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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
Karlberg Castle; Karlsborg Fortress ; Kärnan (Helsingborg) Krapperup Castle; Läckö Castle (Kållandsö) Leufsta / Lövstabruk (near Tierp) Löfstad Castle (Norrköping) Mariedal Castle (Lundsbrunn) Mårbacka; Mälsåker Castle; Maltesholm Castle; Nääs Castle (Lerum near Gothenburg) Nynäs Castle; Örebro Castle ; Öster-Malma Castle ...
Ruined castles in Sweden (25 P) S. Castles in Skåne County (1 C, 77 P) ... Old Älvsborg; F. Fjällnäs Castle; L. Lindholmen Castle (Gothenburg) T. Teleborg Castle
Älvsborg (lit. ' river stronghold '), now generally known as Old Älvsborg (Swedish: Gamla Älvsborg) or Älvsborg Castle (Swedish: Älvsborgs Slott) to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg. [1]
Old Älvsborg – original; Bohus Fortress [‡] Kastelholm Castle; Sibbesborg; Styresholm; Varberg Fortress - original; 15C Unification under one king and expansion of territory with first Union with Norway and Denmark. Shlisselburg – rebuilt; 16C Sweden gains independence and Protestant Reformation, Livonian War, creation of Sweden's first ...
Castles in Sweden (14 C, 6 P) F. Forts in Sweden (3 C, 32 P) L. ... Old Parliament House, Stockholm This page was last edited on 23 August 2024, at 07:54 (UTC). ...
The first Swedish site added to the list was the Royal Domain of Drottningholm, inscribed at the 15th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Carthage, Tunisia, in 1991. [4] The most recent site added to the current list is the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland , inscribed in 2012.
Since 1899, the castle has housed the Provincial Archives and today visitors can also find a Castle Museum with 16th and 17th century furniture, portraits and paintings. The castle is also the seat of the International Vadstena Academy, Sweden's smallest opera house, commissioning new operas and reviving lost operas from archival scores. [1]