair of Russian malachite urns that were a gift from Tsar Nikolai I on the occasion of his visit to see King Carl XIV Johan in Stockholm 1838. It was rare that heads of state visited each other at the time and the Russian Crown Prince Alexander (II) was officially coming to visit, but the Tsar himself was also onboard the ship and arrived unannounced.
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Mirror with the Swedish coat-of-arms the Three Crowns designed by Jean Eric Rehn c 1770 for the Anteroom in Prince Fredric Adolph's apartment, now the State Guest Apartment.
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The 'Oath of the Horatii' clock, ormolu and marble made by Claude Galle c 1810. It is based on Jacques-Louis David's famous painting in the Louvre from 1784.
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The Anteroom in the State Guest Apartment with a portrait of Louis XV of France by Louis-Michel van Loo. This was a gift to Prince Fredric Adolph (who once lived in this apartment) when he visited Paris with his elder brother Gustaf III in 1771.
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The coat of arms of France and Navarre on the frame of the portrait of Louis XV on the Stockholm Royal Palace.
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Detail of a French Empire gilt bronze candelabrum, probably by Claude Galle, Paris c 1810-20.
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A detail of a Roman soldier from a French ormolu candelabrum c 1810-20 probably from the firm Galle in Paris.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW66MmhnB42/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A large giltwood console table, Swedish c 1810-20 in the State Guest Apartment.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW5u3KJnd6Y/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A unique Swedish Empire chandelier in the Anteroom in the State Guest Apartment made c 1810-20.
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The main Salon in the State Guest Apartment in the Stockholm Royals Palace. It was decorated c 1770 for Prince Fredric Adolph, Gustaf III's youngest brother. The desk was made 1794 by Gottlieb Iversson for Gustaf IV Adolph.
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The 17th Brussels tapestries depicts the story of Meleager and was originally part of Queen Ulrica Eleonora the Elder of Sweden's dowry.
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A small Swedish Empire table probably made for King Carl XIV Johan by the Stockholm cabinet maker Lorentz Wilhelm Lundelius in the 1820's.
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One of the pair of gigantic Russian porcelain vases from Korniloff's factory in St Petersburg. This was another of Tsar Nikolai I of Russia's generous gifts in 1838 on the occasion of his visit to Carl XIV Johan in Stockholm.
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The main bedroom in the State Guest Apartment in the Royal Palace where numerous visiting emperors, empresses, kings, queens and presidents have slept since the early 19th century. There are smaller bedrooms as well in case they prefer separate bedrooms. About six months before a visit a representative will come here to discuss the arrangements and requests from the guests. The room was decorated c 1770 for Prince Fredric Adolph of Sweden.
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A Gustavian royal bed in the State Guest Apartment with a portrait of Prince Fredric Adolph (1750-1803) above.
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One of the elegant French Savonnerie folding screens made in the 1740s that were gifts from Louis XV to Gustaf III on his first visit to Paris in 1771.
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A giltwood Swedish Empire armchair from the early 19th century attributed to the chair maker Ephraim Ståhl.
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Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
A marble sculpture of King Gustaf II Adolph made in 1829 by Johan Niclas Byström.
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A marble sculpture of Carl XI of Sweden made in 1829 by Johan Niclas Byström.
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In the main salon in the State Guest Apartment there is a Swedish Empire crystal and ormolu chandelier made in Stockholm in the 1820s after a design by Percier and Fontaine. King Carl XIV Johan commissioned two such chandeliers, the second one is at his small palace Rosendal in Stockholm.
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The mantle piece in the main salon in the State Guest Apartment in the Royal Palace is crowded with desirable Empire pieces that belonged to Carl XIV Johan.
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The Minerva Clock probably made by the firm Galle in Paris c 1810-1820 and purchased by Carl XIV Johan.
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A silver and silver-gilt drinking cup in the shape of a terrestrial globe supported by the Titan Atlas. It forms a pair together with a cup in the shape of a celestial globe, both made in Nuremberg by Christoph Jamnitzer and Jeremias Ritter 1618-20 with engraving by Johann Hauer. The pair presented to the Swedish King Gustaf II Adolph (Gustavus Adolphus) by the City of Nuremberg in 1632.
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A silver and silver-gilt drinking cup in the shape of a celestial globe supported by Hercules. It forms a pair together with a cup in the shape of a terrestrial globe, both made in Nuremberg by Christoph Jamnitzer and Jeremias Ritter 1618-20 with engraving by Johann Hauer. The pair presented to the Swedish King Gustaf II Adolph (Gustavus Adolphus) by the City of Nuremberg in 1632.
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A silver wine jug made in Augsburg, Germany, in the early 17th century. The Swedish Royal Collection, the Royal Palace, Stockholm.
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An engraved rock crystal ever and dish made in Prague or Milan c 1600. Mounted with gold, silver-gilt and enamel. The Royal Collection, Stockholm.
