Helgeandsholm - Riksdag

Helgeandsholm, the nearest to the mainland of the three islands on which the first Stockholm settlement developed, is reached by way of the Norrbro (North Bridge). The east end of the island is occupied by a small park, Strömparterren, with a summer cafe, while the western half is dominated by the Riksdag (Parliament), a neo-Baroque building erected between 1898 and 1904, with the Riksbank (Swedish National Bank) beyond it to the west. The interior of the Riksdag was altered when Sweden adopted a single-chamber system in 1971.