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All the royal sites will be open for the 2025 summer season! Visit historic locations where royalty spent many spring and summer days. Wi...
Read moreThe annual card is your key to the Royal cultural heritage. Visit ten Royal sites – whenever you want, and however many times you want.* ...
Read moreTake a guided tour around the Royal Palace, and learn about its history, architecture, sculpture and surrounding buildings.
Read moreThe Royal Palace houses a collection of unique objects, mainly from the times of Queen Kristina and Queen Hedvig Eleonora. Collecting was...
Read moreDiscover the jubilee exhibition digitally in 360°! Step into the major exhibition Vasa to Bernadotte, 1523 –1973 –2023. Culture in Servi...
Read moreDiscover the Hall of State at the Royal Palace in 360°. This room was the centre of Swedish power for centuries, and is still used for of...
Read moreVisit the exhibition 'Daisy: Crown Princess Margareta' from the comfort of your own home. Step into her apartment at the Royal Palace and...
Read moreWelcome to the home of royalty! Many kings and queens have called the Royal Palace home. Can you find them? Our image hunts for children ...
Read more"Now it's time to paint the old man!" This is how the artist Anders Zorn was greeted by King Oskar II when he arrived at the Royal Palace...
Read moreIn Sweden, we divide the Baroque into two periods: the Caroline Baroque, with its Northern European influences, and the later Tessin Gold...
Read moreA new era – the Age of Liberty, the time of the playful Rococo – dawned in Sweden in the mid-18th century. The Caroleans had been replace...
Read moreWhen state councillor Sten Sture the Younger died, it was his wife Kristina Gyllenstierna who led the resistance against the union. She d...
Read moreQueen Kristina's coronation was highly controversial. She chose not to be crowned in the traditional location, and refused to wear the Qu...
Read moreAn audio guide, available via your smartphone, has been created for the Bernadotte Apartments – the rooms at the Royal Palace named after...
Read more'Look at the rugs – find me' – the previous popular exhibition featured the works of Märta Måås-Fjetterström is available from home!
Read moreOne of the priceless artefacts on display in the Treasury at the Royal Palace of Stockholm is Sweden's Queen's Crown. This differs from t...
Read moreThe enormous size of the Royal Palace of Stockholm has always attracted interest, and has sometimes led to debate about how the building ...
Read moreExperience the Museum of Antiquities in 360°. The Royal Palace's stone galleries is housing Gustav III's collection of sculptures. Click ...
Read moreWhen the palace was first built, in the 18th century, it created a stir in Europe, and today it is considered to be one of the emblematic...
Read moreThe Hall of State at the Royal Palace of Stockholm is home to one of the most poignant objects in Swedish history: Queen Kristina's silve...
Read moreOld linen can be preserved and used for many years if it is cared for using gentle methods. And it thrives on being used. At the Linen Ch...
Read moreThe popular Crown Princess Margareta made a strong impression on Sweden. She was a pioneer within many areas, and changed both contempora...
Read more1915 saw the publication of a ground-breaking new book about garden design in Sweden, written in an unusually modest, personal style. The...
Read moreRevival styles, historicism and eclecticism. The 19th century was a time of many stylistic shifts. From Empire, via Revival styles and Na...
Read moreThe Italian Renaissance and its Northern European counterpart differ in terms of their expressions. In many respects, the Renaissance in ...
Read moreThe strong contrasts and colour palette of the Empire style, its military symbolism and its expensive materials reflect European tastes d...
Read moreIn Sweden, the transition from Rococo to Gustavian style was a gradual development which, at the end of the century, culminated in Neocla...
Read moreWild animals are hiding in the large rooms of the palace. On the walls, on the ceilings, on objects and on furniture. Some are large, and...
Read moreCome on a virtual tour of the previous exhibition The Lilian Look, and see clothing fit for a princess up close. Click on the image above...
Read moreKing Gustav III's collection of ancient sculptures has an eventful history, including a volcanic eruption, degenerating excavations, inco...
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