The Grand Hôtel is located next to the Nationalmuseum and opposite the Royal Palace and Gamla stan (the old town).

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize laureates and their families have traditionally been guests at the hotel, as well as several celebrities and world leaders.

[5] In 1938, the Swedish-German National Association, which supported Nazi Germany in World War II, held a dinner at the hotel presided over by Sven Hedin where Franz von Papen stated: "When I come back to Sweden in ten years I hope to walk on German ground.

The hotel also hosted the rehearsal dinner for Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill prior to the wedding ceremony in Stockholm Palace.

[7] The Grand Hôtel attracted controversy in 2016 after it hosted an anti-EU gala organized by the Sweden Democrats and the UK Independence Party featuring populist leaders including Nigel Farage and Václav Klaus.