| Grand Hôtel | |
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Grand Hôtel in Stockholm |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Construction started | 1872 |
| Completed | 1874 |
Grand Hôtel is a five-star hotel in Stockholm. It was founded by Frenchman Jean-François Régis Cadier in 1872 and opened on 14 June 1874. It opened at the same time as the Grand Hotel in Oslo and all Scandinavian capitals have a major Hotel called 'Grand Hotel'. Grand Hôtel is located next to the Nationalmuseum and opposite the Royal Palace and Old Town. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize laureates and their families have all been guests at the hotel.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm has 359 rooms and 40 suites, 35 banquet and conference rooms, two restaurants, a bar and health club. One of the restaurants are managed by Swedish chef Mathias Dahlgren. SPA will open in summer 2009. The hotel is the only Swedish member of The Leading Hotels of the World and the only InterContinental hotel in Scandinavia. Also it is the only hotel worldwide to be part of these two organizations at the same time. The hotel is owned by the wealthy Swedish Wallenberg family.