The Nautical Chart Department () is a building located on the islet

Skeppsholmen Skeppsholmen is one of the islands of Stockholm. It is connected with Blasieholmen and Kastellholmen by bridges. It is accessible by foot from Kungsträdgården, past the Grand Hôtel and Nationalmuseum, by bus number 65, or by boat from Slusse ...

in central

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. Built in 1871-1872 to the plans of Victor Ringheim, head of the Engineering Department and successor of

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, this building was originally a well-proportioned two-storey structure, in 1910 heightened with one floor, and in 1937-1938 lengthened with three window rows. The building replaced a small log house on the site, for long, 1747–1861, known all over town as the tavern ''Tuppen'' ("The Rooster") and praised by

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in his 67th epistle. The Department, originally located on

Riddarholmen Riddarholmen (, "The Knights' Islet") is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden. The island forms part of Gamla Stan, the old town, and houses a number of private palaces dating back to the 17th century. The main landmark is the church Riddarh ...

, used the building to store the partly secret

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s before a various shipping departments were gathered under one body, the

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in 1956, and the scattered institutions physically united under a single roof on

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in 1965. The building then housed the Museum of Architecture during the period 1966–1993, to serve the architecture department of the school of fine arts, before accommodating ''Designforum Svensk Form'', an exposition space promoting Swedish design from 2005.

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