Tessin Palace, Baroque palace in Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

Tessin Palace is a Baroque town house at Slottsbacken 4, built 1694–1701 by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger on an irregular plot. Its layout follows the Parisian entre cour et jardin model: a small forecourt, the corps-de-logi, then a two-part garden. The rusticated ground floor is warm grey, the upper floors warm yellow, and the entrance is flanked by atlantes by Bernard Foucquet.

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger built this residence between 1694 and 1700, drawing on architectural ideas from his studies in Italy and France. The finished building helped change Stockholm's appearance and showed new possibilities for large private structures.

The two atlantes flanking the central portal were carved by the French sculptor Bernard Foucquet. Above the door, a Doric frieze with triglyphs and metopes supports a sculpture group of two putti. The garden's northern section has a broderiparterr with clipped box hedges and a circular basin with a water-jet fountain.

The building serves as the residence of the Governor of Stockholm County and remains an administrative center in the old town. Visitors should know it is an active administrative site and not open for tours.

Karl XI Gallery contains ceiling paintings that merge the king's achievements with depictions of ancient gods. This artistic blend of royal propaganda and classical motifs is rare to see in Swedish buildings.