Flemingska palatset: The palace with a storied past

Flemingska Palatset, also known as Flemings Palats, is a 17th-century building located in the Aeolus block at Slottsbacken 8 in Stockholm. Built in the 1650s for Riksråd Erik Fleming, the architect is attributed to either Nicodemus Tessin d.ä. or Jean de la Vallée. The building was renovated in 1783 and underwent a major reconstruction in 1863 for merchant Frans Theodor Berling.

The building is constructed of brick and stands three floors tall with an attic floor. The plastered facades are yellow, featuring a rusticated ground floor and a powerful division with pilasters between the first and second floors. The roof is copper-clad and sloping, featuring two round dormers facing Slottsbacken and a decorative dentil course on the eaves.

In the late 19th century, the neighboring building at Skeppsbron 2 was constructed between 1868 and 1870 for Kungl. Telegrafverket. In 1891, the Flemingska Palatset was taken over by the telegraph office's pension fund, and in 1907, it was taken over by Kungl. Telegrafverket for Stockholm's central telegraph station. Both buildings were extensively renovated and restored between 1957 and 1959.

Inside, the staircase and two rooms with high-quality Gustavian furnishings from the 1780s are preserved. The palace was declared a historic building in 1992. The property was acquired by Fabege in 2006 and today serves as a co-working space called Helio Slottsbacken.

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