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Rosenkammaren (literally: 'The Rose Chamber') was a torture chamber in the prison Nya smedjegården in Stockholm. It consisted of a long room, flooded with knee deep water from a spring. The prisoners sentenced to be tortured were chained by a hook from the ceiling in the knee deep water, which was normally icy cold. On 27 September 1772, torture was abolished by Gustav III of Sweden, and the Rose Chamber, along with the other torture chamber in the capital, in the Town Hall (active 1471-1772), was closed and its equipment destroyed.

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  • Rosenkammaren (literally: 'The Rose Chamber') was a torture chamber in the prison Nya smedjegården in Stockholm. It consisted of a long room, flooded with knee deep water from a spring. The prisoners sentenced to be tortured were chained by a hook from the ceiling in the knee deep water, which was normally icy cold. On 27 September 1772, torture was abolished by Gustav III of Sweden, and the Rose Chamber, along with the other torture chamber in the capital, in the Town Hall (active 1471-1772), was closed and its equipment destroyed. (en)
  • Rosenkammaren var en tortyrkammare i Stockholm, inrättad på 1740-talet och i bruk till 1772. Rosenkammaren låg vid Norra Bantorget där Folkets hus ligger idag, i anslutning till fängelset som kallades Nya smedjegården. Kammaren utgjordes av ett långt rum, varigenom vatten rann ur en springkälla. Vid denna hängdes de fångar som skulle fås att tala i händerna från en krok i taket. Fångarna, som antingen var nakna eller i blotta skjortan, kunde endast stödja sig på ett ben i det kalla vattnet, vilket vanligen stod dem till mitten av benet. Den tid som de olyckliga här kunde uthärda, anslogs 1747 till mellan två och tio timmar, beroende på kroppskonstitutionen. Den förste som torterades i kammaren var en Carelberg, som förövat en stor stöld i Kungliga myntet. När Gustav III 27 september 1772 avskaffade tortyren i Sverige, beordrades även förstörandet av Rosenkammaren och dess tortyrutrustning. (sv)
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  • Rosenkammaren (literally: 'The Rose Chamber') was a torture chamber in the prison Nya smedjegården in Stockholm. It consisted of a long room, flooded with knee deep water from a spring. The prisoners sentenced to be tortured were chained by a hook from the ceiling in the knee deep water, which was normally icy cold. On 27 September 1772, torture was abolished by Gustav III of Sweden, and the Rose Chamber, along with the other torture chamber in the capital, in the Town Hall (active 1471-1772), was closed and its equipment destroyed. (en)
  • Rosenkammaren var en tortyrkammare i Stockholm, inrättad på 1740-talet och i bruk till 1772. Rosenkammaren låg vid Norra Bantorget där Folkets hus ligger idag, i anslutning till fängelset som kallades Nya smedjegården. När Gustav III 27 september 1772 avskaffade tortyren i Sverige, beordrades även förstörandet av Rosenkammaren och dess tortyrutrustning. (sv)
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