Stenhammar Palace, Flen, Sweden

Stenhammar is a palace and mansion located outside Flen in Södermanland County. The property has been known to exist since the 1300s. The estate was, in the late Middle Ages, developed by Laurens Birgersson and his sons. In the 16th century it was sold to Jöns Arp, a member of the royal council of that time. Through his daughter Carin’s marriage the estate came to the Rosenhane family. It was this family who erected the palace building we can see today.

The main building consists of two floors with several towers and was erected in 1658 after drawings by Jean de la Vallée and got its present appearance in the mid-19th century by architect Abraham Nyström. Parts of the facade were renovated in 2003. In addition to the main building itself, there is a large property portfolio of about 150 buildings.

Stenhammar is owned by the State and it has been leased to King Carl XVI Gustaf since 1966, but is not considered a crown palace. The previous leaseholder was Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (younger brother of the Kings' paternal grandfather) who lived there and held it until his death. Stenhammar was donated to the State by landowner and courtier Robert von Kræmer in 1903, and the will stipulates that it should be leased out to a Prince of the Royal House, preferably a Duke of Södermanland, if there is one.

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Vitalina Maslova (2 years ago)
Nice place to walk around but kids a bit upset that its impossible to enter

anne lorret (3 years ago)
Very beautiful place to visit. Calm and quit place ..

s v (5 years ago)
Bro

Dorothee Hildebrandt (6 years ago)
I have not been inside the castle, because there was an open air event, called "party of the world" with music of the world and food of the world, e.g. from Somalia, Eritrea, Irak etc. The event was good, even the opening by the King of Sweden was lukewarm. He has no "fire" in his voice. Unfortunately a thunderstorm made the other half of the event unpleasend.

Anna-Leigh London (7 years ago)
A magical place ?

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