Norrbro
Sign in to savethumb|280px|Norrbro with the Opera House in the background. Looking east from Vasabron. Norrbro (Swedish for "North Bridge") is an arch bridge over Norrström in central Stockholm, Sweden. It extends north from the northern front of the Royal Palace passing over Helgeandsholmen in front of the Riksdag building, and from there over to Gustav Adolfs torg. Norrbro was designed by the city architect Erik Palmstedt (1741–1803) in a neoclassical style.
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thumb|280px|Norrbro with the Opera House in the background. Looking east from Vasabron. Norrbro (Swedish for "North Bridge") is an arch bridge over Norrström in central Stockholm, Sweden. It extends north from the northern front of the Royal Palace passing over Helgeandsholmen in front of the Riksdag building, and from there over to Gustav Adolfs torg. Norrbro was designed by the city architect Erik Palmstedt (1741–1803) in a neoclassical style.
==History== Norrbro was one of the first bridges of Stockholm to be built in stone. It was completed in ten years, with the northern portion, supported by three arches, finished in 1797, and the southern, supported by a single arch, in 1806. Norrbro replaced two old wooden bridges, Slaktarehusbron and Vedgårdsbron, both demolished on its completion.