History
The building was located on Slottsbacken near the Royal palace Tre Kronor. It was described as a large, but simple rectangular building of white bricks with a hip roof. During the 17th century, foreign travelling theater companies often visited Stockholm, especially from Germany and the Netherlands, but they performed in temporary locals; the German theater troop of Christian Theun l. Thum (or Thaumb) performed in the city from 1628 to 1655, but it is not known if they ever performed in Bollhuset. An English troupe, the troupe of Joris Jollifoot, played in the city in 1648-1649.
Already, during the reign of Queen Christina of Sweden, ballets and concerts had ben performed in Bollhuset, the first time in 1649 by an Italian company led by Vincenzo Albrici, and a Dutch theater company acted there in 1652 which counted Ariana Nozeman among its members, but this was temporary. From 1648, they were two Bollhuset, after a smaller one, Little Bollhuset, was built. There was also a third building near the palace, which was occasionally used for theatre, commonly known as "Lejonkulan" ("The Lion's Den"), because two lions, tributes from the Thirty Years War, was kept there during the reign of Christina.
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