Wrangel Palace
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Wrangel Palace is a townhouse
in Stockholm
, Sweden
. Since 1756 the palace has housed Svea Hovrätt, the regional court of appeal. It was the residence of the royal court during the first half of the 18th-century.
The mansion has a long history. The southern tower used to be part of Gustav Vasa's defence fortifications from the 1530s. Around 1630 it was turned in to a palace for Lars Sparre. From 1652 to 1670 the palace was rebuilt and expanded by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
for Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel
. After a fire 1693 the Palace was rebuilt and expanded once again, this time to become a royal residence after the devastating fire that lay the Tre Kronor Castle
in ruins (1697): it was the official Stockholm residence of the royal family and court from 1697 until 1754, when the Royal Palace of Stockholm was completed. During this time the Palace was called Kungshuset (The Kings House). In 1756-1928 it housed the Statskontoret (Office of state). In 1802 the palace had to be rebuilt once again after a fire, this time the architect was C.G. Gjörwell.
Townhouse
A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Since 1756 the palace has housed Svea Hovrätt, the regional court of appeal. It was the residence of the royal court during the first half of the 18th-century.
The mansion has a long history. The southern tower used to be part of Gustav Vasa's defence fortifications from the 1530s. Around 1630 it was turned in to a palace for Lars Sparre. From 1652 to 1670 the palace was rebuilt and expanded by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder was an important Swedish architect.-Biography:Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man. There he met and worked with the architect Simon de la Vallée...
for Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel was a high-ranking Swedish noble, statesman and military commander in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars....
. After a fire 1693 the Palace was rebuilt and expanded once again, this time to become a royal residence after the devastating fire that lay the Tre Kronor Castle
Tre kronor (castle)
Tre Kronor or Three Crowns was a castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. It is believed to have been a citadel that Birger Jarl built into a royal castle in the middle of the 13th century...
in ruins (1697): it was the official Stockholm residence of the royal family and court from 1697 until 1754, when the Royal Palace of Stockholm was completed. During this time the Palace was called Kungshuset (The Kings House). In 1756-1928 it housed the Statskontoret (Office of state). In 1802 the palace had to be rebuilt once again after a fire, this time the architect was C.G. Gjörwell.