The Hotel Skeppsholmen is a hotel on the islet of

Skeppsholmen Skeppsholmen is one of the islands of Stockholm. It is connected with Blasieholmen and Kastellholmen by bridges. It is accessible by foot from Kungsträdgården, past the Grand Hôtel and Nationalmuseum, by bus number 65, or by boat from Slusse ...

in central

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. The hotel comprises two early buildings, individually known as ''Västra/Östra boställshuset'' ("The Western/Eastern Residence House"), located along the ''Långa raden'' ("The long row"). The two buildings were built in 1699–1702 to accommodate the 200 Drabant guards of King Charles XII. They were built to the design of

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using bricks from several palaces, in Ekolsund,

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, and

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. As Charles spent most of his reign on the battlefields, however, neither building was used for the original purpose, serving instead to house the poor and homeless. Poor and homeless people of Stockholm emerged in great numbers following Sweden's defeat at the

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in 1709, but were considerably decimated by the

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, which hit the city the following year. As Sweden started to create its fleet of

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s in 1715, these two buildings were gradually transformed from hospitals into offices and workshops for the fleet. By the 1770s, when the commissioner's office was relocated to a separate building, the two buildings were exclusively used by the officers and officials on the island as spacious residences, each disposing up to 17 rooms. In the mid 19th century a canteen for clerks and officials was built in the western building, and both buildings together began to be known as the ''Långa raden''. The buildings were refurbished in 1958–1959 to serve the

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administration and the Naval Officers Society (''Sjöofficerssällskapet''). The Naval Officers Society started using the buildings from the mid 19th century onward. In 2009 the two buildings were converted into the Hotel Skeppsholmen, a 79-room hotel. The hotel's reception and restaurant are located in the ''Östra boställshuset'' along with some of the rooms. The ''Västra boställshuset'' contains the remaining rooms. The conversion was led by Stockholm-based architects

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. The buildings have been government listed buildings since 1935.

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Hotel website
(in English)

Listed buildings in Stockholm {{Sweden-struct-stub

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