Sköldnora Royal Manor
The Sköldnora Royal Manor (formerly Skällnora ) is located in the Swedish municipality of Upplands Väsby in the province of Stockholm County on the eastern shore of Lake Norrviken. There are comparable royal courts in all of the Nordic countries, which served the direct supply and accommodation of the royal family when traveling through the country. Even though Sköldnora is privately owned today, the historical name has been retained.
Sköldnora was first mentioned in 1276, before it was bequeathed by Birger Persson to his daughter Birgitta of Sweden in 1296 . She donated the property to the newly founded Vadstena Monastery . When Gustav Wasa seized the entire monastery property in 1527, the estate also fell to the crown. In 1561 the estate was donated or fiefdom (*) to the Admiral Klas Horn and his family, who built a smaller mansion here. This building was replaced in 1663 by a large stone house, which was also depicted in Erik Dahlberg's work Suecia antiqua et hodierna . It is unclear whether the building was really as ostentatious as it is shown there, as the copper engravings offered a wide range of artistic options. By marrying the great-granddaughter of Klas Horn, the Imperial Councilor Per Persson Sparre became lord of Sköldnora as King Charles XI. shortly afterwards (1681) let the farm move in again.
The stately stone house was probably demolished at the beginning of the 18th century, before today's rococo-style manor was built on the same site in 1741 . The order for this was placed by Major General Johan Mauritz Klinckowström , who owned the leasehold . The building has a visible floor with a prominent central risalit at the front, while the basement is completely visible at the rear. Parts of the interior are made by famous artists such as Johan Pasch and Charles Cousin . The main building and two farm buildings are now classified as architectural monuments.
The Lettström family had heritable building rights from 1901 before buying the property free in the late 20th century. This means that Sköldnora is no longer under the influence of the Swedish royal family. The building has been a listed building as Byggnadsminne since 1982 .
A mill near the manor is the namesake for a novella ( Skällnora Qvarn ) by the writer Carl Jonas Love Almquist , which is considered to be one of the first Swedish crime stories .
Web links
- Skällnora . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 25 : Sekt – Slöjskifling . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 1337 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Sköldnora - Swedish Imperial Antiquarian Office
- Skällnora gård on upplandia.se
- Skällnora Qvarn in the anthology Törnrosens bok (select PDF) - Swedish text of the novella
- Entry in the bebyggelseregistret des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 59 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ N , 17 ° 57 ′ 33 ″ E