Stora Wäsby Castle is a manor house in
Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 149,463 inhabitants in 2020.
History
The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from t ...
,
Sweden
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.
History
Stora Wäsby was an estate dating during the Middle Ages. In 1730, Stora Wäsby became a
fideicommissary within the
De Geer
The De Geer family (also: De Geer van Jutphaas and De Geer van Oudegein) is a prominent industrial family of Walloon origin that belongs to the Swedish and Dutch nobility.
History
The name derives from the town of Geer near Liège (in present ...
family.
The main building is a two-story stone house in
Rococo architecture
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
. The manor house was built in the 1760s according to drawings by the architect
Carl Hårleman
Baron Carl Hårleman (27 August 1700 – 9 February 1753) was a Swedish architect.
Biography
Hårleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan Hårleman, who had been ennobled in 1698. ...
(1700–1753) but was completed under the direction of architect
Jean Eric Rehn
Jean Eric Rehn (18 May 1717, Stockholm - 19 May 1793, Stockholm) was a Swedish architect, engraver and designer.
Biography
His father, Eric, was a government ombudsman for the Sámi people. While still a boy, he became part of the , a forerunne ...
(1717–1793) after Hårleman's death. Adjacent to the manor is the Baroque Park, which was laid out in the 17th century. During the 1920s, architect
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 ...
worked at Stora Väsby to carry out interior and exterior renovations. Stora Wäsby consists of about ten buildings, all of which are listed.
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
External links
Stora Wäsby website
Buildings and structures in Stockholm County
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