Parliament House, Stockholm Parliament House, Stockholm The Parliament House (), is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen (island), in the "Gamla stan" (old town) district of central Stockholm. The building complex was designed by Aron Johansson in the Neoclassical style, with a centered Baroque Revival style facade section. Parliament House was constructed between 1897 and 1905. In 1889, a competition had been held to select a design for the new Parliament building, that Johansson won. Upon opening, it replaced the Old Riksdag Building ("Gamla Riksdagshuset") on Riddarholmen (island). The two buildings of
Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Town and country planning in the United Kingdom is the part of English land law which concerns land use planning. Its goal is to ensure sustainable economic development and a better environment. Each country of the United Kingdom has its own planning system that is responsible for town and country planning devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. The roots of the UK town and country planning system as it emerged in the immediate post-war years lay in concerns developed over the previous half century in