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Two royal palaces are open in autumn 2021 – Gripsholm Castle and the Royal Palace. The exhibition about the popular Crown Princess Margar...

Discover the Music at Gripsholm series of concerts this autumn. Experience opera, choral music and jazz as leading musicians and artists ...

The rooms furnished by King Gustav III for his sister Princess Sofia Albertina at Gripsholm Castle are some of the castle's most beautifu...

King Gustaf V, Queen Victoria and their children spent many unforgettable summers together at Tullgarn Palace in the Trosa Archipelago.

On a beautiful summer's day, 28 June 1909, world history came to Tullgarn. The Russian Tsar Nicholas II's 112 metre yacht Standart, richl...

The Royal Walks app offers walks in beautiful settings through several of our royal parks. The app now also includes a guide to the area ...

"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...

From early May, "The King's sheep" graze on Royal Djurgården – a tradition dating back more than a century. Grazing animals are hired in ...

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

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

Some of the royal sites are now re-opening, in a safe and responsible manner. In June seven royal palaces will re-open and three exhibtio...

The Riddarholmen Church's newest addition is also one of the church's oldest objects: a wooden sculpture of Christ, dating from around th...

Queen Victoria (1862–1930) enjoyed baking. Her own cookbooks, which are preserved in the Bernadotte Library, include recipes that the que...

The popular Crown Princess Margareta made a strong impression on Sweden. She was a pioneer within many areas, and changed both contempora...

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

1915 saw the publication of a ground-breaking new book about garden design in Sweden, written in an unusually modest, personal style. The...

Ulriksdal Palace, with its beautiful location, was due to become Crown Princess Margareta and Gustaf Adolf's home. But things did not wor...

On Friday 30 April HM The King celebrates his 75th birhtday. See the program on Royal Court's website and send a digital greeting to The ...

Revival styles, historicism and eclecticism. The 19th century was a time of many stylistic shifts. From Empire, via Revival styles and Na...

The Italian Renaissance and its Northern European counterpart differ in terms of their expressions. In many respects, the Renaissance in ...

The strong contrasts and colour palette of the Empire style, its military symbolism and its expensive materials reflect European tastes d...

In Sweden, the transition from Rococo to Gustavian style was a gradual development which, at the end of the century, culminated in Neocla...

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...

To mark WWF's global climate campaign, Earth Hour, the floodlighting will be turned off at several of the royal palaces on Saturday 27 Ma...

Nespelina, Don-Don and Turck are just three of the many dogs who have chased around Drottningholm's highly walkable park. Dogs have long ...

The world's first national city park dates back to before the time of Christopher Columbus. Here, nature, culture and entertainment all c...

Desideria, Sweden's new queen, had always been at the very centre of world events. She now found life at the Swedish court dull. However,...

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...