Ericsberg Palace is a palace in
Sweden
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. It is situated outside
Katrineholm
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in
Katrineholm Municipality
Katrineholm Municipality ( sv, Katrineholms kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Katrineholm.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Katrineholm'' (ins ...
,
Södermanland County
Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or '' län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is t ...
.
History
The estate were the current Ericsberg Palace is situated is mentioned under the name ''Pintorp'' or ''Pinnatorp'' in 1508, when the nobleman Knut Nilsson of Bosgård sold it to lady
Anna Karlsdotter, widow after Erik Eriksson Gyllenstierna the Younger. Through Anna, the estate belonged to the Gyllenstierna family until 1733.
In the 17th-century, the current building was erected and the estate renamed Ericsberg by Beata von Yxkull after her spouse, Erik Karlsson Gyllenstierna. Beata von Yxkull managed the estate for many years during the absence and later the death of her spouse, and has been pointed out as one of the role models of the infamous ''
Pintorpafrun''.
During the 18th-century, Ericsberg was owned by David Henrik Hildebrand and his son David Gotthard Hildebrand, and from 1808, it has been owned by the Bonde family.
The park is open to the public, and the grounds often used for horse training and riding sports and events.
Building
The current Ericsberg Palace was ''
riksråd
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baron
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Erik Karlsson Gyllenstierna's (1602-1657) and was completed by his widow Beata von Yxkull (1618-1667). By order of their son Christopher Gyllenstierna, the palace extended with wings and exterior decoration by
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder () (7 December 1615 in Stralsund – 24 May 1681 in Stockholm) was an important Swedish architect.
Biography
Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man. There he met and wo ...
.
The palace was repaired and restored during the 19th-century, notably in 1897 by
Isak Gustaf Clason
Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Swedish architect.
Biography
Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of Albert T ...
.
The palace has three levels except the basement and four wings with towers. Several of the rooms contain
plafond
A plafond (French for "ceiling"), in a broad sense, is a (flat, vaulted or dome) ceiling.
A plafond can be a product of monumental painting or sculpture. Picturesque plafonds can be painted directly on plaster (as a fresco, oil, glutinous, s ...
s by
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (23 September 1628 – 23 October 1698) was a Sweden, Swedish nobleman and portrait painter.
Biography
David Klöcker was born in Hamburg. He was the son of Johann Klöcker and had eight siblings.
In 1648, Klö ...
. The south west wing contain a chapel. A fountain by
Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander
Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (June 23, 1816 – May 9, 1881) was a Swedish architect and artist.
Biography
Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Georg Fredrik Scholander (1785-1825) and Karin Nyström (1786
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is placed outside the southern wall.
Ericsbergs archive
Ericsberg Palace is known for its notable
archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
. It is a private library founded by baron
Carl Jedvard Bonde, who in 1843 acquired 3 500 volumes concerning the history of Sweden, topography and Nordic antiquities. The library was expanded for decades and eventually contained 50 000 volumes.
See also
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List of castles in Sweden
This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden.
In the Swedish language the word '' slott'' is used for both castles, châteaus and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortresses.
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References
* Oscar Andersson: Ericsbergs slott. i Sörmlandsbygden. Södermanlands hembygds- och museiförbunds årsbok, Jg. 32, 1963, S. 33-48.
* Carl Forsstrand: Ericsberg. Stora Malms socken, oppunda härad, Södermanlands län. i Albin Roosval (Hrsg.): Svenska slott och herresäten vid 1900-talets början. Stockholm 1908, S. 7-20.
* Gustaf Upmark: Eriksberg, ett Sörmländskt stormansslott. i Svenska Turistföreningens årsskrift 1927. Stockholm 1927, S. 100-116.
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Castles in Södermanland County
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