Swedish architecture

Kalmar Castle in Kalmar, Sweden was originally built in the 14th century. The castle survived 11 different sieges and was rebuilt by King Johan III in the 16th century in the German renaissance style with turrets, ramparts, and a drawbridge.

Style of building in Sweden.

Medieval The Romanesque cathedrals of Uppsala (brick) and Lund (stone) are from the 11th century. Gothic churches include Riddarholms church in Stockholm and the cathedral in Linköping.

The former Hanseatic city of Visby, Gotland, has three Gothic churches and the ruins of 12 more; some medieval domestic buildings have also survived there within the old city wall.

16th century This was a time for building and rebuilding castles under German Renaissance influence. Examples are Gripsholm, Vadstena, and Kalmar.

17th century Three architects emerged who had studied baroque in Rome: Jean de la Vallée (1620-1696), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615-1681), and his son Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654-1728). Together or separately they created several important buildings in Stockholm and elsewhere; for example, Drottningholm Palace, begun 1662.

18th century Rococo prevailed in the midcentury and left its traces mostly in interiors; for example, the Royal Palace in Stockholm by the younger Tessin.

Early 19th century Neoclassical architecture includes what is now the State Historical Museum, Stockholm.

Late 19th-early 20th century The Jugend style, exemplified by the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, gave way to a domestic nationalist style with simple lines, built in brick and granite, used in many public and residential buildings.

Mid-late 20th century Modernism took off in Sweden in the 1930s.