Haga Palace, Solna


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Princess Christina told at the documentary "Haga Palace - A Royal Home" about the big old grandfather clock at one of the rooms. It had belonged to her father, Victoria's grandfather. He had searched for that kind of clock. And when he saw this clock with the Coat of Arms of the House of Vasa, he had found his clock. The clock was at Haga until Princess Margaretha inherited the clock and took it to England to her first home. When she moved to a smaller house, the clock was put to a storage and was there for many years. When she heard that Victoria and Daniel are moving to Haga, she knew where the clock should be, here at Haga again and so princess Margaretha gave the clock to Victoria and Daniel as a wedding present.
From the documentary
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The clock is now to be seen at the exhibition 'In Course of Time – 400 years of royal clocks', on show at the Royal Palace of Stockholm until 25 September.
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Photos from Instagram of Håkan Groth, a swedish born antique dealer and expert, author and photographer.
The Queen's Pavilion at Haga built by Carl Christopher Gjörwell in 1802-05 for the children of Gustaf IV Adolph and Queen Fredrica. Called 'Haga slott' it is now the residence of Crown Princess Victoria, her husband Prince Daniel and their children. The present King of Sweden and his four sisters were born here.
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The Ecco Temple at Haga in Stockholm. Built as a summer dining room for Gustaf III in 1790 by the young architect Carl Christopher Gjörwell (1766-1837). Gjörwell was then a pupil of the French architect Louis-Jean Desprez who at the time was visiting London.
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Company Sweco from Gävle was denied by both The Swedish Transport Agency and the Administrative court of appeal in Linköping to make a flight with a droner near Haga Palace in Solna.
Sweco was commissioned to invent graves at the Jewish cemetery in Solna. In addition to this, they want to use the photos to see opportunities to increase the security of the cemetery because it is subject to vandalization. Flight height would be 100 meters and flight time approximately 20 minutes.
Since Crown Princess Victoria and her family live at Haga Palace, the no-fly zone is 1 kilometer from the Palace to protect them.
On the outskirts of the aviation area lies the burial site in Solna, of which the Jewish cemetery is a part.
The licensor is the Transport Agency which rejected with that the reasons stated were not sufficient to grant a flight dispensation. Sweco, together with the Jewish Assembly, decided to appeal the Transport Agency's decision to the Administrative Court of Appeal in Linköping.
The Administrative Court of Appeal agreed totally with The Transport Agency and considered that the reasons stated by Sweco and the Jewish Assembly were insufficient.
Gravfotografering hot mot Victoria och Daniel _ SVT Nyheter
 
Svensk Damtidning has an article about Haga Palace. They write that the crown princess family lives here close to the nature, but also close to the city. When Victoria and Daniel moved to Haga Palace, princess Christina said that it is great to see the house she once lived, come back to life again. Although Christina doesn't remember her father, she has nice memories of the Palace and its surroundings, she says that they had a wonderful childhood there, their own world where they were happy.
In march 2011 the floors were renovated and the palace architect Jan-Erik Ellfolk told that the floors were so worn that in the dining room and library they had to lift the whole floors up and sent it to the workshop to be repaired.
Now it is time for Estelle and Oscar to find all the exciting nooks at the Palace when they are playing hide-and-seek. The park goes close to Brunnsviken, where they can swim in the summer and skate in the winter. Prince Daniel is often seen pulling Estelle at a sledge when there is snow and Victoria walks with Oscar.
Victoria and Daniel have chosen an classic and elegant style with a modern tough to Haga Palace: antiques, crystal chandeliers, golden mirrors, photo art and soft cushions. The simplistic grey couches with photo art on the walls show that there is a young couple living at the Palace. Victoria and Daniel think that home should be a place for both social life and cozy time with the family. The private kitchen is from Kvänum and prince Daniel is a modern father who does a lot of weekday cooking.
Svensk Damtidning also tells about the "secret room" at Haga Palace. During the renovation a building was made for the security centre, where the Security Service SÄPO monitors the area. There are some bedrooms and a living room for the polices. The centre has staff around the clock and TV-screens which show video from all the cameras which are placed around the Palace.
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At the photos published on William and Kate's visit we can see a glimpse of Haga Palace, the Grand Room.
At this photo we see Karin Mamma Andersson's painting 'Svandamm/Swan Pond'.
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The fireplace in the Grand Room features the coats of arms of the Bernadotte and Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha dynasties, since it was installed as part of the renovation work in the 1930s when Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla moved in.
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There was a grass fire near Haga Palace on Saturday.
- We have a grass fire of approximately 1000 square meters. We have five forces in place to fight it. The alarm came at 12.45. It was a helicopter that called in, said Tommy Wållberg, management operator at the emergency service on Saturday.
The fire was soon caught under control.
- It's so dry now, it just burns, Daniel said to the press at Solliden on Victoria's celebration.
Gräsbrand rasar vid Haga slott i Solna
 
The Haga Palace décor is nice; very Scando looking! I also love the outdoor snow scene.
 
There was a fire at smaller cellar space at Haga Palace today. The alarm started automatically at 11.31. When the fire brigade came there was both flames and smoke at the basement room.
Margareta Thorgren tells:
- I got the information that there was some smoke at a boiler room. The fire fighting has gone well and the crown princess family was not at home at that moment. They are informed.
The crown princess family was at work and preschool and are expected to return home today. The reason of the fire is still unclear. The police is expected to make a technical investigation at the site.
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kungligt/brand-vid-kronprinsessans-hem/
 
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Articles at the swedish press about Haga Palace, at Aftonbladet today and at the newest issue of Aftonbladet's Gala Magazine.

