House of Sweden
{{Short description|Building in Washington, DC}}
{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = House of Sweden
| image = House of Sweden - Washington, D.C.jpg
| location = Washington, D.C.
| address = 2900 K Street N.W.
| ambassador = Sweden: Karin Olofsdotter
Iceland: Gudmundur Stefansson
| coordinates = {{coord|38|54|5.29|N|77|3|31.88|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
The House of Sweden is a building in Washington, D.C., which hosts the Embassy of Sweden, the Embassy of Iceland, and the Embassy of Liechtenstein to the United States. The building is located at 2900 K Street N.W. in the Georgetown neighborhood.{{cite web|url=http://www.embassy.org/embassies/se.html |title=The Embassy of Sweden |publisher=Embassy.org |date= |accessdate=2022-05-08}}
Apart from the embassies, the building, which is owned by the Swedish state through its National Property Board, also houses representatives of Swedish commerce. Facilities includes a secretariat, exhibition space, 19 corporate office suites, and a high-tech business event center.
Building
The building was designed by the Swedish architects Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen, with VOA Associates in Washington, D.C., as architect of record. It has five floors and a total surface of {{convert|7,500|m2}}. The front of the building is glass. Construction began in August 2004 and completed in the summer of 2006. The embassy moved into the building at the beginning of August 2006. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space, first at Watergate 600, and later at 1501 M Street N.W.
The House of Sweden is designed in the modernist style, with many Scandinavian design elements; in addition to glass, the building features use of white stone and blond maple materials.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001546.html| title= Artistic Interpretations of Sweden, Inside and Out| newspaper= The Washington Post| date= October 21, 2006| first=Linda |last=Hales}}
The building was inaugurated on October 23, 2006, by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Also present at the inauguration were Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and Ambassador of Sweden to the United States Gunnar Lund. The Swedish rock band The Ark performed at the ceremony.
Gert Wingårdh received the Swedish national architecture award—the Kasper Salin Prize—for House of Sweden in 2007.
See also
- List of diplomatic missions of Iceland
- List of diplomatic missions of Liechtenstein
- List of diplomatic missions of Sweden
- Iceland–United States relations
- Liechtenstein–United States relations
- List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States
- Sweden–United States relations
- Architecture of Washington, D.C.
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
{{Commons category|Embassy of Iceland, Washington, D.C.}}
- [http://www.houseofsweden.com/ House of Sweden]
- [http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Washington/ Embassy of Sweden]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522170534/http://www.iceland.org/us/ Embassy of Iceland]
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{{Diplomatic missions of Sweden}}
{{Diplomatic missions in the United States}}
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Category:2006 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Category:Government buildings completed in 2006
Category:Gert Wingårdh buildings
Category:Buildings and structures in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Category:Iceland–Sweden relations