Even if the City of Stockholm is the official capital of Sweden, the King of Sweden actually lives in Ekerö Municipality, at Drottningholm, a locality situated on the island Lovön in lake Mälaren on the outskirts of Stockholm, which has now about 400 inhabitants and was planned and built in the mid 18th century for the people working at the palace. The current Swedish royal family have used Drottningholm as their primary residence since 1981. Because the ensemble (castle, theatre, Chinese pavilion and gardens) is the best example of a royal residence built in the 18th century in Sweden and is representative of all European architecture of that period, Royal Domain of Drottningholm was designated in 1991 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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