Slottskajen

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Slottskajen passing in front of the northern façade of the Royal Palace in March 2007.
Slottskajen passing in front of the northern façade of the Royal Palace in March 2007.

Slottskajen (Swedish: "Palace Quay") is a quay and a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Named after its location north of the Royal Palace, it stretches west from Skeppsbron and Strömbron to the square Mynttorget, overlooked by Lejonbacken, the ramps leading to the palace's northern entrance, and, passing along the canal Stallkanalen, is connected to the Parliament island Helgeandsholmen by the bridge Norrbro.

The present name was made official in 1921, substituting the original proposal Slottsstranden ("Palace Shore").[1]

Behind the five metres thick walls of the palace's northern wing, dating from the 1200s, is the Tre Kronor Museum, exhibiting objects from and models of the Tre Kronor Palace, destroyed by fire in 1697.

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  1. ^ (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed. (in Swedish), Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 71. ISBN 91-7031-042-4. 

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