Björksund Castle (Björksunds slott) is a castle-like manor house in Sweden. Björksund located on Sibbofjärden, northeast of Nyköping in Södermanland County, Sweden.[1]
| Björksund Castle | |
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| Nyköping Municipality, Sweden | |
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| Coordinates | 58°47′12″N 17°16′51″E / 58.78667°N 17.28083°E |
| Type | Baroque style Manor House |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Björksund Förvaltnings AB |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1727 |
History edit
The Björksund estate first belonged to the Grip family, but came in the late Middle Ages through marriage to the Privy Councilor Göran Eriksson Gyllenstierna (1498-1575) of Fågelvik. The estate remained in his family until 1776, when it partly passed by purchase to Count Carl Gabriel Mörner (1737-1828), heir to the Privy Council member and Marshal of the Realm Göran Gyllenstierna (1724–1799). [2]
The manor house was built in Baroque style during 1727. It was designed by French-Swedish architect Joseph Gabriel Destain (died in 1740). Additions in the 1740s were by Baron Carl Hårleman (1700–1753).[3][4]
The estate covers 4,700 hectares (12,000 acres) and large areas of the archipelago. Björksund Förvaltnings AB also manages a number of properties in Nyköping. [5]
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References edit
- ^ "Björksunds slott" (in Swedish). Enjoy Sweden. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Göran Eriksson Gyllenstierna". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Joseph Gabriel Destain". historiesajten.se. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Carl Hårleman, arkitekt". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Övriga slott med anknytning till släkten" (in Swedish). Gyllenstiernska släktföreningen. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
Sources edit
- "Björksund". Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed.). 1905 – via Project Runeberg.
External links edit
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