title: Old Parliament House, Stockholm
text: # Old Parliament House, Stockholm
  
  The Old Parliament House (Swedish: Gamla riksdagshuset) is the former seat of the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag), located at Birger Jarls torg, on the Riddarholmen (island), in central Stockholm. It was used until January 1905, when the building on Helgeandsholmen was inaugurated.
  
  ## History
  
  The Old Parliament House was the seat of:
  
  * the Riksdag of the Estates from 1833 to 1866
  * the bicameral Riksdag from 1866 to 1905.
  
  An additional section on the seaside was designed in 1911 by Aron Johansson, in the National Romantic style.
  
  