Background
Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young manitoba
Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young manitoba
There he met and worked with the architect Simon de la Valléest He worked for the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna before he travelled for further studies to Germany, Italy, France and in the Netherlands, where he got to know the new Baroque style in architecture. Back in Sweden he rebuild, then built and the in Stockholm.
His most important work was, now a world heritage site.