Old Parliament House, Former parliament building on Riddarholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

The Old Parliament House at Birger Jarls torg 5 has an orange-peach facade of repeated rectangular windows above a grey stone ground floor. Its steep dark roof carries a central curved gable with a round clock-like medallion and three dark spires, the tall central openwork spire flanked by two shorter ones. Green copper cupolas with lanterns and finials sit at each end of the roof, and a central arched entrance with pillars and a small canopy faces a white lattice fence.

The building served as the meeting place for Swedish Parliament from 1833 to 1905 and initially housed the Estates assembly until 1866. This shift marked the transition toward a modern two-chamber parliament system.

The name Riksens ständers hus recalls the four-estate Riksdag that met here from 1833, when clergy, burghers and peasants gathered under one roof while the nobility sat in Riddarhuset. The building later housed the Administrative Court of Appeal, so its parliamentary rooms now serve Swedish justice.

The building sits on an island connected to central Stockholm by several bridges and is easy to reach on foot. The exterior and surrounding areas are openly accessible, though interior spaces may have limited visiting options depending on current use.

The building's oldest parts belong to the medieval Greyfriars monastery; its lower vaults survive in the cellar, where the original room layout can still be seen. After the monastery closed in 1527 the house served as a hospital, mint, workhouse, orphanage and the city's first prison before becoming the seat of the Riksdag of the Estates in 1833.