The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm was designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, with Jean Eric Rehn leading the interior design. King Adolf Frederick gave a first pavilion to Queen Lovisa Ulrika as a birthday surprise in 1753, and the couple commissioned the replacement built from 1763 to 1769. The infobox and text agree.
The article calls the style chinoiserie, with essentially rococo architecture. The first pavilion was a prefabricated wooden structure in log-cabin technique, assembled on site. The text says the second used more durable materials without naming them. It covers about 8,600 square feet (800 square meters).
Exterior renovations came in 1927 to 1928, 1943 to 1955 and 1989 to 1996, and interior work from 1959 to 1968. UNESCO listed the Royal Domain of Drottningholm in 1991. A burglary on August 6, 2010 took objects that were later recovered. It drew 42,000 visitors that year. The article gives no hours.
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