Skokloster Castle

The Skokloster Castle, located in the Swedish province of Uppland in the community Håbo, is one of the most impressive testimonies of Sweden was a superpower.

The general Carl Gustav Wrangel began shortly after the end of the Thirty Years' War, with the construction of the castle. As an architect probably already worked Casper Vogell, with the Wrangel in Germany had contact. Even Jean de la Vallée and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder may be attached to certain parts of the project. The castle has a square plan with four octagonal corner towers and a courtyard. Around 1670 the building shell was completed and began with the decor and furnishings of the castle, which lasted until 1700 and was never completed. Thus the great banquet hall is still a construction site with tools and other aids from the 17th century.

The castle changed in the following centuries several owners and in 1967 sold to the state. It was renovated after 1971 declared a cultural monument and opened to the public.

The castle has until today largely retained its original appearance and its original furnishings. The paintings and sculptures are unique, as well as the armory and the library.

Interior images

The unfinished ballroom

Wrangel's bedchamber

Wrangel's armory