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A gold notebook with six pages of ivory. The enamel work with the monogram CRS (Carolus Rex Suecia) of King Carl XI of Sweden (d. 1697), late 17th century. Probably a gift from the king's mother Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora. The Royal Collection, Stockholm.
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A lidded enamelled silver gilt bowl covered with cameos, early 17th century, probably Dutch. Once owned by Queen Hedvig Eleonora (1636-1715). The Royal Collection, Stockholm.
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A lidded enamelled silver gilt box covered with cameos, early 17th century, probably Dutch. Once owned by Queen Hedvig Eleonora (1636-1715). The Royal Collection, Stockholm.
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Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
A portrait by the early Renaissance painter Francesco di Giovanni Botticini (1446-98) of a young man from the Tornabuoni family of Florence. This painting is from the Galliera Collection that belongs to the Swedish royal family. When Napoleon's step-granddaughter Joséphine was born in 1807 he made her Duchess of Galliera and gave her a palace in Bologna. In 1828 when Joséphine was married to Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden she decided to sell the duchy but had the art collection from Bologna taken to Stockholm where it remains.
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The cabinet maker Gottlieb Iwersson's Masterpiece, a secretaire from 1778 was commissioned by King Gustaf III of Sweden.
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Gustaf III's State Bedroom at the Royal Palace was designed by Jean Eric Rehn and constructed in the 1770s. The king introduced the ceremony of 'le lever' when the king gave audiences whilst being dressed. The now missing state bed in red silk damask stood in the alcove behind the balustrade. It was in here that Gustaf III died in 1792 in agony two weeks after being shot at a masked ball in the opera house. The king's desk was made in 1778 by Georg Haupt.
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Queen Sophia Magdalena's State Bedroom at the Royal Palace was decorated by the architect Jean Eric Rehn at the same time as that of her husband in the 1770s. These two rooms are positioned on either side of the Long Carl XI's Gallery. The giltwood console table (one of a pair) was made by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez. The Queen's 'real' bedroom was behind the door seen inside the alcove. This room was instead used as a games room.
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'Apollino' by Johan Tobias Sergel, sculpted 1771-72, was inspired by the Medici Apollo at Florence. It was purchased by Gustaf III together with a statue of Venus for the Pillared Hall (Pelarsalen) at the Palace.
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'Venus', the Goddess of Love seated in a shell, a French Empire ormolu, bronze and marble clock made c 1810. The Royal Collection, Stockholm Royal Palace.
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The bust of King Carl XII of Sweden is modelled by the French sculptor Jacques-Philippe Bouchardon (1711-53). Three copies were cast in bronze 1749, one is in the Stockholm Royal Palace, one in the Palace of Sans Souci (given to Frederick the Great of Prussia) and one in the Louvre (given to the French Ambassador).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXCo29_nvw-/?taken-by=hakan_groth
An impressive North German Baroque cupboard made in walnut c 1700.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXCxpqRH6m4/?taken-by=hakan_groth
'Venus', symbolising the Spring, one of a set of four tapestries designed by Claude Audran the Younger and woven at Les Gobelin in the 1720s. The set was a gift to the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and sold to the Swedish Crown by his son Carl Gustaf in the 1730s.
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Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
Carl XI's (d. 1697) throne canopy in the Audience Room was made from parts of the state bed used by Gustaf II Adolph and Queen Maria Eleonora at the time of their wedding in 1620. The tapestries were commissioned by Queen Christina from Delft for her coronation in 1650.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXD2u43HgBH/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A French Louis XIV gilt bronze chandelier made c 1700 in the Audience Room.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXFGH1iHPaB/?taken-by=hakan_groth
'Autumn', also symbolising Earth, one of the Four Elements. This is one of a set of four tapestries designed by Claude Audran the Younger and woven at Les Gobelin in the 1720s. The set was a gift to the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and sold to the Swedish Crown by his son Carl Gustaf in the 1730s.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXFGeswnD4-/?taken-by=hakan_groth
A detail of the decor in Gustaf III's State Bedroom at the Royals Palace. The ceiling and the cornice dates from around 1700, but the Louis XV mirror is from 1766 when Gustaf as newlywed crown prince moved in here.
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The Ballroom at the Royal Palace called Vita Havet (The White Sea) was created in 1845 for Oscar I. The wall between the Queen's Dining Room and Guard's Room was removed to join the two rooms by the architect Axel Nyström. Dancing these days are not permitted here as beams supporting the floor are too old and frail. This is now used as the reception room where the royal family welcomes their guests on the occasions of gala dinners. It is also where coffee is served after dinner.
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This part of the Ballroom in the Royal Palace was designed by Axel Nyström in a late Empire style influenced by the French architects Percier and Fontaine. The giltwood sofa and chairs were made by Eric Öhrmark, the greatest of the Gustavian chair-makers in Stockholm.
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One of the overdoor decorations with the coat of arms of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway designed by Axel Nyström in 1845.
