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Ostindiska Huset

Ostindiska Huset

Also known as Ostindiska huset

Year

1762

Style

Baroque

Type

building

On Norra Hamngatan in Nordstaden, the East India House was built between 1750 and 1762 as warehouse and office for the Swedish East India Company. The city architect Bengt Wilhelm Carlberg drew the main body, a four-storey yellow-brick…

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Timeline

  1. 1762

    Original construction

    Bengt Wilhelm Carlberg

  2. 1750

    Original design approval

    As royal superintendent and architect, reviewed and approved the drawings for the East India House, shaping its final appearance alongside Bengt Wilhelm Carlberg.

    Carl Hårleman

  3. 1890

    Wilson wing

    Designed the western Wilson wing extension to the East India House, inaugurated on 15 May 1890.

    Hans Hedlund

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