Ulvsunda Castle
Castle Ulvsunda (or Ulfsunda ) is a magnificent building in the Stockholm district of Bromma. The building was 1644-1647, built under the then owner of the respective good, Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson. Torstensson was also the builder of a palace on the Gustav Adolf Square in central Stockholm, which was later transformed into a palace of hereditary princes.
Castle Ulvsunda was completed shortly after Torstenssons return from the Thirty Years' War. The palace was a kind of prestige competition between Torstensson and Imperial Council Åke Axelsson from Natt och Dag noble family. The latter had the palace built Åkeshov. At this time the castle had a steep roof made from copper plates. It was held in the German - Dutch Renaissance style and the facades were decorated with al fresco painting, the Roman warrior posed with weapons.
1772 lost the family Torstensson the castle and among the other owners to find the noble families Bielke, Gyllenkrook, Rudenschöld and Ruuth. Under Baron von Essen, who bought the castle in the early 19th century, the roof was replaced and covered the mural with plaster.
Baron Gustaf Åkerhielm, who was from 1889 to 1891 Prime Minister of Sweden, was the last aristocratic owner of the castle. After the then provincial administration had bought the castle, a home for alcohol-dependent and mentally ill persons has been established. Following closure of the nursing home in 1972, a renovation and then the castle was training center.
In 1999, the castle fell into private hands and was again renovated before it was sold to the company Svensk Inredning 2003, which here courses, conferences and festivals organized and showrooms einrichtete. Today, the management of the castle is made by the company Fazer Konferens.
Ulvsunda is the oldest proven place-name in the Stockholm area, it is mentioned on a rune stone from the 11th century.