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A pair of giltwood chairs in the Ballroom Vita Havet by Eric Öhrmark (1748-1813), master. In Stockholm 1777. His widow continued the workshop until 1816. He delivered a great number of chairs and sofas to Gustaf III and his family of the highest quality with an, for Sweden, unusual attention to details.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXGY8d6HtKd/?taken-by=hakan_groth
Another suite of Gustavian furniture in the Ballroom made by Eric Öhrmark in the 1780s.
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Swedish Louis XV sofas and chairs in the Ballroom Vita Havet. It was Gustaf VI Adolf who after his succession in 1950 decided to furnish the Ballroom as a large Salon. The blue sofa in the background is where Queen Silvia hold court after state dinners. The balcony above was built for the musicians during dances. Oscar II used to hold great balls with up to 3,000 people when the whole palace was filled with guest. The royal family and the highest ranking guests where admitted in here.
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A large Gustavian crystal chandelier in Queen Sophia Magdalena's State Bedroom at the Stockholm Royal Palace made c 1790.
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Photos from the Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
The West Staircase designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder c 1700 was decorated with perspective paintings by the Italian Domenico Francia in the 1740s. Oscar II had the ceilings decorated in the 1890s with paintings by Julius Kronberg in an elaborate stucco framework, very different from Tessin's simpler style
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Julius Kronberg (1850-1921) was commissioned by Oscar II to paint the ceilings in the West Staircase at the Royal Palace in the 1890's. The personification of Sweden 'Mother Svea' is seen in the centre.
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Julius Kronberg (1850-1921) was commissioned by Oscar II to paint the ceilings in the West Staircase at the Royal Palace in the 1890's.
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The West and East Staircases at the Royal Palace were decorated with medallions of regents of Sweden, some mythical. Here is King Björn på Högen (Håga) who probably never existed.
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Here is King Stenkil who ruled c 1060-1066.
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The west façade of the Royal Palace designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger c 1700 has the richest decor. The female caryatids were carved by the French sculptor Charles-Guillaume Cousin and the medallions above the top floor windows of the Swedish monarchs were made after designs by Johann Karl Hedlinger. This side that faces the outer courtyard has now become the main entrance to the palace.
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Tessin designed two curved wings to create an outer courtyard where the changing of the guards take place. He drew inspiration for the design from a garden building at Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati outside Rome.
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A model of the old Tre Kronor (Three Crowns) castle in Stockholm as it looked c 1660.
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A model of the old Tre Kronor Castle in Stockholm as it looked just before the fire 1697. The architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger had managed to persuade the parsimonious King Carl XI to rebuild the north range of the palace in a more moedern late Renaissance style. The castle was in a poor state so when the fire happened in 1697 all burnt down except the north range that had just been rebuilt.
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The Stockholm Royal Palace as it would have looked in 1697 just before the great fire that destroyed everything except the newly rebuilt north range. Tessin must have been please that the old ramshackle castle behind disappeared for good. Carl XI had refused Tessin's wishes to rebuild it all and remove the tower but he died just before the fire. The ramps leading up to the entrance weren't properly built until the 1830's.
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An intricate piece consisting of interlocking boxes of turned ivory with gold and enamel details. Signed 'SERENISS. MAXIMILIANVS VTR BAVAR. BVR. MANV PROP.F.' This indicates that it was turned by Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (1597-1651). It belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden and would have been part of the loot that the Swedish army took in 1632 from Munich during the Thirty Year War. The Swedish Royal Collection.
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A Meissen plate with porcelain fruits that belonged to Queen Lovisa Ulrica of Sweden. The Swedish Royal Collection.
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A Meissen figurine modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-75) at Meissen. The Royal Collection, Stockholm.
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Discover a colourful floral creation! Under the direction of Court Florist Claes Carlsson, the Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace will be decorated for Christmas from 9 to 23 December.
The festive decorations can be seen in the magnificent staircase and in the grand rooms of the Bernadotte Apartments. Impressive floral arrangements will combine with lighting effects to create spectacular Christmas displays.
Court Florist Claes Carlsson has created many unforgettable floral decorations for royal weddings and christenings. This time, there will be a seasonal theme with traditional festive flowers, table settings and Christmas trees. Dazzling colourful floral creations will adorn the palace for Advent. Imaginative flights of fancy and historic Christmas décor will interact with the grand architectural settings.
Christmas Spirit at the Royal Palace 9–23 December - Sveriges Kungahus

