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Old Parliament House, Stockholm

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Country
  
Sweden

Height
  
13 m

Town or city
  
Stockholm

Completed
  
1833

Opened
  
1833

Construction started
  
1833

Old Parliament House, Stockholm httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Client
  
Riksdagen of the Estates Riksdagen (Swedish Parliament)

Architects
  
Aron Johansson, Johan Fredrik Åbom

Similar
  
Riddarholmsbron, Hebbes Bro, Norstedt Building, Wrangel Palace, Birger Jarls torn

The Old Parliament House (Swedish: Gamla riksdagshuset), is the former seat of the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag).

It is located at Birger Jarls torg, on the Riddarholmen (island), in central Stockholm.

History

The Old Parliament House was the seat of:

  • the Riksdag of the Estates from 1833 to 1866
  • the bicameral Riksdag from 1866 to 1905.

    • An additional section on the seaside was designed in 1911 by Aron Johansson, in the National Romantic style.

    References

    Old Parliament House, Stockholm Wikipedia
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