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38-480: Hedvig Eleonora had grand plans for the palace and renamed it in 1684 Ulriksdal in honor of its intended future owner, her grandson Prince Ulric. The prince, however, died at the age of one and Hedvig Eleonora kept the palace until her death in 1715 when the property was transferred to the crown for King Frederick I 's disposal. Several drawings by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder show a stately palace, three storeys high, with

76-412: A book. The merchant business has flourished – he has never encouraged it with a single coin. The Stockholm Palace has been built – he has never been curious enough to look at it. Neither did he have anything to do with the founding of the first Swedish speaking theater at Bollhuset during his reign. One of his few important policies was the banning of duels . On 23 February 1748 Frederick I instituted

114-407: A lantern roof, furnished attic, and side wings extending the lakeside façade. Implementation of Tessin's designs began under Hedvig Eleonora in the 1670s, but was halted around 1690 due to financial problems. When building work eventually resumed by King Frederick I in the 1720s, the palace architect Carl Hårleman had different ideas than Tessin the Elder. Among the features incorporated by Hårleman

152-426: A stamp of his signature was used. He devoted most of his time to hunting and love affairs. His marriage to Queen Ulrika Eleonora was childless, but he had several children by his mistress, Hedvig Taube . In 1723 Frederick rewarded the military inventor Sven Åderman with the estate of Halltorps on the island of Öland , for improving the rate of fire of the musket . As a king, he was not very respected. When he

190-476: A transition in ownership from royalty to the state, and by extension publicly available collections. In Sweden, the foundation was laid for today's state art collections in the 18th century. Several of the works included in the Nationalmuseum collection, such as its 18th-century French paintings , were once owned by Queen Lovisa Ulrika . In 1777, the queen's financial situation became unsustainable, partly

228-707: Is the national gallery of Sweden , located on the peninsula Blasieholmen , in central Stockholm . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait gallery collection at Gripshom , the Gustavsbergporclain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris ( Institut Tessin ). In the summer of 2018, Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in Östersund to exhibit parts of

266-741: The Great Northern War ended Sweden's position as a first-rank European power . Under Frederick, this had to be accepted. Sweden also had to cede Estonia , Ingria and Livonia to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad , in 1721. Frederick I was a very active and dynamic king at the beginning of his 31-year reign. But after the aristocracy had regained power during the wars with Russia , he became not so much powerless as uninterested in affairs of state. In 1723, he tried to strengthen royal authority, but after he failed, he never had much to do with politics. He did not even sign official documents; instead

304-668: The Middle Ages to 1900, a prominent 17th-century collection of Rembrandt and other Dutch painters and collections of porcelain items, paintings, sculptures and modern art. In total, the collection consists of approximately 700,000 objects. The museum also has an art library that is open to the public and academics. Nationalmuseum holds the largest collection of portrait miniatures in the world, with more than 5,200 works. The collection features miniatures from many European schools, including works by Nicholas Hilliard , Isaac Oliver and Louis-Marie Autissier . A significant portion of

342-586: The Riksdag of the Estates and thus chose to abdicate. His powerless reign and lack of legitimate heirs of his own saw his family's elimination from the line of succession after the parliamentary government dominated by pro- revanchist Hat Party politicians ventured into a war with Russia , which ended in defeat and the Russian tsarina Elizabeth getting Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp instated following

380-579: The French Huguenots . His brother the governor, who would succeed Frederick as Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel , though by background a distinguished soldier, was likewise a great success locally. There are very few physical remainders of Frederick in Hesse today; one of them is his large Royal Swedish paraph (FR) over the old door of the University of Marburg 's former riding hall, now

418-810: The Institute of Physical Education. On 31 May 1700, he married his first wife, Luise Dorothea , Princess of Prussia (1680–1705), daughter of Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713) and Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel (1661–1683). Luise Dorothea died in childbirth in December 1705. His second wife, whom he married in 1715, was Ulrika Eleonora , Princess of Sweden (1688–1741), daughter of Charles XI of Sweden (1655–1697) and of Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656–1693). Ulrika suffered two miscarriages, one in 1715 and another in 1718, after which there are no further recorded pregnancies. Frederick I had three extramarital children with his mistress Hedvig Taube : After

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456-508: The Nationalmuseum continued to exhibit its collection in other locations in Sweden and abroad. The museum was reinaugurated on 13 October 2018 by King Carl XVI Gustaf in the presence of other members of the royal family, minister of culture Alice Bah Kuhnke and thousands of visitors. The museum's exhibition space has been expanded and can now receive twice as many visitors and display almost three times as many works than had been possible before

