Stockholm stadshus, the city hall of the Swedish capital Stockholm, accommodates the seat of the city government and the city council. It is because of the southwest pointed of the island Kungsholmen at the in the

The city hall was built between 1911 and 1923 after plans of the architect Ragnar in the style of the Swedish national romance. The east and the south wing look on the lake and by a 105 meter to high Eckturm are summarized, which is crowned by the realm coat of arms Tre Kronor.

Originally to build on this property an authority building was planned, which municipal authorities and the city court accommodate should. From to it the 1903/04 organized Architekturbewerb came out the draft Ragnar victoriously. But the city government decided briefly to establish on this property a representative building for the city government and the city council and Ragnar was requested to rework its contribution in this sense while in the competition the Zweitplatzierte Carl Westman was assigned the building of the authority building on a property in the proximity. held the symbolic relationship with the water and the dominating Eckturm in its new draft to the main courses of its first draft, i.e.. At the same time it took up mediterrane elements, particularly from Venice, which their expression in the citizen yard and the blue one did not resound ( resounding), which by the way is blue, find.

For the arrangement and mechanism of the city hall numerous artists were engaged. On the arrangement among other things the painters Axel Einar Forseth and prince Eugen, the furniture designers Ernst Melchior Wernstedt and Carl Malmsten and the textile artist Maja worked. The representation rooms are particularly worth mentioning in the southern part of the city hall, like the golden hall (Gyllene salen) and the gallery of the prince (Prinsens galleri), as well as the blue one resound ( resound) in that the Nobelfest are annually held.

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