Sjökrigsskolan

Sjökrigsskolan (Swedish: "The School of Naval Warfare") is a building on the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Designed in 1876 as a compact Renaissance palace by Vice City Architect Axel Nyström the Younger (1832-1894) and inaugurated in 1879, the sumptuous façades of the three stories, to many, were regarded as indecorous on the military setting on the island. The reform of the military academy in 1862 had, however, forced the education of naval officers to be relocated to the eastern part of the city, and Nyström's plans were therefore accepted. The skylight turret was intended to be used as an observatory in the education. The building served as a school until 1943, today being the location for the organistation Nordregio, instigated by the Nordic Council of Ministers ("Nordiska Rådet") in 1997, and advocating issues of interest for northern Europe and the Baltic region.cite web
title = Skepps- och Kastellholmarna
publisher = Stockholms Sjögård
date = 2006-03-30
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.sjogard.se/omrade/skeppskastellh.htm#sjokrigsskolan
accessdate = 2007-01-20]

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See also

* History of Skeppsholmen
* History of Stockholm