Stenbockska palatset

Stenbockska palatset is a historic palace located on Birger Jarls torg 4 on Riddarholmen in Stockholm. It was built around 1640 for Fredrik Gustavsson Stenbock and his wife Katarina De la Gardie. The site was known as Hörningsholmstomten as early as the 1500s, when it was owned by the Sture family of Hörningsholm, but the plot passed to the Stenbock family through inheritance. While little is known of the oldest buildings, intensive construction work took place in the 1640s on the site where Riksrådet and hovrättsrådet Fredrik Stenbock had the palace built. For a time, lasting until 1864, Serafimerordensgillet had their offices here.

In 1727, the palace was inherited by kanslirådet friherre Johan Gabriel Sack, who carried out extensive interior work from 1730 to 1740 under the leadership of Carl Hårleman. This work included rococo decorations, including door overlays by Johan Pasch, which remain visible today. In 1752, the palace was purchased by Colonel Erik Brahe, who also owned Skoklosters slott and Rydboholms slott. In 1865, the Riksarkivet moved into the house and joined it with a new building, which is now known as Gamla riksarkivet. The Riksarkivet occupied the premises until 1968.

Following this, the Regeringsrätten held its seat in the building. The palace underwent an extensive renovation to restore it as much as possible to its original condition, housing session rooms, service rooms, a library, and archives for the court's needs. An inauguration ceremony in the presence of King Gustaf VI Adolf took place on 24 April 1972. The Regeringsrätten used the premises until 2008, and since 2009, parts of the Svea hovrätt have been housed in the palace. Stenbockska palatset is the best-preserved of the noble palaces on Riddarholmen, both in its exterior and interior. In 1735, the first freemasonry reception in the country was held here, where Greve Axel Wrede Sparre accepted Carl Gustaf Tessin as the first member of Greve Wrede Sparres loge.

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