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Livrustkammaren

The Royal Armoury is a in the in , Sweden. It contains many artifacts of Swedish military history and Swedish royalty. It is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustavus Adolphus when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved for posterity.
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  • Opening hours:
    January—April: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM and Thursday 11:00 AM—8:00 PM
    May—June: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
    July—August: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    September—December: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM and Thursday 11:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Swedish state historical museum with exhibits of Swedish military history
  • Also known as: “Royal Armoury”, “The Royal Armoury”, and “The Royal Armoury of Sweden”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nobel Prize Museum and Tessin Palace.

Museum
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The is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square in , the old town in central , . is situated 200 metres southwest of Livrustkammaren.

Castle
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The is a baroque town house located in Gamla stan, the old town in central . Located next to the , it is facing , the major approach to the Stockholm Palace, and flanked by two alleys, Finska Kyrkogränd and Bollhusgränd. is situated 110 metres south of Livrustkammaren.

Museum
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is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula in central . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at , the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris. is situated 360 metres northeast of Livrustkammaren.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockholm and Gamla stan.

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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

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pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

Locality
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is a peninsula in central , Sweden. It is located east of . Originally a small island, named Käpplingen, it became a peninsula, connected to , during the 17th century.

Livrustkammaren

Latitude
59.32662° or 59° 19′ 36″ north
Longitude
18.07308° or 18° 4′ 23″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Operator
Statens Historiska Museer
Open location code
9FFW83GF+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304606190
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10280347
Wiki­data ID
Q1636176
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Livrustkammaren” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الحربي السويدي”
  • Bashkir: “Ливрусткаммарен”
  • Belarusian: “Ліўрусткамарэн”
  • Chinese: “皇家軍械庫”
  • Czech: “Královská zbrojnice”
  • Czech: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Czech: “Švédská královská zbrojnice”
  • Danish: “Kongelig Rustkammer”
  • Danish: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Wapenkamer van Zweden”
  • Dutch: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Finnish: “Kuninkaallinen asevarasto”
  • Finnish: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Finnish: “Varuskammari”
  • French: “Cabinet royal des armes”
  • French: “L’Armurerie royale”
  • French: “Livrustkammaren”
  • German: “Die königliche Rüstkammer von Schweden”
  • German: “Die Königliche Rüstkammer”
  • German: “Königliche Rüstkammer”
  • German: “Livrustkammaren”
  • German: “Waffenkammer”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ההיסטוריה הצבאית והמלכותית של שוודיה”
  • Hungarian: “Királyi Fegyvertár”
  • Hungarian: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Italian: “L’Armeria Reale”
  • Italian: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Japanese: “スウェーデン王室武器庫”
  • Japanese: “スウェーデン王立武器庫”
  • Japanese: “王家武儀博物館”
  • Lithuanian: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Norwegian: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Persian: “موزه لیوروست کامارن”
  • Polish: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Portuguese: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Russian: “Королевская сокровищница в Стокгольме”
  • Russian: “Королевская сокровищница Ливрусткаммарен”
  • Russian: “Королевской Оружейной палаты”
  • Russian: “Ливрусткаммарен”
  • Russian: “Оружейная палата”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljeva orožarna”
  • Slovenian: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Spanish: “Armeria Real”
  • Spanish: “La Real Armería”
  • Spanish: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Spanish: “Real Armería de Suecia”
  • Swedish: “Livrustkammaren”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліврусткамарен”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Livrustkammaren”. Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.