Tegelbacken is a junction on Norrmalm in central Stockholm, near Vaasa Street and Central Bridge. At Tegelbacken connected traffic to and from, inter alia, Central Bridge (Nynäsvägen), Vasa Bridge (Old Town), Norrmälarstrand (Kungsholmen, Essingeleden), Klara Strand Trail (Uppsalavägen) and Klara Tunnel (downtown Stockholm).
The earlier buildings around the square except the Central Palace was demolished and replaced by office buildings and hotels. Crown Prince's house from 1783 was demolished and the Sheraton Hotel was built at the corner of Vasagatan with the entrance facing Tegelbacken. The accounting firm KPMG are tenants in the building at the neighboring Sheraton Tegelbacken north side. The central palace floor is still Sweden's first Japanese restaurant, serve world, which opened 1973rd
2. Konstakademien
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1735 to support painting, sculpture and architecture. The Academy organizes exhibitions, lectures and research projects and maintains a reference library.
Konstakademien presents a superb collection of fine arts, exploring the evolution of artistic trends over a period of 260 years. The collection is dominated by painting and sculpture, but also presents a wealth of cartoon and graphic art works.
The Konstakademien archives contain records dating from the eighteenth century to the present day, composed primarily of letters and manuscripts by Swedish artists. The archives also contain photographs and information on the academy members.
Here are some art collections.
3. Rosenbad
The name Rosenbad, meaning 'Rose Bath(s)', comes from the public bath house built by Christopher Thiel, the proprietor, in the early 1680s. It stood in Drottninggatan, close to the waterfront ('Strömmen', 'the Stream') in central Stockholm. 'Drottninggatan', meaning 'Queen Street', was named in 1639, probably in honour of Queen Christina. Beside ordinary baths, the bath house offered bathing in roses, camomile leaves and lilies, which were thought to be good for the health. Soon the city's most popular public bathing establishment, Rosenbad, was run by the Thiel family until 1761.
Since the Swedish Government moved into Rosenbad the two have become synonymous. In this building the Prime Minister has his office, the Government holds its cabinet meetings and press conferences are held.
More information on http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/4142
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