Old Parliament House | |
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Gamla riksdagshuset | |
General information | |
Town or city | Stockholm |
Country | Sweden |
Construction started | 1833 |
Completed | 1833 |
Client | Riksdagen of the Estates Riksdagen (Swedish Parliament) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Johan Fredrik Åbom |
The Old Parliament House (Swedish : Gamla riksdagshuset) is the former seat of the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag), located at Birger Jarls torg, on the Riddarholmen (island), in central Stockholm. It was used until January 1905, when the building on Helgeandsholmen was inaugurated. [1]
The building nowadays houses the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm.
The Old Parliament House was the seat of:
An additional section on the seaside was designed in 1911 by Aron Johansson, in the National Romantic style.
The Riksdag is the parliament and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members, elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election.
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Gamla stan, until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna, is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen and Strömsborg. It has a population of approximately 3,000.
Helgeandsholmen is a small island in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located north of Stadsholmen, and east of Strömsborg, with which, together with Riddarholmen, it forms Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm. Helgeandsholmen contains the Riksdag Building and the Museum of Medieval Stockholm, and is connected to neighbouring islands through three bridges: Riksbron, Stallbron, and Norrbro. Despite the small size, it is very important as it contains the parliament building, where the Prime Minister is.
The Parliament House is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen (island), in the Gamla stan district of central Stockholm.
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The Riksdag is the unicameral parliament of Sweden.
Johan Fredrik Åbom was a Swedish architect.