Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm

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cultural institution national theatre theatre

The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm is Sweden’s national stage for spoken drama and one of the country’s most prestigious and historic theatrical institutions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm canonical	3
Dramaten	2
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern	2
Royal Dramatic Theatre building at Nybroplan	2
Kungliga Dramaten	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3466379 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
Context triple: [Long Day’s Journey into Night, firstPerformancePlace, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm]

A. Gothenburg City Theatre
Gothenburg City Theatre is a prominent Swedish performing arts venue in Gothenburg known for its professional stage productions and cultural significance in the city’s theatre scene.
B. Royal Swedish Opera
The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden’s national opera company and principal opera house, located in Stockholm and renowned for its productions of opera and ballet.
C. Gustavian Opera House
The Gustavian Opera House was the original 18th-century royal opera building in Stockholm, commissioned by King Gustav III and later demolished to make way for the current Royal Swedish Opera.
D. Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
E. Anta Theatre
Anta Theatre was a notable Broadway venue in New York City that hosted major theatrical productions during the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
Target entity description: The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm is Sweden’s national stage for spoken drama and one of the country’s most prestigious and historic theatrical institutions.

A. Gothenburg City Theatre
Gothenburg City Theatre is a prominent Swedish performing arts venue in Gothenburg known for its professional stage productions and cultural significance in the city’s theatre scene.
B. Royal Swedish Opera
The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden’s national opera company and principal opera house, located in Stockholm and renowned for its productions of opera and ballet.
C. Gustavian Opera House
The Gustavian Opera House was the original 18th-century royal opera building in Stockholm, commissioned by King Gustav III and later demolished to make way for the current Royal Swedish Opera.
D. Stockholm Concert Hall
The Stockholm Concert Hall is a renowned Swedish venue in central Stockholm, best known for hosting the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and major classical music performances.
E. Anta Theatre
Anta Theatre was a notable Broadway venue in New York City that hosted major theatrical productions during the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ national theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kungliga Dramaten ⓘ linked to: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre ⓘ
architect	Fredrik Lilljekvist ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Nouveau ⓘ
associatedWith	August Strindberg ⓘ Henrik Ibsen ⓘ Ingmar Bergman ⓘ Swedish theatre tradition ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
foundedBy	King Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ
function	national stage for spoken drama ⓘ
genre	spoken drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasDramaSchool	Royal Dramatic Theatre acting school (historical) ⓘ linked to: Royal Dramatic Theatre school
hasMainBuildingCompleted	1908 ⓘ
hasNotableAlumni	Bibi Andersson ⓘ Erland Josephson ⓘ Greta Garbo ⓘ Gunnar Björnstrand ⓘ Ingrid Bergman ⓘ Ingrid Thulin ⓘ Max von Sydow ⓘ
hasPrimaryUse	theatrical performances ⓘ
hasPublicFunding	yes ⓘ
hasRepertoire	Swedish plays ⓘ classical drama ⓘ contemporary drama ⓘ international plays ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.dramaten.se/ ⓘ
inception	1788 ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn	Stockholm ⓘ Östermalm, Stockholm ⓘ linked to: Östermalm
locatedInBuilding	Royal Dramatic Theatre building at Nybroplan ⓘ linked to: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
locatedOn	Nybroplan ⓘ linked to: Nybroplan, Stockholm
mainAuditoriumCapacity	approximately 770 ⓘ
nativeName	Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern ⓘ linked to: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
numberOfStages	several ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Dramatic Theatre company ⓘ linked to: Royal Dramatic Theatre
ownedBy	Swedish state ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Sweden
shortName	Dramaten ⓘ
significance	Sweden’s national stage for spoken drama ⓘ one of Sweden’s most historic theatrical institutions ⓘ one of Sweden’s most prestigious theatres ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	state-funded theatre ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Long Day’s Journey into Night → firstPerformancePlace → Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm ⓘ

Ingmar Bergman → employer → Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm ⓘ

Max von Sydow → theatreCompany → Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm ⓘ

Royal Dramatic Theatre → nativeName → Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern ⓘ