The Royal Opera House, Stockholm

[b]Kungliga Operan AB[/b] () (The Royal Swedish Opera) is Sweden’s national theatre for opera and ballet, inaugurated by in 1773 and with the current opera house inaugurated in 1898.

The opera is a wholly owned state limited company that reports back to the government in accordance with a government decision (government guidelines).

[b]'Kungliga Operan'[/b] (The Royal Opera) has changed its Swedish official name twelve times. Originally named [b]'Kongl. Operan'[/b], after many minor variations on the same theme, the name was changed to at the beginning of the 20th century and remained so for more than three-quarters of a century. However, since 1997, the official name is [b]'Kungliga Operan'[/b] (The Royal Opera). In common parlance, the theater has always been referred to as .