494-624: The Younger . Despite a number of later changes, Tessin's architecture still dominates the Orangery, which houses parts of the National Museum 's sculpture collection, including works by the sculptors Johan Tobias Sergel , Carl Milles and Johan Niclas Byström . In 2005 the Orangery inspired the design of the music pavilion at Stålboga . Frederick I of Sweden Frederick I ( Swedish : Fredrik I ; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751)

532-546: The building into a theatre. It was built in Rococo style, seats 200 spectators and has a table à confidence , a table which can be lowered through the floor to the basement to be set. Today Confidencen is the oldest Rococo theatre in Sweden, reopened in 1981 and run since then by Kjerstin Dellert . Ulriksdal Palace had in the palace's northern wing originally a chapel, built in 1662 by architect Jean de la Vallée . The chapel

570-472: The collection derives from the master collector Carl Fredrik Dahlgren , while the more exclusive works were donated by Hjalmar Wicander, a cork-factory owner. Wicander also donated funds for additional purchases of miniatures. The collection of drawings contains approximately 500,000 sheets spanning the late medieval period to about 1900. The collection includes more than 2,000 old master drawings collected by Carl Gustaf Tessin . The sheets were acquired at

608-407: The collection in the north of Sweden. The museum's benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin . It was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum, and was among the buildings that hosted the 1866 General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm . The current building, built between 1844 and 1866,

646-516: The death of Hedvig Taube, his official mistress was the noblewoman Catharina Ebba Horn (1720–1781), whom he gave the title and recognition of Countess (from 1745). Thus, the Hessian line in Sweden ended with him and was followed by that of Holstein-Gottorp . In Hesse-Kassel , he was succeeded by his younger brother William VIII , a famous general. Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts )

684-414: The death of the king. Whilst being the only Swedish monarch called Frederick, he was Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel and thus Frederick I also of Sweden, though other Swedish monarchs with non-repeating names (such as Birger , Sigismund and Frederick's successor: Adolf Frederick) had not been enumerated. He was the son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , and Princess Maria Amalia of Courland . In 1692

722-504: The government in 2011. In 2012, planning began for the renovation and rebuilding project, and in February 2013, the Nationalmuseum began its evacuation of the building. On 20 February 2014, the SFV was commissioned by the government to perform a renovation and conversion of the Nationalmuseum into a fully modern museum building. During the renovation, the building was closed to the public, but

760-426: The museum's current restaurant was opened in 1996. The building closed for renovation in 2013 and reopened on 13 October 2018. The $ 132 million overhaul was undertaken to allow for more of the museum's collection to be displayed and to deliver the security, accessibility, fire safety and climate control of a modern institution. As with several other European national galleries, the history of the Nationalmuseum involves

798-493: The public since 1986. The original furnishings have been relocated to the preserved rooms and parts of the former living quarters are used to exhibit items from Gustaf VI Adolf's art and crafts collection as well as Gustaf V 's silver collection. The Palace Theatre, Confidencen , is situated in a building from the 1670s which was originally used as a horse riding house and later a guesthouse. In 1753, Queen Louisa Ulrika commissioned architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz to convert

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836-468: The queen dowager of Gustav III, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark . After her death, the palace was uninhabited until 1821. Relatively little survives of the 18th century interiors, since Ulriksdal served as a veterans' hospital from 1822 to 1849. The hospital was established by King Charles XIV John for veterans of the Russo-Swedish War of 1808–1809 . The palace was therefore almost empty when it

874-487: The result of her ambitious and expensive pursuit of art. The debts were settled by her son King Gustav III when she agreed to surrender her collections and Drottningholm Palace . The project to construct a royal museum in Stockholm was one of the largest and most lavish construction works of all time, taking 12 years to complete with another three years for the interior work. The German architect Friedrich August Stüler

912-481: The sale of the court banker Pierre Crozat in the summer of 1741 . Tessin was one of 14 collectors who bought at bargain prices. Because of financial reasons, the collection was sold to King Adolf Fredrik . In 2009, the National Property Board of Sweden (SFV) was commissioned to perform a feasibility study for a renovation and refurbishment project, and the group presented a building program to

950-633: The three Swedish royal orders of the Seraphim , of the Sword and of the North Star , the three principal Swedish orders of chivalry . Frederick became Landgrave of Hesse only in 1730, ten years after becoming King of Sweden. He immediately appointed his younger brother William governor of Hesse. As Landgrave, Frederick is generally not seen as a success. Indeed, he did concentrate more on Sweden, and due to his negotiated, compromise-like ascension to

