Grönsö Manor (older and alternative spelling Grönsöö) is a
manor on the island
Grönsö in
Lake Mälaren
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. It lies in
Enköping Municipality
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The present municipality consists of nearly forty original local government units. They were grouped into greater ...
, Sweden.
History and architecture
There has been a small village on the site of the present manor at least since
Middle Ages
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. During the 16th century the village consisted of five farms. A medieval manor,
Utö hus, lies opposite Grönsö and is visible from the manor park. One of the farms of the medieval village was given as a gift to
Johan Skytte
Johan Skytte (1577, in Nyköping – 15 March 1645, in Söderåkra, Sweden) was a Swedish statesman, and the founder of the ''Academia Gustaviana'' (today's University of Tartu in Estonia), in 1632.
He was a son of the mayor of Nyköping, Beng ...
by Prince (later King)
Gustavus Adolphus
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. Skytte was the tutor of the future king and would later become, among other things, chancellor of
Uppsala University
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Initially fou ...
and member of the
Privy Council of Sweden
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The 1634 Instrument of Government, Sweden's fir ...
. Between 1608 and 1609 he acquired the rest of the village and founded the present manorial estate. A note from 1611 mentions that the building of the manor house had at that time just commenced.
The first manor house was a rather elaborate building with corner towers and a central roof spire. It has subsequently been rebuilt and reshaped, but structurally retains essentially its original layout.
reduced
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to the Crown. During the 18th century, it had several different owners. During the ownership of the Falkenberg family, the manor was repaired and reconstructed. During this period the manor attained its present rather simple look. During the second half of the same century Grönsö was owned by the medical doctor David von Schultzenheim, under whose ownership several of the interiors were remade in a simple form of Neoclassical style
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, sometimes referred to as "Gustavian" after Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
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. During the ownership of von Schultzenheim, the park was also expanded and the still visible "Chinese pavilion" built. Its style is reminiscent of that of William Chambers and it is decorated inside with shells and rocks from East Asia
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.[ It has since stayed in the von Ehrenheim family who still live there today.][
]
Interior
File:Grönsö slott, Röda förmaket, 1968.jpg, Red atrium.
File:Grönsö slott, Röda salongen, 1968.jpg, Red saloon.
File:Grönsö slott, Skytterummet, 1967.jpg, The shooting room's ceiling.
File:Grönsö, juli 2018e.jpg, The shell pavilion.
Apple production
An apple
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orchard
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was established at the estate in 1623 by Johan Ludvigsson, former royal gardener to King Charles IX of Sweden
Charles IX, also Carl (; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I () and of his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of ...
.[ The manor's orchard still produces apples today, which according to the present owners make it Sweden's oldest commercial orchard.][ Apples and apple juice are produced at the estate. The ]cultivar
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s used for the juice and hence grown in the orchard are among others Åkerö
Åkerö, also called Akero or Okera, is an old apple cultivar of presumed Swedish origin, but possibly introduced from the Netherlands. It is a dessert apple with an aromatic flavor.
Åkerö was first described by pomologist Olof Eneroth in 1 ...
, Ingrid Marie
Ingrid Marie is an apple cultivar.
It was cultivated by accident around 1910 on the premises of a school in Høed on the island of Funen in Denmark. It is a cross of the two English cultivars Cox's Orange Pippin and Cox's Pomona.
The apple ha ...
, and Gravenstein
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.[
]
See also
*List of castles and palaces 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
External links
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Castles in Uppsala County
Geography of Uppsala County
Enköping Municipality