Gripsholm Castle

Gripsholm Castle (Swedish: Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm.

Gripsholm Castle
Water view of the castle
General information
Architectural style	Renaissance
Town or city	Mariefred
Country	Sweden
Construction started	1537
Completed	1709
Design and construction
Architect	Henrik von Cöllen

Images

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  In the Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, c. 1700

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  Gripsholm by C.J. Billmark, 1850

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  The inner courtyard

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  Russian cannons from the end of the 16th century

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  Drawing of Gripsholm Castle by Fritz von Dardel 1845

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  painting by Ferdinand Richardt, 1869

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  Aerial photograph by Jan Norman, 26 September 1997

Other sources

• Eriksson, Eva Den moderna stadens födelse: svensk arkitektur 1890–1920 (Ordfront, 1990)
• Gripsholm at the Nationalmuseum
• Legnér, Mattias (25 februari 2013). ”Kakelugnen värmde under lilla istiden”. Svenska Dagbladet.
• Strömbom, Sixten Gripsholm: slottet och dess samlingar 1537–1937 (Nordisk rotogravyr, Stockholm: 1937)
• Svensk historia [microform) enligt samtida skildringar
• Tucholsky, Kurt: Schloss Gripsholm (1931 novel).
• Westlund, Per-Olof, Gripsholm under Vasatiden, 1949, Stockholm.

Other websites

• Official website
• The National Portrait Collection Archived 2013-11-14 at the Wayback Machine