Kristineberg Palace, 18th century palace in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Kristineberg Palace is a school building in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, originally built as a private manor in the 18th century. It is a two-story structure with a symmetrical facade, large windows, and a garden on the grounds.
Merchant Roland Schröder had the manor built around 1750, replacing Lennart Torstenson's 17th-century wooden main house. The Swedish Freemasonry bought the property in 1864 and ran an orphanage there. Stockholm City acquired the land in 1921 and built the Kristineberg district; the main building has held private residences since the 1930s, while the wings have housed Kristinebergsskolan since 2012.
Kristineberg is one of the few places in Stockholm where a building from the 1700s is used daily by schoolchildren. Visitors walking past can see a facade from another era while, behind it, an ordinary school day takes place.
Since the building operates as an active primary school, parts of the grounds are not open to the general public. The facade and the exterior areas are clearly visible from the street and can be seen without entering the property.
Although the building looks like a noble palace from the outside, it was never home to Swedish nobility and was built by a merchant. The word palace in its name refers to the architectural style rather than to who lived there.
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