Gustav Adolfs torg, Stockholm

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Equestrian statue of Gustavus Adolphus at Gustav Adolfs torg.
Equestrian statue of Gustavus Adolphus at Gustav Adolfs torg.

Gustav Adolfs torg (swedish for "Square of Gustav Adolf") is a public square in central Stockholm, Sweden named after King Gustavus Adolphus.

By the square is the Royal Opera, the house of the Swedish State Department, Arvfurstens palats (housing the Ministry for Foreign Affairs), the Ministry of Defence. South of the square are the Parliament on Helgeandsholmen and the Royal Palace in Stockholm Old Town.

In the middle of the square there is a statue of Gustav II Adolf, which was erected in 1796.

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