Rosersberg Palace

Rosersberg Palace
The Palace from south
General information
Town or city	Rosersberg
Country	Sweden
Construction started	1634
Completed	1638
Owner	National Property Board

Rosersberg Palace (

History

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna named the palace after his mother, who came from the prestigious Tre Rosor ("Three Roses") family. Construction of the building in the typical Renaissance style of the time started in 1634 and was completed in 1638.

In the late 17th century, the Renaissance style was out of fashion and Oxenstierna's son, Bengt Oxenstierna, had it radically modernised in the then current Rococo style under the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. The gables of the main building were demolished and the building was given a new roof. New wings and colonnaded gallery were added.

In 1747, Rosersberg was acquired by Baron

Karl took up residence in the palace and continued with Rehn's plans for modernizing it. It was renovated in the late Gustavian style but was lacking many of the more capricious aspects of the style, replacing them with a more serious and romantic tone which is referred to as the Karl XIII Empire style. As part of the modernisation a series of new interiors were created, the most notable of which are the Orange and Red drawing rooms, and the Hogland Room.

It was a favourite among the palaces for

After the death of Desideria in 1860, the palace was given to Swedish infantry. In 1874 the Swedish Infantry Gunnery School moved into the castle's ground floor and wings. In the spring of 1961, the Infantry Gunnery School was relocated to Linköping Garrison. On 1 July 1961 the castle was handed over to the Swedish Civil Defence Board. In 1986, the Civil Defence Board was reorganized into the Rescue Services Agency, which until 2006 had premises in the castle and castle wings. In the summer of 2008, Rosersberg Hotel and Conference opened a café and bed and breakfast.^[1]

Park

The palace has a park which incorporates a French Baroque garden commissioned by Bengt Oxenstierna, and designed and planted at the end of the 17th century by Tessin the Younger. At the time it was considered one of the most lavish gardens in Sweden, but much of the garden has become overgrown or been lost. The avenues and a 600-metre (1,968 ft) pond still exist. On the left hand side of the palace is an English garden with winding paths commissioned by Duke Karl around 1800.

See also

• Architecture of Stockholm

References