Rosenkammaren (literally: 'The Rose Chamber') was a

torture chamber A torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted.

in the prison ''

Nya smedjegården ''Smedjegården'' (literally: "Blacksmiths' Yard"), initially ''Nya smedje gården'' ("New Blacksmiths' Yard"), was a prison in Stockholm, in use between 1636 and 1896. The name was derived from a prison, similarly known as '' Smedjegården,'' ...

'' in Stockholm. It consisted of a long room, flooded with knee deep water from a spring. The prisoners sentenced to be tortured were chained by a hook from the ceiling in the knee deep water, which was normally icy cold. On 27 September 1772,

torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of tortur ...

was abolished by Gustav III of Sweden, and the Rose Chamber, along with the other torture chamber in the capital, '' Tjuvakällaren'' in the Town Hall (active 1471-1772), was closed and its equipment destroyed.

References

* Nordisk familjebok, 1904–1926. Social history of Sweden Individual rooms Torture 18th-century disestablishments in Sweden History of Stockholm {{torture-stub