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Drottningholm is an unusually well-preserved royal palace setting. It is so unique and popular that in 1991 it was named Sweden's first W...
Read moreExperience the Museum of Antiquities in 360°. The Royal Palace's stone galleries is housing Gustav III's collection of sculptures. Click ...
Read moreRoyal family feuds, King Gustav III's magnificent Christmas celebrations and King Gustav Vasa's home. Gripsholm Castle has no shortage of...
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...
TicketsFollow in the footsteps of King Gustav Vasa around Gripsholm Castle. The walk will take you on a historic tour around the grounds of the ...
TicketsDiscover hundreds of historical portraits at Gripsholm Castle with our Beard Hunt activity. Goatee beards, full beards, wigs and moustach...
TicketsDuring the Christmas Holidays, children from all over the world were looking for "elfs" in the grand halls of the Royal Palace. Everyone ...
Read moreThe Royal Walks app offers walks in beautiful settings through several of our royal parks. The app now also includes a guide to Haga park!
TicketsThe model of the 2021 Portrait of Honour is Carl Bildt, a politician and former prime minister of Sweden. The portrait has been painted b...
Read moreThe Swedish national portrait gallery collection is added to every year with a number of works, including the Portrait of Honour – a pain...
Read moreIn the middle of Rosendal Palace's main state room, the Lantern Room, stands a very special table. It was a gift from the King of France,...
TicketsFor several hundred years, Gripsholm Castle was used as a prison. Three kings, an archbishop and countless common thieves have all been i...
Read moreIn the Chinese Salon at Drottningholm Palace stands a bureau made by one of Sweden's most famous furniture makers of all time: King Gusta...
Read moreKing Gustaf V liked to celebrate Christmas at Drottningholm, where the festivities were more low key. Only three trees were decorated, th...
Read moreKing Oskar II continued to develop the traditions established during the reign of his brother, King Karl XV. Some were retained, while ot...
Read moreSweden's kings have celebrated Christmas for as long as the tradition has been observed in Sweden. (The least Christmassy celebrations ar...
Read moreThe Royal Palace and Drottningholm Palace are open for visitors. We plan to reintroduce ordinary opening hours for visitor activities at ...
Read moreHunt for lions, find flowers and discover the Palace's gold. Challenging image hunts in the rooms of Drottningholm Palace is hosted for c...
Read moreKing Gustaf V, Queen Victoria and their children spent many unforgettable summers together at Tullgarn Palace in the Trosa Archipelago.
Read moreQueen Victoria (1862–1930) enjoyed baking. Her own cookbooks, which are preserved in the Bernadotte Library, include recipes that the que...
Read moreOn a beautiful summer's day, 28 June 1909, world history came to Tullgarn. The Russian Tsar Nicholas II's 112 metre yacht Standart, richl...
Read moreThe Royal Walks app offers walks in beautiful settings through several of our royal parks. The app now also includes a guide to the area ...
Read moreThe popular Crown Princess Margareta made a strong impression on Sweden. She was a pioneer within many areas, and changed both contempora...
Tickets1915 saw the publication of a ground-breaking new book about garden design in Sweden, written in an unusually modest, personal style. The...
TicketsUlriksdal Palace, with its beautiful location, was due to become Crown Princess Margareta and Gustaf Adolf's home. But things did not wor...
TicketsFrom early May, "The King's sheep" graze on Royal Djurgården – a tradition dating back more than a century. Grazing animals are hired in ...
Read moreSince the 17th century, firing a salute has been a military mark of honour. A twenty-one gun salute is fired on days such as The King's b...
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 ...
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