Riksdagshuset (Parliament House)

The Parliament House located on Helgeandsholmen consists of two wings, one originally built for the Swedish parliament and the other for Riksbank. The construction works for Parliament House started in the year 1897 when King Oskar II delivered the foundation stone. The building was finished after 8 years in 1905. The Parliament House was designed by Aron Johansson in a neo-Baroque style and had been built in a time of transition between the national romanticism and neoclassicism. The building cost was 12 million, twice as high as the starting estimated cost of 6.5 million.

The building was rebuilt in the years 1980-1983 and the parliament moved in the Riksbank wing. Largest visible change was an extension of the old National Bank with a newdebating chamber. While building the new garage there where maid numerous archaeological discoveries, such as the remains of Stockholm's city walls from the 1500 century.

Mynttorget (Coin Square)

Coin Square is a public square located between the Parliament House, Government Office and Royal palace so it is ideal for political manifestations. The square is named Coins Square because of a coin manufacturing facility located by the square, the name first appears in the maps dated 1733.

Kanslihuset (Government office)

The present Government Office was built in the 1930s and the architectural competition was won by Gustav Clason andwolter Gahn. The architects' work was marked by compromises between the requirements of usability, cultural history and aesthetics.

Previously there was a coin manufacturing house that was demolished in 1784 and replaced by new Government Offices building in 1790 furnished with the four doric columns created by architect Olof Tempelman and Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. There is also an underground connection between government offices and Parliament House.

(references and pictures from www.wikipedia.org)