Old Parliament House | |
Native Name: | Swedish: Gamla riksdagshuset |
Location Town: | Stockholm |
Location Country: | Sweden |
Architect: | Johan Fredrik Åbom |
Client: | Riksdagen of the Estates Riksdagen (Swedish Parliament) |
Construction Start Date: | 1833 |
Completion Date: | 1833 |
The Old Parliament House (Swedish: Gamla riksdagshuset) is the former seat of the Parliament of Sweden (Swedish: 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 nowdays 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.