- Type
- Castle
- Built
- 1654 · 17th century
- Style
- baroque architecture
- Architect
- Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Caspar Vogel
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 59.7031°, 17.6214°
History
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, field marshal and one of the wealthiest nobles of Sweden's age of greatness, began building the castle on Lake Mälaren in 1654. The design was drawn up by Caspar Vogel, with Jean de la Vallée and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder later directing the work. Wrangel filled it with spoils and purchases from the wars, including weapons, books and paintings. When he died in 1676 the work stopped, and the castle passed to the Brahe and von Essen families, who kept its interiors almost untouched. The Swedish state bought it in 1967.
What to see
The square castle with four octagonal towers stands on a promontory above Lake Mälaren. Visitors see Baroque rooms with their original furnishings, one of the largest private armouries in Europe, the library and a painting collection that includes Arcimboldo's Vertumnus. Most remarkable of all is the unfinished banqueting hall with scaffolding and tools left behind by the carpenters.
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