Stockholm’s Royal Palace is one of the city’s premier tourist attractions. Situated on historic Gamla Stan, there are several attractions you can visit as part of the complex. One of these is the Royal Armoury, located in the basement of the palace’s southern wing.
Unlike some of the other parts of the Royal Palace, there is no admission fee for visiting the Royal Armoury, which is an independent museum. Its collection is vast, with over 30,000 artefacts having ties to the Swedish royal family, from Gustav Vasa to modern times, spanning more than 500 years. The collection features weapons, arms, armor, clothes, saddles and other items including a collection of ceremonial coaches and carriages.
The items exhibited are displayed in low light — presumably to keep colors from fading but making photography somewhat of a challenge. The displays contain informative plaques and are generally quite interesting. I’m going to share some of the items that caught my eye in more or less in the order I came across them.
One of the images (shown above) provided last weekend’s One Clue Mystery photo. It was recognized by George G — congratulations as always George, for such fine detective work!
Here then is a stroll through the Royal Armoury:
Among the more unusual pieces were these clothes from a royal wedding. I’ve never seen a wider wedding dress.
There is also a nice collection of coaches, carriages and sleighs you can visit.
(Austrian sleigh)
(Sleigh carousels)
(The Coronation coach)
