Simon de la Vallée

The first architect in Sweden to have received formal academic training, he created the Swedish school of architecture.

After returning to Paris in 1633, he was charged by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange to undertake work on the Honselaarsdijk Palace in the Netherlands.

[2] [3] In 1637, he was invited to Stockholm by Field Marshal Åke Tott (1598-1640) on behalf of Queen Christina of Sweden where he first worked on Ekolsund Castle.

He designed the exquisite Riddarhuset but was killed by the nobleman Erik Oxenstierna (1624-1656), a week after construction had begun.

The building was completed by his son Jean de la Vallée whom he had trained as an architect.