What is Royal Palace, Oslo?
{{Infobox building |image=Slottet oslo 2.jpg |caption=Royal Palace in Oslo from the front |name=Slottet, Royal Palace |location_town=[[Oslo]] |location_country=[[Norway]] |architect=[[Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow]] |client=[[Charles III of Norway]] |engineer= |construction_start_date=1825 |completion_date=1849 |date_demolished= |cost= |structural_system= |rooms= 173 }} The '''Royal Palace''' ({{lang-no|Slottet}}, {{lang-no|Det kongelige slott}} or {{lang-no|Det kongelige slottet}}) in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] is the official home of the present [[King of Norway|Norwegian monarch]]. It was built in the early 19th century as the Norwegian home of [[Charles XIV of Sweden|King Charles III]]. He was [[King of Sweden]] as well as Norway. The [[palace]] has 173 rooms. == History == Before the Royal Palace was built, Norwegian [[royal family|royalty]] lived in ''Paleet''. It was a very nice [[town house]] in [[Christiania, Norway|Christiania]]. Paleet was given to the [[government]] of Norway by a rich [[merchant]] named [[Bernt Anker]] in 1805. During the last years of the [[Denmark-Norway|union with Denmark]], it was used by the [[viceroy]]s of Norway. In 1814, the first king of independent Norway, [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian Frederick]] used it as his home. [[Charles XIV John of Sweden|King Charles III John]] picked the site for the Royal Palace on the western side of Christiania in 1821. He had the inexperienced [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-born [[architect]] [[Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow|Linstow]] [[design]] the [[building]]. The [[Storting|Parliament]] approved the cost of 150 000 [[Speciedaler]]. Work on the site started in 1824. On 1 October 1825, the king laid down the foundation stone beneath the [[altar]] of the future Royal [[chapel]]. The cost of the foundation works caused the building to cost more than expected. They had to stop construction in 1827. It was started again in 1833. During this time, the Storting would not approve more money for the construction. They did this because they did not li