Stora Wäsby Castle is a manor house in
Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby () is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 48,907 inhabitants in 2020.
History
The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from the pre-Christian time ...
,
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 ...
.
History
Stora Wäsby was an estate dating during the Middle Ages. In 1730, Stora Wäsby became a
fideicommissary within the
De Geer family.
The main building is a two-story stone house in
Rococo architecture
Rococo architecture, prevalent during the reign of Louis XV in France from 1715 to 1774, is an exceptionally ornamental and exuberant architectural style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, Mascaron (architecture), ...
. The manor house was built in the 1760s according to drawings by the architect
Carl Hårleman
Baron Carl Hårleman (27 August 1700 – 9 February 1753) was a Sweden, Swedish architect.
Biography
Hårleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan Hårleman, who had been Ennoblemen ...
(1700–1753) but was completed under the direction of architect
Jean Eric Rehn
Jean Eric Rehn (18 May 1717, Stockholm - 19 May 1793, Stockholm) was a Swedish architect, engraver and designer.
Biography
His father, Eric, was a government ombudsman for the Sámi people. While still a boy, he became part of the , a forerunn ...
(1717–1793) after Hårleman's death. Adjacent to the manor is the Baroque Park, which was laid out in the 17th century. During the 1920s, architect
Isak Gustaf Clason
Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Sweden, Swedish architect.
Biography
Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of ...
worked at Stora Väsby to carry out interior and exterior renovations. Stora Wäsby consists of about ten buildings, all of which are listed.
See also
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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
External links
Stora Wäsby website
Buildings and structures in Stockholm County
Upplands Väsby Municipality
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