Tyresö Palace (Swedish: ''Tyresö slott'') is a 17th-century palace in Tyresö, Stockholm County,

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, about 25 km south-east of central

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. The construction of the palace began in the 1620s and completed in 1636 by the Lord High Steward (Swedish: '' riksdrots'')

Gabriel Oxenstierna Baron Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (15 June 1587 – 27 November 1640) was a Swedish statesman. Born either in Tyresö, Sweden, or in Reval (modern Tallinn, Estonia), he was the son of Privy Councillor Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Ba ...

. He also constructed the nearby

Tyresö Church Tyresö Church () is a 17th-century church (building), church in Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden, belonging to the Tyresö parish. The church is located near Tyresö Palace, which was built during the same era. The church has a brick exteri ...

(Swedish: ''Tyresö kyrka''), which was inaugurated with his own burial in 1641. The palace was inherited in 1648 by

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, who had married Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna, nephew of Swedish Regent and Lord High Chancellor

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. Both she and her husband's family were extremely wealthy. Maria Sofia resided in Tyresö Palace, from where she managed her estates around the

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, until 1694. Between 1699 and 1737, the writer Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna lived at the palace. During the 1770s the palace was modernized and the first

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in Sweden was created. Planned by the garden architect

Fredrik Magnus Piper Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746–1824) was a Swedish landscape architect and architect. He introduced the theory and practice of the English landscape garden to Sweden. Among his tangible contributions are the creation of the general plan for the royal ...

, it is a mixture of an English park, a Swedish floral meadow and images from a fairy tale - with the ancient forest as its ultimate source of inspiration. The extensive, apparently natural landscape gardens still exist today. Today Tyresö Palace is a museum.

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Claes Lagergren purchased Tyresö Palace in 1892. Assisted by architect Isak Gustaf Clason, the Marquis rebuilt the palace in a

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style, inspired by original drawings from the 17th century. The Marquis wanted the palace kept as a living document of Swedish history, and after he died in 1930, he left Tyresö Palace to a museum foundation, the

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum () is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to begin in 1520) to the ...

(Swedish: ''Nordiska museet''). Today the Nordic Museum owns the palace, which is open for guided tours during the summer.

External links

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Nordiska Museet – Tyresö slott

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