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Ã…rsta Castle ( Swedish: ''Ã…rsta slott'') in
Haninge Municipality Haninge Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area. Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when ''Västerhaninge'' and ''Österhaninge'' wer ...
, Stockholm County,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, is a castle built in the 17th century. The Ã…rsta estate is mentioned in 1308, when it was the base for the Swedish property of the
Teutonic Order The Teutonic Order is a religious order (Catholic), Catholic religious institution founded as a military order (religious society), military society in Acre, Israel, Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Sa ...
. It was sold to the nobleman Erik Axelsson Tott in 1467. There are still remains of the medieval ruins at the land close to Årsta Castle. The present Årsta Castle was constructed between 1660 and 1667 by Claes Hansson Bielkenstierna and his spouse Barbro Åkesdotter Natt och Dag. It was inherited through marriage by the noble families Kurck, Soop and Fleming until it was bought in 1805 by Carl Fredrik Bremer, the father of Fredrika Bremer. She died on the estate in 1865. In 1898–1910, it was owned by a stock holding company, and in 1910-1919 by telephone engineer Gustaf Cedergren, who modernized it internally. Årsta Castle was acquired by Österhaninge Municipality in 1966 and is today used by the restaurant ''Årsta Slott Gastronomi'' and the society ''Årstasällskapet''.


References

* Årsta i Österhaninge, av Gunnar Redelius 1992 * Nationalencyklopedin * Årsta 2 i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1922) Castles in Stockholm County 1667 establishments in Sweden Castles of the Teutonic Knights Catholic Church in Sweden Haninge Municipality {{Sweden-castle-stub