Östanå Castle () is a castle in
Sweden
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. It is located in the
Österåker Municipality
Österåker Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 (2005).
From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality.
It ...
of
Stockholm County, and is situated some north-east of
Stockholm City. The castle overlooks the main shipping channel into Stockholm through the
Stockholm archipelago
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, and the ferry port of
Östanå, from which ferries cross to the island of
Ljusterö
Ljusterö is an island in Sweden.
It is in the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago in Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County. It is approximately 65 kilometers north of central Stockholm.
With an area of 62.05 km2, it is the 1 ...
, lies just to the west of the castle.
Between the 14th and 17th centuries, various families from the Swedish nobility owned the castle. The original wooden building was destroyed in 1719, during the
Russian Pillage, and the current main building was built between 1791 and 1794. At the end of the 19th century the castle was home to
Erik Gustaf Boström
Erik Gustaf Bernhard Boström (11 February 1842 – 21 February 1907) was a Swedish landowner and politician who was a member of the Swedish Parliament (1876–1907) and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Sweden of the 19th century. ...
, the then
prime minister of Sweden
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. The Boström family sold the castle in 2006, and by 2016 it was in a poor state of repair, and up for sale for 35 million
kronor.
See also
*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, châteaux and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortresses.
A–B
C–E
F–H
I–L
M–P
...
References
Castles in Stockholm County
Österåker Municipality
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