Lejonbacken

Northern façade of the Royal Palace in June 2010.
One of the Medici lions on Lejonbacken.
View of Lejonbacken
View from Lejonbacken facing north.

Lejonbacken (Swedish: "Lion Slope") is a system of ramps leading up to the northern entrance of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. They were built during the 1780s named after the pair of sculpted Medici lions prominently exposed on the stone railings of the ramps.