Wrangel Palace (Swedish: Wrangelska palatset) is a townhouse in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 1756 the palace has housed Svea Hovrätt, the regional court of appeal. It was the residence of the royal court during the first half of the 18th-century.
The mansion has a long history. The southern tower used to be part of Gustav Vasa's defence fortifications from the 1530s. Around 1630 it was turned into a palace for Lars Sparre. From 1652 to 1670 the palace was rebuilt and expanded by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder for Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel. After a fire 1693 the Palace was rebuilt and expanded once again, this time to become a royal residence after the devastating fire that lay the Tre Kronor Castle in ruins (1697): it was the official Stockholm residence of the royal family and court from 1697 until 1754, when the Royal Palace of Stockholm was completed. During this time the Palace was called Kungshuset (The Kings House). In 1756-1928 it housed the Statskontoret (Office of state). In 1802 the palace had to be rebuilt once again after a fire, this time the architect was C.G. Gjörwell.
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“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)