Admiralty House (Stockholm)
- Admiralty House (Stockholm)
The Admiralty House ( _sv. Amiralitetshuset) is an Admiralty House on the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Built in 1647-50 as the Admiralty Board moved over to Skeppsholmen, and probably designed by Louis Gillis, a Dutch architect operating in Stockholm since the 1620s, it was built in a Dutch Renaissance style with stepped gables, much like the present building, but the lime stone portal is the only part remaining from this period. In 1680-1750 it was used as an archive, and then as a corn stable until 1794 when rebuilt as a barrack.
Still used as the latter, it was redesigned in 1844-46 by the architect Fredrik Blom as a Neorenaissance building with turrets added on the corners.
It was rebuilt in 1952 by Rudolf Cronstedt to accommodate the Admiralty again, but is today housing the Swedish Tourist Association ("Svenska Turistföreningen", STF).
[cite web]
title = Skepps- och Kastellholmarna : Amiralitetshuset (Kasern 1)
publisher = Stockholms Sjögård | date = 2006-03-30 | location = Stockholm
url = http://www.sjogard.se/omrade/skeppskastellh.htm#amiralitetshuset
accessdate = 2007-01-30] [cite book]
author = Johan Mårtelius | title = Guide till Stockholms arkitektur
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1999 | publisher = Arkitektur förlag
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91 86050-41-9
pages = 133 | chapter = Södra Innerstaden] [cite web]
title = Amiralitetshuset på Skeppsholmen
publisher = Statens fastighetsverk | date = | location = Stockholm | url = http://www.sfv.se/cms/sfv/vara_fastigheter/sverige/ab_stockholms_lan/skepps-_och_kastellholmarna/Amiralitetshuset.html
accessdate = 2007-01-30] ee also
*History of Skeppsholmen
*History of Stockholm
References
External links
*cite web
author = Staffan Nilsson | title = Palatium Admiralitatis
publisher = Statens fastighetsverk | date = 2005-05-16 | location = Stockholm
url = http://www.statensfastighetsverk.se/cms/showdocument/documents/sfv/kulturvarden/2001_02/Artikel__348.pdf
accessdate = 2007-01-30
format=PDF
* [http://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se Swedish Tourist Association - Official site]
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