Lejonbacken is a system of ramps leading up to the northern entrance of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. They were built during the 1780s named after the pair of sculpted Medici lions prominently exposed on the stone railings of the ramps.
Northern façade of the Royal Palace in June 2010.
One of the Medici lions on Lejonbacken.
View of Lejonbacken
View from Lejonbacken facing north.
Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. Stockholm Palace is in Stadsholmen, in Gamla stan in the capital, Stockholm. It neighbours the Riksdag building. The offices of the King, the other members of the Swedish royal family, and the Royal Court of Sweden are here. The palace is used for representative purposes by the King whilst performing his duties as the head of state.
Stockholm Palace, the Royal Palace
De la Vallée's suggestion from 1654
Tessin the Younger's adaptation of the city area west of the palace in the 1650s and 1690s
The northern row with the planned Lejonbacken before the fire in 1697. From the Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.