Härnösand Residence

The sober façade with its giant order of pilasters and relative lack of decorative elements came to influence Swedish architecture far into the 19th century.

[1][2] Unsigned blueprints (possibly by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz) for a wooden residence building in two and a half storeys exist from 1782.

The governor however, insisted the residence should be built by stone, and in 1784 designs for the current building were made by architect Olof Tempelman.

[1] A major renovation of the interior was carried out again in 2000–2001, with the aim of restoring Lundström's work and equipping the formal rooms with coherent sets of Gustavian furniture.

[4] For example, in the design for the residence Tempelman makes use of a giant order of pilasters inspired by Palladio, executed in a sharp, articulated way.