988-563: The throne there, he and his court had a very low income. The money for that very expensive court, then, since the 1730s came from wealthy Hesse , and this means that Frederick essentially behaved like an absentee landlord and drained Hessian resources to finance life in Sweden. Also, Frederick's father, Charles I of Hesse-Kassel , had been the state's most successful ruler, rebuilding the state over his decades-long rule by means of economic and infrastructure measures and state reform, as well as tolerance , such as attracting, for economic purposes,

1026-833: The young prince made his Grand Tour to the Dutch Republic , in 1695 to the Italian Peninsula and later he studied in Geneva . After this he had a military career, leading the Hessian troops as Lieutenant General in the War of the Spanish Succession on the side of the Dutch. He was defeated in 1703 in the Battle of Speyerbach , but participated the next year in the great victory in the Battle of Blenheim . In 1706 he

1064-405: Was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War , and the abdication of his wife, Charles's sister and successor Ulrika Eleonora , after she had to relinquish most powers to

1102-441: Was acquired in 1856 by Prince Charles, later King Charles XV . During the reign of Charles XV (r. 1859–1872), the palace was used as his preferred summer residence. With the aid of architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and through extensive purchases of antiques, Prince Charles was able to design and furnish the palace at his own taste. Many of these furnishings are still on display. During the reign of King Oscar II (1872–1907), it

1140-467: Was actually fired by Frederick's aide André Sicre . Charles had been an authoritarian and demanding ruler; one reason the Swedish Estates elected Frederick was because he was taken to be fairly weak, which indeed he turned out to be. Frederick succeeded Ulrika Eleonora on the throne upon her abdication in his favor in 1720, elected by the Swedish Estates. The defeats suffered by Charles XII in

1178-479: Was again defeated by the French in the Battle of Castiglione . At the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709 he commanded the Dutch cavalry. In 1712, in absence of Count Tilly , he assumed the command of the Dutch army. Both in 1716 and 1718 he joined the campaign of Charles XII of Sweden against Norway, and was appointed Swedish Generalissimus . He married his second wife, Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden , in 1715. He

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1216-451: Was crowned, it was said of him: "King Charles we recently buried, King Frederick we crown – suddenly the clock has now passed from twelve to one". It is said about him, that although a lot of great achievements in the country's development happened during his reign, he never had anything to do with them himself. When he died, Carl Gustaf Tessin said about him: Under the reign of King Frederick, science has developed – he never bothered to read

1254-567: Was inspired by northern Italian Renaissance architecture. It is the design of the German architect Friedrich August Stüler , who also designed the Neues Museum in Berlin . Despite its relatively closed exterior, the building has a spacious interior dominated by a large flight of stairs leading to the topmost galleries. The museum was enlarged in 1961 to accommodate the museum workshops, and

1292-446: Was often used by Queen Sophia as her personal summer residence: it also served as her residence as a widow until her death in 1913. In 1923, Prince Gustav Adolf, the future King Gustaf VI Adolf married Louise Mountbatten . Ulriksdal became closely associated with the royal couple. During their time, the former knights' hall was turned into a living room with furniture designed by designer Carl Malmsten . The palace has been open to

1330-490: Was one of the first mansard roofs in Sweden. In the mid-18th century, the palace was occupied by King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika . The Queen set up a theatre here, today called the Confidencen . During the reign of Adolf Frederick and his son Gustav III (r. 1771–1792), it was one of the main residences of the royal court and the place for a grand court life. From 1792 until 1813, it served as residence for

1368-603: Was responsible for the design of the building and the Swedish architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander was responsible for the interior design. The building was inaugurated in 1866 in conjunction with the General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm . The Nationalmuseum has been a state building monument since 1935. The building is owned and managed by the National Property Board of Sweden . The museum collection consists of approximately 500,000 drawings from

1406-456: Was then granted the title Prince of Sweden , with the style Royal Highness , by the estates, and was prince consort there during Ulrika Eleonora's rule as queen regnant from 1718 until her abdication in 1720. He is the only Swedish prince consort there has been to date. Frederick I had much influence during the reign of his spouse. Some historians have suggested that the bullet which killed his brother-in-law Charles XII of Sweden in 1718

1444-479: Was torn down during Gustav III 's renovation of the palace in 1774. The present chapel was designed by architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and was built in 1864–1865 in the palace garden, in Dutch new Renaissance style with a certain influences from Venice. Next to the palace is the greenhouse, today the Orangery Museum. The Orangery was built at the end of the 17th century by architect Nicodemus Tessin

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