Åkeshov Castle

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"Åkehof", Åkeshov Castle in the 17th century, from the west, to Suecia antiqua et hodierna

Åkeshov Castle is a magnificent building in Stockholm 's Bromma district . It is right by Åkeshov metro station .

history

17th century

The property belonging to the castle was originally called Nockeby. It was owned by Peder Ålänning, who was councilor in Stockholm, in the 15th century.

Via the aristocrats Ericus Schroderus and Christoffer Ludvig Rasche, the estate went to Reichsmarschall Åke Axelsson (1594–1655) of the noble family Natt och Dag in 1635 . He had the castle built around 1650, which was named after him. Large areas of land belong to Åkeshov, today's Stockholm districts Nockeby, Nockebyhov, Höglandet, Åkeslund and Riksby.

The original castle had two floors, a hipped roof , a protruding staircase and two additional square buildings with a pyramid-shaped roof. The paved inner courtyard was delimited by walls, which were broken through by striking gates on both sides. There was also a gate between the two buildings at the entrance and there was a fountain in the courtyard .

18th century

The castle was rebuilt several times, including in 1723 and 1740 by the architect Carl Hårleman . During the renovation in 1723, the outmoded staircase was removed and the roof shape changed. In 1740 the square buildings received extensions and an orangery was built near the main building .

The owners of the castle usually changed through inheritance or marriage. In 1690 Åkeshov was confiscated by the Crown, but shortly afterwards sold to the noble Stenbock family . In 1719 Russian prisoners of war from the Great Northern War had to build a wall around the estate. The wall is between 1 and 1.5 meters high. In 1720 Åkeshov went to the baron Gabriel Stierncrona (1669–1723), who converted the property to a family fideikommiss for his descendants.

19th and 20th centuries

The estate remained with Fideikommiss of the Stierncrona family until 1853, but that year David Erik Stierncrona exchanged it for an estate in Halland . Karolina Gustava von Friesendorff became the new owner and her son sold Åkeshov to Olsson & Rosenlund in 1873. In 1904 the city of Stockholm bought the castle and the landowners that belonged to it for 400,000 crowns. In the following time the area was divided into smaller plots and later built with villas and apartment buildings.

From 1910 the so-called Margaretaheim for children with epilepsy and mental disorders had its domicile in the main building and shortly afterwards the castle was used as an auxiliary school. During the Second World War , Baltic refugees were housed here, and afterwards the castle temporarily served as an emergency shelter for the homeless . Åkeshov was later used by a primary school and after extensive restoration it was rented from 1958 to 1987 to the parish of Bromma, which set up the pastor's office here. The castle has been used as a hotel and conference center since 1988.

Where the orangery used to be, there is now a greenhouse for tulips ( Tulpanens Hus ) with a café and art exhibition. From 1939 the royal sheep were in a stable west of the castle, but this burned down in 1989. Today there is a home for stray dogs here.

gallery

  • The castle from the park side

  • The castle seen from the entrance

  • Detail of the portal, dated 1723

  • The western outbuilding (wing)

swell

  • Bengt Söderberg, Slott och herresieten i Sverige , Uppland 2, Allhems Förlag AB, Malmö, 1967

Web links

Commons : Åkeshov Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′ 27 ″  N , 17 ° 55 ′ 29 ″  E