Rosendal Palace is on Djurgården in Stockholm, within the Djurgården hunting park. King Karl XIV Johan, the first Bernadotte, had it built in the 1820s as a summer retreat. Members of the royal family could use it to get away from the formalities of court life in the city. It was not intended to be a residence in the modern sense; it was a place for a summertime escape.

The palace is a document of Swedish Empire style, also known in Sweden as the Karl Johan style. The style is part of the broader European Empire style. Fredrik Blom, one of the leading architects of the period, received the royal commission to design and build the palace. The building was made in the fashion of a prefabricated house. Today it stands largely as it did in Karl Johan’s lifetime, so visitors can see the building in much the same form as during his time. That continuity shows both the architectural style and the palace’s original role as a royal retreat from the city. Wikidata gives 1827 as its opening year and lists it as heritage-listed.