Ekolsund Castle is a manor house situated at
Enköping Municipality
Enköping Municipality () is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Enköping.
The present municipality consists of nearly forty original local government units. They were grouped into greater ...
in
Uppsala County
Uppsala County () is a county or '' län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.
Province
The nor ...
,
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 ...
. It is a former royal château, a well-preserved
baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
building with 18th-century character.
History
An estate has been known since the 14th century. In the 15th century, it was owned by
Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna)
Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna) (1390s–1450s) was a Swedish statesman and noble. Under the Kalmar Union, he served as co-regent of Sweden from January to June 1448, together with his brother Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna). He was a member of the P ...
. After having been acquired by the Crown in 1542, it was used by the royal family. It was the residence of
Princess Sophia of Sweden
Princess Sophia of Sweden, also ''Sofia Gustavsdotter Vasa'' (29 October 1547 – 17 March 1611), was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Gustav Vasa
Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was ...
from 1578 to 1611.
The current building consists of two wings designed in the second half of the 17th century by
Simon de la Vallée
Simon de la Vallée (1590–1642) was a French-Swedish architect. The first architect in Sweden to have received formal academic training, he created the Swedish school of architecture.
Biography
Born in Paris, he was the son of Marin de la Val ...
and
Nicodemus Tessin.
In 1747, it was granted to the future King
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he s ...
, who often used it as his summer residence until he acquired
Drottningholm Palace
Drottningholm Palace (), or Drottningholm, one of Sweden's royal palaces, situated near Sweden's capital Stockholm, is the private residence of the Swedish royal family.
Located on Lovön island in Stockholm County's Ekerö Municipalit ...
in 1777, especially as Crown Prince. In 1785, Gustav III sold it to the Seton family, who owned it until 1912.
In 2002, the property was acquired by Raija Axell Ohlin. It has since been used the site of Ekolsunds slott & Wärdshus.
250 px, ''Herrskap vid Ekolsunds slott''
Carl Stefan Bennet (1800-1878)
See also
*
List of castles in Sweden
This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden.
In the Swedish language the word ''slott'' is used for both castles, châteaux and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortresses.
A–B
C–E
F–H
I–L
M–P
...
References
Bibliography
* C. Ellehag, Fem svenska stormanshem under 1600-talet, diss. Nordiska museets handlingar, Sthlm 1994
* N. G. Wollin "Ekolsund" Den svenska trädgårdskonsten, Sv. arkitekturföreningen, Sthlm 1931
* Ekolsund i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1907)
External links
Ekolsunds Slott websiteEkolsunds slott & Wärdshus website
Buildings and structures in Uppsala County
Enköping Municipality
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