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Parliament House, Stockholm

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Parliament House, known in Swedish as Riksdagshuset, stands on the island of Helgeandsholmen in the old town of Stockholm and is the seat of the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden. Designed by Aron Johansson, who won a design competition in 1889, it was built between 1897 and 1905 and inaugurated on 11 January 1905 in a Neoclassical style with a centered Baroque Revival facade section. The complex originally comprised two semicircular buildings, one for the Riksdag and one for the Bank of Sweden; when Sweden moved from a two chamber to a one chamber legislature in 1971 and the bank relocated, the former bank building was rebuilt into a new Assembly Hall while the original chamber remains in use for other parliamentary business.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Capitol building 2
Location
Stockholm, Sweden 1
Completed Year
1905 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Government / Parliament Building 1
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Neoclassical Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Parliament House, Stockholm - Wikipedia
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The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset [ˈrɪ̂ksdɑː(ɡ)sˌhʉːsɛt] ) is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag.
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1. Parliament House, Stockholm - Wikipedia
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    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Infobox, completion_date
    1905
  • Wikipedia "Parliament House, Stockholm" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
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    The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset [ˈrɪ̂ksdɑː(ɡ)sˌhʉːsɛt] ) is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen (island), in the Gamla stan (old town) district of central Stockholm.
  • In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Neoclassical, with Baroque Revival elements.
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2. Parliament House, Stockholm (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Capitol building)
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Wikidata item Q1101073, instance of (P31): capitol building
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