The Royal Palace in Oslo was built in the first half of the 18th century as the Norwegian residence of Swedish-Norwegian king Charles III (Charles XIV of Sweden) and is used as the official residence of the present Norwegian Royal Family. County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... King Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway, or domestically Karl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 – March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte (1711–1780), procurator at Pau, and Jeanne St. ...
The palace was designed by the Danish-born architect Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow (1787-1851). The project was initiated in the Norwegian parliament in 1821, the foundation stone was put in place by the king in 1825 and the building was completed in 1849. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
External links
The Norwegian Royal Family (http://www.kongehuset.no/default.asp?lang=eng) (with information on the history and architecture of the Royal Palace)
At the northwest end of Oslo's Karl Johansgate, on higher ground, stands the Norwegian RoyalPalace (Det Kongelige Slott), a long building erected between 1825 and 1848 (not open to the public).
In front of the palace is an equestrian statue (by B. Bergslien, 1875) of King Carl XIV Johan.
In the park surrounding the palace, near Karl Johansgate, can be seen a monument (by G. Vigeland) to the mathematician N. Abel (1802-29), and behind the palace, to the right, is a statue, also by Vigeland, of the woman writer Camilla Collett (1813-95).
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