Sweden's first true office building: Centralpalatset

Sweden's first true office building: Centralpalatset

Photo: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 , resized

Explore the history of Centralpalatset in Stockholm, a landmark designed to be rented out.

Centralpalatset is a building at Norrmalm in central Stockholm at the Tegelbacken street. Designed by architect Ernst Stenhammar, the house was built in 1896 throughout to 1998.

Recognized as Sweden's first true office building, the structure was designed to be rented out. Today, Centralpalatset houses the Ministry of the Environment.

At the bottom floor of the building lies the Japanese restaurant Seikoen.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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