Wrangel Palace

Wrangel Palace

Infobox Historic building


caption=Wrangelska Palatset
name=Wrangelska Palatset
location_town=Stockholm
location_country=Sweden
architect=Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
C.G. Gjörwell
client=Carl Gustaf Wrangel
engineer=
construction_start_date=1530
completion_date=1802
date_demolished=
cost=
structural_system=
style=|The Wrangel Palace ( _sv. Wrangelska palatset) is a townhouse in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 1753 the palace has housed Svea Hovrätt, the regional court of appeal.

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. During this time the Palace is called Kungshuset (The Kings House). In 1802 the palace had to be rebuilt once again after a fire, this time the architect was C.G. Gjörwell.

See also

* History of Stockholm

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