Swedish Palaces, Castles and Royal Residences

[rani]

I was fortunate when attending a conference in Stockholm to go on a tour of the old town,the royal palace,and Drottingholm Palace. The tour guides joked that the royal family of the time bought all the Baroque furniture when the styles changed in France. What was great to see was the untouched style and most of all,the efforts made to preserve the fabrics and buildings. The theatre at Drottnigholm was marvelous.

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by Daneborn

I believe when we commoners approach Drottningholm we walk from the upper right corner ?? It would mean the private part of the castle is the lower quadrant, close to the boat, and also close to the seawing, where Victoria lives. Also, if you check closely to the right side of the inner garden within the lower quadrant I believe I can see a swimming pool.

Yes, that's correct. And since the whole "terrace" thing in front of the palace is closed off, it's very hard to get any hints on how their private outdoors area is. But I'm sure it's very beautiful and lovely, one can imagine so with the little "bathing house" they have and the boat docked there and all, and when the children were younger they played in a sandbox just outside (in the private parts of the court yard I believe). One can of course walk in that direction in the park, but one can't get very close or see much either (believe me, I've tried )

The parts that are open to the public are quite limited as well though. There are many rooms that we don't have any access too and which the royals themselves are only allowed to be in and use.

[Yennie]

I´m very bored today so I browsed through some old photos and found these photos of Solliden. The summer is comming and for the royal family summer = Solliden :)

It is a very beautiful place, both the palace and the garden are amazing. Its easy to understand why the royal family likes the place. The sorroundings are also very pretty and Borgholm (the town close to Solliden) is very nice (but very little!)

[Yennie]

and more... my favorite thing are the play house. It kinda looks out of place :) But its very cute. I´ve never seen the inside of it (I think theres nothing in it nowadays) but i must have been fun for the Haga princesses to use it, its just like a real house

[Marengo]

Are there any pictures of the villa St Maxime in France? I could not find any in this thread. The villa is owned by the King, right? Didn't Prince Bertil also have a house somewhere in the south of France? What happened to that?

Another question, where did Prince Carl-Johan, uncle of the King, live, or Prince Carl Bernadotte? What about Prince Carl sr. and Princess Ingeborg? Or prince Sigvard and his son Lennart?

[Yennie]

[quote=Marengo]Are there any pictures of the villa St Maxime in France? I could not find any in this thread. The villa is owned by the King, right? Didn't Prince Bertil also have a house somewhere in the south of France? What happened to that?
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Its the same villa. The royal family inherited it after prince Bertil died. maybe princess Lilian still formally owns it, but she has given the rf right to use it

[robby86]

I was just wondering if the royal palace in Stockholm had an official "Throne Room" still. And if it does is it used anymore? And if not which room was it or is it now?

[Hans-Rickard]

Rikssalen (the state hall) is the official throne room at the royal palace whith the silver throne which history goes back to Queen Kristina.
The King sat in the silver throne every time at the succesion ceremony and the opening of the parliment until 1975. It is no longer used since then and the opening of the parliment has since then been hosted in the Parliment House (riksdagen).

I dont think the silver throne will be used ever more even if I really hope we will se Victoria in the throne in some state ceremony when the time of the next succesion are here.

The name of The royal familys earlier Prince Bertils villa in France is Villa Mirage. St Maxime is the village Villa Mirage belongs to.

The kings uncle Carl Johan Bernadotte living in skåne(southest part of sweden). The name of his villa is Kungsberga.

[agnessa]

Hello! I have heard that Sweden royal family lives in Drottningholm and this castle and parks are opened for public all time. I'm just curious how royal family gets their privacy when they walk in the garden example? And also I would like know how far from old town Drottningholm is?

[agnessa]

Talking about Throne Room I've heard in Stockholm Royal Palace guide that in 20th century the kings aren't crowned and this room haven't been used for a long time. I hope that I heard right

[Hans-Rickard]

The last King who was crowned in sweden was Oscar II and that was 1872.
Remember that the coronation was in Storkyrkan (stockholm cathedral) and not in the thronehall. In the thronehall the king sitting on the throne did some speaches and the speaker of the parliment sworned the parliments loyalty to the new monarch.

That ceremony in the thronehall has been used also when Gustaf V, Gustaf VI Adolf and the current Carl XVI Gustaf started their period as the monarch.

I don´t know if the ceremony will be used when Victoria step up on the throne. I think it is the government who have "the last word".

The thronehall is still in use for other events than this.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by agnessa

Hello! I have heard that Sweden royal family lives in Drottningholm and this castle and parks are opened for public all time. I'm just curious how royal family gets their privacy when they walk in the garden example? And also I would like know how far from old town Drottningholm is?

I was there last year. If you come to the Castle you walk through the small Park before it until the stairs to the Main-Entrance, the other part is closed. The same behind the Castle the part direct before the Castle is all closed until the big fountain, from there the one side is open and the side where there is the Wing of the Royal Family is closed fo the Public.