Rosersberg Palace

The Swedish Rosersberg Palace is situated about 30 km north of Stockholm near the town Roser mountain.

Rosersberg Palace was built in the years 1634-1638. It consists of a three-storey main building and four two-storey side wings. In the 1680s and 1690s, it was rebuilt in Baroque style by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. 1762 it came into the possession of Duke Charles. Duke Charles had the castle rebuilt again, and his successor Charles XIV John, it was in the Empire style set up. Also an English landscape park was created. The castle then served until 1860 as a royal summer palace and was inhabited from 1823 by the Queen Desideria. After the death of the royal widow Desideria the main building was not inhabited, was for a time the seat of an artillery school and now serves the Swedish fire service. The establishment of this period is extremely well preserved and is one of the finest examples of the Empire style in Sweden.