At the top of Karl Johans gate is the royal residence, a home to HM King Harald V and HM Queen Sonja.

The Royal Palace (Slottet or formally Det kongelige slott) in Oslo was built in the 1850ies for the French-born gentlemen that reigned as a king of Norway and Sweden. His full name was Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. One of his royal names was Charles XIV and III John but he is also known as Carl John (Karl Johan)

Until the completion of the palace, Norwegian royalty resided in Paleet, the magnificent town house in Christiania that was demolished by fire in 1942. (https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C3%A9et)

King Charles III John decided to build royal palace on the western side of Christiania in 1821. The design of the building was done by Danish-born architect Hans Linstow. The Parliament gave some money and the work on the site started in 1824. Linstow originally planned a two-storey building with projecting wings on both sides of the main façade.

The construction was stopped because of the expensive budget and the Parliament refused to give the money because they didn’t love the king oh so very much so Linstow made a less costly project without the projecting wings of the building, but with a third storey as a compensation. Later relations with the king improved and the Storting grant the necessary funds for building completing.

Unfortunately King Charles John never had the pleasure of residing in his palace so the first occupants were his son Oscar I and his queen Josephine. It was soon found that the royal family needed a more spacious residence, and the wings facing the garden were extended.

The central colonnade was build in 1833 and the provisional steep roof was replaced by a more elegant and more expensive flat roof.

During the reign and residence of King Olav V from 1957 to 1991, there was no money for renovation, something the poorly-built original structure needed. After Norway became Scandinavias most wealthy member, the current monarch, King Harald V, started renovation project. He was criticized for spending the public money but all of that went to renovate old and decaying building. Public tours, that began in 2002, are held during the summer season. Daily guided tours in English take place at noon, 2 pm, 2.20 pm and 4 pm for the price of 135 nok adults.

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KRALJEVSKA PALAČA                                                                                                                                        Na vrhu Karl Johan ulice nalazi se kraljevska rezidencija, dom Njihovih Veličanstava kralja Haralda V i kraljice Sonje. Kraljevska palača (Slottet ili službeno Det kongelige slott) u Oslu sagrađena je sredinom 19. stoljeća za kralja koji je rođen u Francuskoj, a kasnije je vladao Norveškom i Švedskom – za kralja Charlesa III od Norveške (istog onog po kojem je nazvana ulica Karl Johan i čija je konjanička statua postavljena ispred palače). Nije jednostavno za pratiti, znam 🙂

Sve do završetka gradnje palače, norveško kraljevstvo živjelo je u Paleetu, veličanstvenoj kući u Christianiji koja je uništena u požaru 1942.  https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C3%A9et

Kralj Charles III John odlučio je sagraditi palaču na zapadnoj strani Christianije 1921. Projekt je napravio Danac Hans Linstow, a Parlament je dao novac tako da je gradnja započela 1824. godine. Linstow je originalno projektirao zgradu na dva kata s pokrajnjim krilima na obje strane fasade.

Gradnja je zaustavljena zbog probijenog budžeta, a Parlament je odbio dati novac jer nisu baš voljeli svog-tuđeg kralja tako da je Linstow napravio jeftiniji projekt bez krila, no s trećim katom kao kompenzacija. Kad su se odnosi s kraljem malo popravili, Parlament je odriješio kesu i palača je bila dovršena.

Nažalost kralj Charles nikad nije imao priliku boraviti u svojoj palači jer je umro prije dovršetka, tako da su prvi pravi stanovnici bili njegov sin Oscar I njegova supruga Josephine. Ubrzo se zaključilo da kraljevska obitelj treba puno više mjesta tako da su nadodana krila koja gledaju prema vrtu.

Središnja kolonada napravljena je 1833., dok je kosi krov nadomješten elegantnijim i skupljim ravnim krovom.

Za vrijeme vladavine kralja Olava V od 1957. do 1991. nije bilo novca za obnovu, iako je zgrada vapila za jednom dobrom rekonstrukcijom. No, čim je Norveška postala skandinvskim najbogatijim članom, sadašnji vladar kralj Harald V, započeo je projekt obnove. Kritizirali su ga da troši previše javnog novca, no sve je to otišlo za obnovu poluraspadnute palače. Mislim, sve ima svoj vijek trajanja, pa i kraljevski zidovi.

Javne ture, koje su započele 2002. održavaju se za vrijeme ljetnih mjeseci, a dnevno vodstvo na engleskom dostupno je u podne, 14 sati, 14.20h i 16h po cijeni od 135 za odrasle. Preporuča se online kupnja karata.

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