Arvfurstens palats, the Palace of the Hereditary Prince, is an 18th-century palace located at Gustav Adolfs Torg in central Stockholm. The site originally housed a German-Dutch Renaissance palace built by General Lennart Torstensson between 1646 and 1651. In 1793, King Gustav III purchased the property for his sister, Princess Sophia Albertina, commissioning architect Erik Palmstedt to create a new palace that incorporated the old structure and adopted plans for the area north of the Royal Palace.
The new palace was built between 1783 and 1794. It was declared a historical monument in 1935 and underwent a comprehensive restoration by Ivar Tengbom from 1948 to 1952. Before Oscar II became king in 1872, he and his wife Sofia used the palace as their residence, where their son Gustav V and other members of the royal family spent parts of their childhood.
Since 1906, the palace has served as the seat of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, though it was shared with several other authorities until 1936. Today, it continues to house the ministry's offices, including the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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