Background
He was the son of the court musician Johan Palmstedt and his wife Maria Segerlund.
He was the son of the court musician Johan Palmstedt and his wife Maria Segerlund.
He was also a musician, who served as organist at Riddarholm Church for twenty-seven years. He was a pupil of Stockholm"s city architect, Johan Eberhard Carlberg, becoming vice-architect for the city in 1773. Having intently studied recent developments in architecture through the medium of engravings, in 1778-1780 he was able for the first time to travel to France and Italy to study architecture at first hand.
Through his marriagein 1784 to Hedvig Gustafva Robsahmsson, he was rendered financially independent.
The circle that gathered at their house in Svartmannagatan included the Swedish writer of songs Carl Michael Bellman and the composer Joseph Martin Kraus.
He was made a fellow of the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1791. He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Music.