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. Queen lovisa Visitors’ CheCklist
Ulrika’s library
The Queen commis- Practical Information
sioned Jean Eric Rehn 10 km (6 miles) W of Stockholm.
(1717–93) to decorate Palace: tel 08-402 62 70.
this splendid library, ∑ royalcourt.se
which emphasizes her open Jan–Mar: noon–3:30pm Sat
influence on art and & Sun; Apr: 11am–3:30pm daily;
science in Sweden in May–Sep: 10am–4:30pm daily;
the 18th-century. Oct: 11am–3:30pm Fri–Sun; Nov–
Dec: noon–3:30pm Sat & Sun.
Closed public hols. 8 & ^
= Chinese Pavilion: open May–
Aug: 11am–4:30pm daily; Sep:
noon–3:30pm daily. 8 & ^
Theatre Museum: tel 08-759 04
06. open May–Sep. 8 &
Transport
Brommaplan, then bus 176,
177, 301, 323.g May–Sep fr
Stads husbron.
Entrance
. Queen hedvig
eleonora’s state Bedroom
Morning receptions
(“levées”) were held in
this lavish Baroque
room designed by Tessin
the Elder. It took about 15
years for Sweden’s foremost
artists and craftsmen to
. the staircase decorate the room, which
Trompe l’oeil paint- was completed in 1683.
ings by Johan Sylvius
adorn the walls, giving
the impression that
the already spacious
interior stretches
further into the palace.
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