Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Stockholm, Sweden

Kungsholm [en] s glassworks was a glassworks located at Östra Kungsholmen in Stockholm, founded in 1676. Kungsholm's glassworks was Sweden's leading glassworks with the manufacture of, among other things, magnificent trophies and wine glasses. The mill was closed down in 1815. Today, the neighborhood name Glasbruket is reminiscent of the previous operations.

Wikipedia: Kungsholmens glasbruk (SV)

Birger Jarl's Kenotaf is a sculpture and a mock grave, a so-called kenotaf, of Birger Jarl at Stockholm City Hall. Birger Jarl's kenotaf was designed by the city hall architect Ragnar Östberg together with the sculptor Gustaf Sandberg.

Wikipedia: Birger jarls kenotaf (SV)

Birger Jarls torn is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Birger Jarls torn (EN), Heritage Website

Gamla Riksarkivet is a building at Arkivgatan 3 on Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. Riksarkivet, the Swedish National Archives, were located in the building until 1968.

Wikipedia: Gamla Riksarkivet (EN), Heritage Website

Birger jarl's statue is a statue depicting Sweden's earl and regent Birger jarl. The statue stands on Birger jarl's square on Riddarholmen in Stockholm. The statue was created by sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg and unveiled on October 21, 1854.

Wikipedia: Birger jarl (staty) (SV)

The Hessenstein Palace or Bengt Oxenstiernas palace is a palace with address Birger Jarls Torg 2 at Riddarholmen in Stockholm. The palace was built in the 1630s for the National Council Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna. Around 1680, the palace was rebuilt.

Wikipedia: Hessensteinska palatset (SV), Heritage Website

Axel Oxenstierna's statue is a statue that depicts the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna. The statue stands on the Riddarhuset farm towards Riddarfjärden in Stockholm. The statue was created by sculptor John Börjeson and unveiled in 1890.

Wikipedia: Axel Oxenstiernas staty (SV)

The Bonde Palace is a palace in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Located between the House of Knights (Riddarhuset) and the Chancellery House (Kanslihuset), it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire (1611–1718), originally designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Jean De la Vallée in 1662-1667 as the private residence of the Lord High Treasurer Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667) it still bears his name, while it accommodated the Stockholm Court House from the 18th century and since 1949 houses the Swedish Supreme Court. On the south side of the building is the street Myntgatan and the square Riddarhustorget, while the alleys Riddarhusgränd and Rådhusgränd are passing on its western and eastern sides.

Wikipedia: Bonde Palace (EN), Heritage Website

The Royal Armoury is a museum in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. It contains many artifacts of Swedish military history and Swedish royalty. It is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustavus Adolphus when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved for posterity.

Wikipedia: Livrustkammaren (EN), Website

The Fleming Palace or Fleming's Palace is a building in the Aeolus block at Slottsbacken 8 in Stockholm's Old Town.

Wikipedia: Flemingska palatset (SV), Heritage Website

Gustav III's statue is a sculpture depicting Sweden's King Gustav III. It was created by Johan Tobias Sergel, and its quay and postament were designed and erected by the master builder Jonas Lidströmer. It stands on Skeppsbrokajen below Slottsbacken in Stockholm and was unveiled on 24 January 1808.

Wikipedia: Gustav III (staty) (SV)

Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities is Sweden's oldest public art museum, and one of the oldest in Europe. It was opened in 1794 in one of the castle wings of the Royal Palace of Stockholm, as a public tribute to the protection Gustav III had given to all branches of the liberal arts. It contains ancient sculptures that he bought during his trip to Italy in 1783–1784. It was reopened in 1958.

Wikipedia: Gustav III:s antikmuseum (SV), Website

Laura Ford in Cardiff, Wales, is a British sculptor. She is currently president of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Wikipedia: Laura Ford (EN)

Kumlienska huset is a building in Kvarteret Lejonet at Fredsgatan 3 in Norrmalm in Stockholm. In Stockholm's women's fashion, the house was a well-known address, and between 1818 and until the beginning of the 1960s, the exclusive fabric company John V. Löfgren & Co. The property is green-labelled by the City Museum in Stockholm, which means that it is considered "particularly valuable from a historical, cultural-historical, environmental or artistic point of view". The building is owned and managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Kumlienska huset (kvarteret Lejonet) (SV), Heritage Website

Gustav II Adolf's statue in Stockholm is an equestrian statue created by Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque and Johan Tobias Sergel, which stands on Gustav Adolf's square in Stockholm. The statue was inaugurated on 17 November 1796, the plinth sculptures were put in place in 1906.

