Ulriksdal Palace

The Ulriksdal castle is located in the municipality of Solna near Stockholm. The castle including a herb garden, an orangery, which contains a sculpture museum, a chapel and the oldest Rokokotheater Sweden include ( Ulriksdals Slottsteater or Confidencen ). Occasionally, King Carl XVI should. Gustaf staying in the park and paint. In the stable you can visit the coronation coach Christina I.. The World Wide Fund for Nature Sweden has its office in a southern wing of the castle. The Ulriksdal Castle is one of the ten royal palaces in Sweden.

Geography

The castle is located on the western shore of the Baltic Sea arm Edsviken in the municipality of Solna, north of Stockholm. Ulriksdal Palace with buildings and parks belongs since 1994 to the National City Park Ekoparken.

History

The castle was built in the years 1643-45 under the name " Jacobsdal " for the Reich Marshal Jacob De la Gardie. In 1684 it was named after a deceased brother of Charles XI. renamed Ulriksdal. The castle was still by Gustav VI. Adolf inhabited.

Confidensen

In Ulriksdal is also Swedens oldest Rococo Theatre, Confidensen, a theater gem. It was inaugurated in 1753 and also by Gustav III. and Carl Michael Bellman used. It then fell into oblivion and was raised in the 1980s by the opera singer Kjerstin Dellert from its slumber. Today it is a popular summer theater, opera, ballet and concerts. The theater is also station of the Nordic route of Europe Historic street theater.

Pictures

Ulriksdals chapel

Carl Milles boar

Network Drawing Mohr