Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden)

Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of Sweden located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museums operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen the national museum that manages the National Portrait Gallery collection at Gripshom the Gustavsbergporclain museum a handful of castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris. In the summer of 2018 Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in Ostersund as a way to show a part of the collection in the north of Sweden. The museums benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. The museum was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet. The present building was opened in 1866 when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum and used as one of the buildings to hold the 1866 General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm.