Östermalm is the most impressive part of the city which is represented mainly by street Strandvägen in the port area, with luxury houses, institutions, shops and other historical and interesting objects with beautiful architecture, restaurants and parks. Representative impression is enhanced by the sea bay with a port which makes this part of the city even more charming. There are located most of the foreign Embassies and important companies in Östermalm.

After searching in the archives it was found that the Embassy of the Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (after the split of county- the Embassy of the Czech Republic) was located over the years in several addresses:

1972 – 1998 Floragatan 13

Floragatan 13 – Modern Heritage (1972-1998)

A new building of the Embassy was opened in 1972. The building was designed by a project of architect Jan Bočan from Studio Beta in Prague (Studio Beta with Jan Bočan won also the competition for the new Czech Embassy in London, which in 1971 received the most prestigious architecture prize awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects). Jan Bočan (1937 – 2010) was working on building in Östermalm in the time period 1968 – 1972 and the Embassy was located there in the time period 1972-1998. A building of the Embassy in Tbilisi is also designed by Jan Bočan.

The building on Floragatan 13 is called "a new brutalism" and "a modernism of Eastern countries". When it was finished in 1972 there were very strong emotions about it. Many people thought that the building is disturbing the surroundings of Östermalm. After the split of Czechoslovakia (1993) the Slovak Republic moved to their new office. The building on Floragatan was suddenly too big for the Czech Embassy so the Czech Republic start to look after a new solution in a form of smaller house (the building in Villagatan 21) and the original building was left. The property was acquired by company Wihlborgs that rebuilt the building in the time period 1999-2001. Today the Kreab company use it as its headquarters.

The area of the building was 7000 m²and it was divided into 10 floors, two and half were located in underground. The building material was brown, there were specially baked bricks and poured concrete that was in place manually formed. Interior formed rosewood, floor from a slate, limestone and dark parquets.

In the house, in addition to the ceremonial rooms, offices and service apartments there was also a cinema, laundry, garage and on the very top was a whole floor reserved as a suite for the ambassador. High telecommunication flagpole testified that the Czechoslovak Embassy played an important role in news services during the Cold War.

All the equipment, including the furniture was especially designed by architect Jan Bočan. Reconstruction of building (in 1999-2001) was made by prof. Magnus Tengblad who is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, at Czech Technical University in Prague.

1950 – 1972 Tystagatan 10

 

1945 – 1950 Nybrokajen 15

1922 – 1939 Strandvägen 63 (plus an official apartment on Linnégatan 5)