Tynnelsö Castle

Tynnelsö Castle is a magnificent building in the Swedish municipality Strängnäs in the historical province of Södermanland. Most of the related good is on the island in Lake Mälaren Selaön, but the castle is located on the smaller island Tynnelsö.

Since 1940, the castle is by donation to the Royal Swedish Gelehrsamkeits, history and antiques Academy. It is administered by Empire antiquarian office.

Tynnelsö appeared for the first time in 1282 and 1306 writings on the manor of the Diocese Strängnäs. It is believed that Bishop Tord Gunnarsson had built the first stone house at the end of the 14th century. In the 1490s under Bishop Kort Rogge was a new stone house, which is the lower floors of the castle today. The estate was conquered in 1522 by Gustav Vasa, who transferred it in 1527 in his royal possession. He visited the castle many times and his wife Margareta Leijonhufvud Eriksdotter died on August 26, 1551 here. Later Tynnelsö came into the possession of Gutav Vasa 10th child, Duke Charles, who then ordered the building in the 1590s the appearance that it has today.

Tynnelsö later belonged to Duke Carl Phillip and Queen Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Queen Christina gave it to her cousin Elizabeth Gyllenhielm 1636, but already in 1681 the estate was under Charles XI. recovered for the crown. After Karl XII. Had settled in 1725 with the castle a debt to Anna Woynarowska, was a temporary deterioration of the building. In 1800, the family left Hebbe convert the estate into a Familienfideikommiss and shortly thereafter was the repair of equipment. Some parts were demolished and for that, the chateau was a lantern that characterizes the appearance greatly. Later, a large garden with fruit trees around the castle was created.