The Scheffler Palace ( sv, Schefflerska palatset) is a
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
located at
Drottninggatan
Drottninggatan (''Queen Street'') in Stockholm, Sweden, is a major pedestrian street. It stretches north from the bridge Riksbron at Norrström, in the district of Norrmalm, to Observatorielunden in the district of Vasastaden.
Composition
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116 in
Stockholm,
Sweden.
History
The mansion was built in the 1690s by the merchant
Hans Petter Scheffler
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(d. 1707). He bought the plot in 1697 and moved in there around 1700. In the years 1875–1876, a renovation was carried out under the direction of architect Axel Kumlien (1833-1913). The property remained a private residence during the 18th and 19th centuries. The house had a café business, Café Petissan, in the years 1870–1907. Since the 1920s, the estate has been owned by
Stockholm University
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. Johan Adolf Berg (1827-1884), who started a successful civil engineering company, bequeathed his collection contains art from the 1500s to the 1800s as well as Orrefors glass to Stockholm University which is on display at Scheffler Palace.
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See also
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Architecture of Stockholm
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References
Other sources
*Linnell, Stig. ''Stockholms spökhus och andra ruskiga ställen.'' ().
Palaces in Stockholm
Listed buildings in Stockholm
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