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Take a ride in the Royal Stables' Daimler DE27 Limousine, and listen to driver Martin Forsén as he talks about the Royal Stables' oldest ...

The Swedish Royal Palaces app 'Kungliga slotten' now includes a number of new features to enhance your visit to the royal palaces.

A new experience is now available! Take a guided tour around the Royal Palace, and learn about its history, architecture, sculpture and s...

The Royal Palace houses a collection of unique objects, mainly from the times of Queen Kristina and Queen Hedvig Eleonora. Collecting was...

Discover the jubilee exhibition digitally in 360°! Step into the major exhibition Vasa to Bernadotte, 1523 –1973 –2023. Culture in Servi...

Discover 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...

In the Royal collections there are two bureaus made by Christian Linning, one of the leading Rococo cabinetmakers in Sweden. These commod...

Visit the exhibition 'Daisy: Crown Princess Margareta' from the comfort of your own home. Step into her apartment at the Royal Palace and...

Many visitors to the Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace stand and look at one particular portrait which is radically different to ...

Welcome to the home of royalty! Many kings and queens have called the Royal Palace home. Can you find them? Our image hunts for children ...

The Royal Palaces are among the country’s most distinguished buildings. Throughout the centuries they have played host to important event...

"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...

In Sweden, we divide the Baroque into two periods: the Caroline Baroque, with its Northern European influences, and the later Tessin Gold...

A 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...

The Royal Collections have grown over a period of more than 400 years, from the time of King Gustav Vasa to the present day. They include...

When state councillor Sten Sture the Younger died, it was his wife Kristina Gyllenstierna who led the resistance against the union. She d...

Queen Kristina's coronation was highly controversial. She chose not to be crowned in the traditional location, and refused to wear the Qu...

The ongoing restoration of the façades at the Royal Palace is the biggest stonework project of modern times. The project began in 2011, a...

An audio guide, available via your smartphone, has been created for the Bernadotte Apartments – the rooms at the Royal Palace named after...

'Look at the rugs – find me' – the previous popular exhibition featured the works of Märta Måås-Fjetterström is available from home!

One 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...

The enormous size of the Royal Palace of Stockholm has always attracted interest, and has sometimes led to debate about how the building ...

Experience the Museum of Antiquities in 360°. The Royal Palace's stone galleries is housing Gustav III's collection of sculptures. Click ...

When 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...

The 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...

Join us on a digital horse-drawn carriage tour through beautiful Royal Djurgården. The Royal Stables' coachman guides us along the way.

Old 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...

The Thinking Hand is an annual scholarship competition for young draftspeople, and a collaboration between the Royal Court and the Roya...

King Oskar II continued to develop the traditions established during the reign of his brother, King Karl XV. Some were retained, while ot...

Sweden's kings have celebrated Christmas for as long as the tradition has been observed in Sweden.But it was not until the 19th century t...