[1] In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended the establishment of a mission in Prague.

[2] Sweden established its first mission in Prague the same year and until World War II it was a tenant in the Lažansky Palace [cs; fr] on the banks of the Vltava River in Old Town.

They borrowed money from Joseph's father and showed their gratitude by having a bronze portrait of him engraved on the facade facing the garden.

Several of the residents of the house were expelled or killed by the Nazis, including Josef Růžička, who died in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

The former owner's daughter, who owned half the house, emigrated to California, but her mother Anna Růžička and mother-in-law were able to stay.

[11] In the 1970s, the embassy building was in need of renovation, but Czechoslovakia's relationship with Sweden was frozen solid after Olof Palme likened the communist regime to "the cattle of dictatorship".

[3] When the communist regime fell, the Czech state returned all real property to previous owners - Růžička's dotter Tatiana och sonen Primus.

The ceremony was attended by the Speaker of the Riksdag, Urban Ahlin, representatives of the Růžička family and other specially invited guests.

[12] The building was designed by the architect Tomáš Šašek, who managed to make it fit in stylistically with the surrounding baroque architecture.

One of the obstacles to the construction was that the popular tavern Na szállé vyhlídce ("At the beautiful view") had to be demolished to make room.

The only decor Tomáš Šašek used was simply profiled moldings and the play between surfaces, between light and shadow over the facades of the house.

When Junková moved in, she thought the whole house was upside down and to get a better view, she paid for a balcony to the attic apartment she rented.