At Aftonbladet
Welcome home to the Crown Princess family
A real family idyll - 41 rooms and kitchen
When Victoria and Daniel married on June 19, 2010, the renovation was not yet complete, so after the honeymoon they lived still at the two-room at Drottningholm. But just a couple of months later, they moved to more spatial Haga Palace with its 41 rooms, 13 bathrooms and guest toilets and two kitchens, all on a surface of 1,550 sqm.
You can imagine yourself, how easy is it to decorate a 1550 sqm Palace that will both function as a representation and as a private residence. Interior designer Helena Belfrage was commissioned to design Haga Palace together with the Royal Collections. Absolutely not only with precious heirlooms, it would be a comfortable and practical home for a young family with hectic professional life, the Crown Princess couple decided.
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have not invited everyone to their home, showed it to us. In the part of the palace that is their private, no photographers are let in, but on some occasions they have shown up the representation part, which also it is extremely cozy. The photographing usually show five rooms towards Brunnsviken, with the grand room in the middle, the living room to the north and the library and dining room to the south.
The large entrance is tastefully furnished, a bit of a luxurious waiting room. How to get the huge stone table in place is a mystery, it must weigh a ton. A bit cute is that the two pictures that hang on the wall, taken by photographer Rolf Turander, refer to the background of the Crown Princess couple. One with motif from Drottningholm Palace Park, the other over a beautiful lake outside Prince Daniel's home town of Ockelbo.
The grand room got a new look when the king's parents moved there. The tiled stove disappeared and was replaced by the magnificent fireplace that is crowned with the Bernadotte and Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha's coat of arms. At that time, it was the family's private living room.
Today's living room is cozy and bright, with a soft carpet and a lovely long inviting sofa filled with velvet pads. The Italian table comes from Nordiska Galleriet and over it the ceiling lamp "Hollywood" dangles in modern style in contrast to all antique crystal chandeliers. Photographer Turander is also represented here with beautiful pictures of unique books from the Bernadotte Library. Also on the walls are lovely black-and-white pictures of the king as a little prince and his grandfather, old king Gustaf VI Adolf.
At the time of the king's parents, the library was the king's father's workroom. One of the paintings immediately gets our attention, a painting of the palace and its surroundings from the beginning of the 19th century. The books that fill the shelves do not seem to be something that the Crown Princess couple is browsing everyday, beautiful older leather bands, but of course it is also a representation floor.
Something that required a lot of effort to renovate was the well-known architect Carl Hårleman's fantastic square-patterned oak parquet, which was originally located at Fredrikshov castle. Parts of it were carefully removed to be repaired at the workshop, others could be renovated on site. The result was not a floor that looked completely new, just as planned, it appears that the floor is worn after generations' steps over the oak parquet.
The dining room is a real pastry in different shades of blue. Chairs dressed in beautifully royal deep blue, walls patterned in blue and perfectly draped curtains in light blue. As the icing on the cake the wonderful crowned double mirror doors and the glitter from Brunnsviken outside.
Victoria och Daniel – så bor de på Haga slott _ Aftonbladet
GALA bjuder in läsarna till Victorias & Daniels älskade Haga slott
 
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As every summer, Victoria and Daniel have had sheep at Haga Palace Park this summer too.
Helene Hellmark Knutsson, a member of Parliament and former minister, published this photo at her Instagram a week ago
"Nice company of royal sheep on the run in Haga Park today"
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Other then new lamps, it seems they de-personalized it. The table behind them, and the middle book shelf use to be filled with personal photos. Now the photos are all gone. It felt more homey with the frames.
 
Now when Victoria and Daniel work at home with telephone and video meetings, we get to glimpses of Haga Palace.

Today Victoria was working in the veranda
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Victoria and Daniel have been often working in the dining room
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They have changed the chairs or the chairs have a new upholstery, and now there is a carpet.
Now
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Daniel has been working in the library
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Some screenshots of Haga Palace from Victoria's speech at "En kväll tillsammans" last Saturday.
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The family at the old playhouse in Haga on queen Margrethe's congratulation video.
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Spring feeling at the dining room of Haga Palace when Victoria and Daniel worked there on Thursday.
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A puzzle about Haga Palace
Swedish Castles - Haga Castle (Royal Palace) - 1805
 
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Two of the paintings which Victoria and Daniel have at the official rooms at Haga Palace:

King Gustav IV Adolf and queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina, painted by Jonas Forsslund (Haga Palace was built in 1802 according to a design by architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell, who was commissioned by Gustav IV Adolf.)
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At the dining room of Haga Palace
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Queen Josefina with her son Karl (XV), king Oscar I behind them, painted by Fredric Westin
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At the Grand Room
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Both paintings are loaned from the Nationalmuseum's collections.

When Victoria gave her speech at the Rare Diseases conference, we saw again a small glimpse of Haga Palace. Behind her is the library.
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In the spring 2010 the royal court told about the planting made at Haga Palace:
New trees and shrubs are now being planted in Haga Park, including lime, yew, jasmine, rhododendrons of different colours and small lilacs. The planting is intended both to make the park more attractive and to give the Crown Princess Couple more privacy at Haga Palace.
Planting at Haga Palace - Sveriges Kungahus

Kvänum’s first job as Official Purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden was to install kitchen, bathroom, and storage cabinetry in the Haga Palace.
Kvänum Receives Royal Warrant of Appointment and is Chosen as Royal Court of Sweden’s Official Purveyor of Kitchens, Bathrooms, and Storage
 
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