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Grand Hotel (Stockholm)
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Grand Hôtel is a five-star hotel in Stockholm
. It was founded by Frenchman Jean-François Régis Cadier in 1872 and opened on 14 June 1874. It opened at the same time as the Grand Hotel in Oslo and all Scandinavian capitals have a major Hotel called 'Grand Hotel'. Grand Hôtel is located next to the Nationalmuseum and opposite the Royal Palace
and Old Town
. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize
laureates and their families have all been guests at the hotel.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm has 359 rooms and 40 suites, 35 banquet and conference rooms, two restaurants, a bar and health club. One of the restaurants are managed by Swedish chef Mathias Dahlgren
. SPA will open in summer 2009. The hotel is the only Swedish member of The Leading Hotels of the World
and the only InterContinental
hotel in Scandinavia. Also it is the only hotel worldwide to be part of these two organizations at the same time. The hotel is owned by the wealthy Swedish Wallenberg family
.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. It was founded by Frenchman Jean-François Régis Cadier in 1872 and opened on 14 June 1874. It opened at the same time as the Grand Hotel in Oslo and all Scandinavian capitals have a major Hotel called 'Grand Hotel'. Grand Hôtel is located next to the Nationalmuseum and opposite the Royal Palace
Stockholm Palace
The Stockholm Palace is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. . Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen , in Gamla Stan in the capital, Stockholm...
and Old Town
Old Town
Old Town is the typical designation of a historic or original core of a city or town. Although the city may be larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations...
. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureates and their families have all been guests at the hotel.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm has 359 rooms and 40 suites, 35 banquet and conference rooms, two restaurants, a bar and health club. One of the restaurants are managed by Swedish chef Mathias Dahlgren
Mathias Dahlgren
Mathias Dahlgren is a Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997.Four times selected the Swedish Chef of the Year, Dahlgren ran the Stockholm restaurant Bon Lloc, which had one Michelin star, from 1996 to 2005. In 2007 he opened the restaurant Mathias Dahlgren in the...
. SPA will open in summer 2009. The hotel is the only Swedish member of The Leading Hotels of the World
The Leading Hotels of the World
The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. is a hospitality consortium owned by Hotel Representative, A.G. It represents over 430 hotels and resorts worldwide. Headquartered in New York City, the consortium maintains offices in 24 cities world wide....
and the only InterContinental
InterContinental
InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels, founded by Pan American World Airways, under Juan Trippe, and now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations.-History:...
hotel in Scandinavia. Also it is the only hotel worldwide to be part of these two organizations at the same time. The hotel is owned by the wealthy Swedish Wallenberg family
Wallenberg family
The Wallenberg family is a prominent Swedish banking family, renowned as bankers, industrialists, politicians, diplomats and philanthropists. The most famous of the Wallenbergs, Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat, worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust...
.