Harpsund
Harpsund is a Swedish mansion on the lake of the same name. It serves as the Swedish Prime Minister's country residence . Harpsund is located around 125 kilometers south of Stockholm in Mellösa, municipality of Flen , province of Södermanland County . Harpsund has 1,650 hectares of forest land. It is managed by the State Real Estate Administration.
history
Harpsund was first mentioned in 1380. Several buildings date from the 17th century. 1784-1899 the estate was owned by the aristocratic Sparre dynasty . The two-storey main building was demolished in 1914 due to dilapidation and rebuilt in the Karolinska style by Otar Hökerberg . In 1952 it was bequeathed to the state by Carl-August Wicander . Outbuildings were converted for conferences. Since then, the mansion has been used for informal meetings between government, industry and social institutions. Since 1995 it has been classified as Byggnadsminne .
Prime Minister Tage Erlander invited General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to a boat party in 1964 ; Fredrik Reinfeldt rowed with Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2008 . In 2014, Reinfeld, Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met there. In all cases memorable photographs were taken.
Web links
- Via Harpsund (Sweden) at Statens fastighetsverk
- www.harpsund.se (swedish)
- Entry in the bebyggelseregistret des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter on the Reinfeldt / Merkel encounter (with photo; Swedish)
- ↑ Merkel meets Juncker's opponents in Sweden. faz.net, June 9, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014
Coordinates: 59 ° 5 ′ 57.1 ″ N , 16 ° 29 ′ 7.1 ″ E