The Nationalmuseum on Blasieholmen in Stockholm was designed by Friedrich August Stüler, with Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander designing the interior. It was built as a royal museum, with King Gustav III among the benefactors, and the article names no client. The text says it was built between 1844 and 1866 but also says it took 12 years plus three for the interior. It opened in 1866.
The article calls the style northern Italian Renaissance. It has a Swedish limestone facade and large glass sections made in a German factory, on three floors. It gives no dimensions. The museum was founded in 1792.
It was expanded in 1961, opened a restaurant in 1996, closed for renovation in 2013 and reopened on October 13, 2018. It is the national fine arts museum, with galleries, conservation, research and a public art library. It had 122,133 visitors in 2017. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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