Linköping Castle is situated at

Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

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. It stands opposite

Linköping Cathedral Linköping Cathedral () is an active Lutheran church (building), church in the Swedish city of Linköping, the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Linköping in the Church of Sweden. One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Scandinavia, it is situat ...

(''Linköpings Domkyrka'').

History

Bishop Gisle of the

Diocese of Linköping The Diocese of Linköping () is a diocese within the Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County, the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County. It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 ...

first built a bishop's farm with a limestone castle in 1149. After King

Gustav Vasa Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (''Reichsverweser#Sweden, Riksföreståndare'') fr ...

carried out the Reformation in 1527, the estate was converted into a royal castle. In the 1570s, King

John III of Sweden John III (; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He attained the Swedish throne after a rebellion against his half-brother Erik XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap bet ...

(1537–1592) had the castle re-designed by Dutch architect

Arendt de Roy Arendt de Roy or Arendt van Roy (died 24 May 1589) was a Flemish or Dutch architect. He was born in Flanders, and died in Vadstena, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandin ...

with a new three-storey wing along the southern ring wall, he also built on the western nave with one floor. The whole castle was then white with red borders around doors and some windows. Under 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 ...

(1550–1611), the castle was rebuilt into Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century. The castle has been the governor's residence for Östergötland County since 1785 and a state building monument since 1935. In 2000, Linköping Castle and Cathedral Museum (''Linköpings Slotts & Domkyrkomuseum'') was inaugurated on three floors in the castle's north wing.

References

Other sources

*Juvander, Katarina; Billeson, Göran (2006) ''Linköpings slott: en 900-årig historia'' (Stockholm: Statens fastighetsverk)

External links

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Linköpings Slotts & Domkyrkomuseum website
Castles in Östergötland County Official residences of Swedish county governors Buildings and structures in Linköping 12th-century establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-castle-stub