From Claes Carlsson's Instagram
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Others, at first photo Claes Carlsson at his work
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Gallery of the Royal Palace from Belga
Belga Image

At the website of the Royal Palaces about the State Apartments

The Vita Havet Assembly Rooms - Kungliga slotten
The Don Quixote Salon - Kungliga slotten
Sofia Magdalena's State Bedchamber - Kungliga slotten
King Karl XI's Gallery - Kungliga slotten
King Gustav III's State Bedchamber - Kungliga slotten
The Audience Chamber - Kungliga slotten
The Cabinet Meeting Room - Kungliga slotten

A great virtual tour in 360° at Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities at the website of the Royal Palaces. You get info about the statues by clicking.
A virtual tour - Kungliga slotten

About the Royal Palace at the website of the Royal Palaces.
The Royal Palace of Stockholm is His Majesty The King's official residence and is also the setting for most of the monarchy's official receptions, open to the public year round.
This combination of royal residence, workplace and culture-historical monument open year round to visitors makes the Royal Palace of Stockholm unique amongst Europe's royal residences.
The palace is built in baroque style by the architect Nicodemus Tessin and is formed as a Roman palace. The palace has more than 600 rooms divided between eleven floors with a state apartment facing the city and smaller living rooms facing the inner courtyard.
The palace contains many interesting things to see. In addition to the Royal Apartments there are three museums steeped in regal history: the Treasury with the regalia, the Tre Kronor Museum that portrays the palaces medieval history and Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities.
The Royal Palace - Kungliga slotten

The Royal Apartments - Kungliga slotten
 
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From Instagram of the Royal Palaces

Eastern octagonal cabinet is one of the rooms at the Palace with the most well-preserved rococo interiors. It was originally a room for a queen, located in the part of the Bernadotte floor that belonged to the Queen's floor. Here are female attributes in the interior. The War God Minerva, the sponsor of Science and the Free Arts, is seen on the wall decoration and on the doorstep owls.
It is also the room where the King receives new ambassadors in a formal audience.
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Karl XI's gallery is the most magnificent space of the Palace and the Swedish baroque. The mirror gallery in Versailles has been the model, and just like that, each window corresponds to a mirror field on the inner wall. The paintings of the roof and sculptured decor, by Jacques Foucquet and René Chauveau, are a tribute to Karl XI and Ulrika Eleonora.
The gallery is seen in the Festive Floor at the Royal Palace. At four, five occasions a year, the official dinners are held in the gallery. The palace's representation apartments consist of 25 halls and rooms, open daily all year except for certain closures in connection with the royal official representation.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BocLb0EB9Bz/?taken-by=kungligaslotten

At the Instagram of the Royal Palaces

In Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace, hangs The Bernadotte Dynasty. The Apartments consist of fourteen rooms located in the northern latitude of the Palace and houses the portraits of the Bernadotte family - from Karl XIV Johan and Desideria to Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia. The paintings are painted by contemporary artists such as Per Krafft, François Gérard, Anders Zorn and Emil Österman, to name a few. When the apartments are not used for entertainment, they are open daily to discover on its own or with our audio guide.
Photo: Bernadotte gallery Photographed at the Islandic State Visit 2018 by Sanna Argus Tirén / Kungligaslotten.se
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpazyqhMze/

The Victoria Salon at the Royal Palace. On Karl XV's mission in 1865, architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander transformed the room into sumptuous new rococo. The carpet covers the entire room is probably woven in Brussels. The huge and detailed chandeliers are evidently made to impress. Each copy weighs about 200 kilos and was purchased from the Lobemeyr company in Vienna in the 1860s. The wall of the inner wall is of red velvet with Queen Lovisa Ulrika's monogram in gold and silver. The stucco roof is designed with royal crowns and a masonry in gold (the roof pattern is found on a series of products in the Royal Gift shop). The marble busts of the King and Queen were made in the 21st century by Italian sculptor Giancarlo Buratti.
Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén / Kungligaslotten.se Victoria Salon in Bernadotte floor, furnished at a state visit.
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