Wikipedia: Gustav II Adolfs staty, Stockholm (SV)

Royal Swedish Opera is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Royal Swedish Opera (EN), Website

Saint James's Church is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to apostle Saint James the Greater, patron saint of travellers. It is often mistakenly called St Jacob's. The confusion arises because Swedish, like many other languages, uses the same name for both James and Jacob.

Wikipedia: Saint James's Church, Stockholm (EN), Heritage Website

The Diana Fountain, or Diana Fountain, is a bronze and marble sculpture by Carl Milles. The Diana Fountain is available in two designs, the Diana Fountain I was created in 1927–1928 and can be found in the courtyard of the Match Palace in Stockholm, the Diana Fountain II was created in 1929–1930 and can be found as a copy at Skytteholm, Ekerö municipality. On the square in Tomelilla there is a Diana fountain that was donated by Milles to the town when he learned that the town was going to name a street after him as a memory after the Tomelilla exhibition in 1927. In Tomelilla, the sculpture is called Artemis after Diana's Greek counterpart. "Diana" also exists as a solitary figure in bronze, fitted with a skirt.

Wikipedia: Dianafontänen (SV)

Kungsträdgården is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.

Wikipedia: Kungsträdgården (EN)

Karl XIII's statue stands in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. It was made by Erik Gustaf Göthe and erected on 5 November 1821 as a monument to King Karl XIII. It was commissioned by Karl XIV Johan, and at his expense. Karl XIV Johan was Karl XIII's adopted child and it was precisely on the anniversary of the adoption that the statue was unveiled. The statue is managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Karl XIII:s staty (SV)

Chinateatern or commonly known as "China" is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located at Berzelii Park in Stockholm city. Originally built 1928 as a movie theatre but has over the years simultaneously been used as a theatre stage for revues, comedies and musical shows. It was very popular in the 1980s and the stage has during various periods been used by different established Swedish theatres, one being the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Wikipedia: Chinateatern (EN), Website

Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm, Sweden. The park is the location of the China Theater (Chinateatern), and the Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater.

Wikipedia: Berzelii Park (EN)

The Royal Stables is called H.M. The King's Royal Stables, located in the Kusen block at Väpnargatan 1 and Riddargatan 22, next to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Östermalm in Stockholm. The building was inaugurated in 1894 by King Oscar II. The Royal Stables are a national listed building.

Wikipedia: Hovstallet, Väpnargatan (SV), Website

The Bünsowska house is an exclusive apartment building located at Strandvägen 29–33 in Östermalm in central Stockholm, built in 1886–1888 for the timber patron and millionaire Friedrich Bünsow according to drawings by the architects Isak Gustaf Clason (facades) and Anders Gustaf Forsberg (the plans). The building complex occupies the entire Korporalen block, which is surrounded by Riddargatan to the north, Grev Magnigatan to the west, Torstenssonsgatan to the east and Strandvägen to the south. The property is blue-marked by the City Museum in Stockholm, which is the strongest protection and means "that the buildings are considered to have particularly high cultural-historical values".

Wikipedia: Bünsowska huset (SV), Heritage Website

The Berwald Hall is a concert hall situated in a park landscape at Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3 in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Construction on the building began in 1976 based on a design by architects Erik Ahnborg and Sune Lindström. The hall is shaped as a hexagon.

Wikipedia: Berwald Hall (EN), Website

St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church, often referred to locally as the English Church, is an Anglican church in Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in the 1860s for the British congregation in the city and was originally located on Rörstrandsgatan in the Norrmalm district before being moved, stone by stone, to the Diplomatstaden area of Östermalm in 1913.

Wikipedia: St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church (EN)

Kruthusplan is a small place in the district of Östermalm in Diplomatstaden, Stockholm. Kruthusplan leads from Laboratoriegatan at the height of the Church of England south towards Nobelgatan and divides the Diplomat City's residential area into two blocks, "Ambassadoren" and "Diplomaten".

Wikipedia: Kruthusplan (SV)

The Museum of Ethnography, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish science museum. It houses a collection of about 220,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples from around the world, including from China, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific region, the Americas and Africa. The museum is situated in Museiparken at Gärdet in Stockholm. Since 1999, it is a part of Swedish National Museums of World Culture and is also hosting the Sven Hedin Foundation. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday 11:00AM – 5:00 PM, and Wednesdays 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM and is closed on Mondays.

Wikipedia: Museum of Ethnography, Sweden (EN), Website