Parliament House - Stockholm, Sweden
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N 59° 19.669 E 018° 04.142
34V E 333247 N 6580225
Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset), the seat of the parliament of Sweden, is located in the Old Town area of Stockholm.
Waymark Code: WMPF7E
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date Posted: 08/21/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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"The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset), 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.

Architecture

The building complex was designed by Aron Johansson in the Neoclassical style, with a centered Baroque Revival style facade section. Parliament House was constructed between 1897 and 1905.

In 1889, a competition had been held to select a design for the new Parliament building, that Johansson won. Upon opening, it replaced the Old Riksdag Building (Gamla Riksdagshuset) on Riddarholmen (island).

The two buildings of the complex were originally constructed to house the Riksdag in one, and the Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish National Bank) in the second, of a semicircular shape.

Assembly Hall expansion

After the bicameral Riksdag was replaced by a unicameral legislature in 1971, and the bank relocated, the building housing the bank was rebuilt to house the new Assembly Hall. During the construction, the Parliament moved into temporary premises in the newly erected Kulturhuset (House of Culture) south of Sergels Torg, also in central Stockholm."

--Wikipedia (visit link)
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