Strömsholm Palace, Strömsholm

[Josefine]

Strömsholm Palace​

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Strömsholm Palace is built on a paved islet where the Kolbäck River meets Lake Mälaren in Strömsholm.
The Palace was built between 1669-1674 for Queen Hedvig Eleonora, and was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder.
Strömsholm Palace was given to Princess Sophia Magdalena of Denmark as a wedding gift upon her marriage to the later King Gustav III of Sweden in 1766.
Strömsholm Palace is today used as a hippodrome, where equestrian competitions are held every year.​

Strömsholm Palace - Kungahuset​

 

[hrhcp]

Strömsholms Slott

I'd say this is my favourite .... nice little moat all the way around.

If only some-one could remove the main road ....

 

[hrhcp]

Thought I should explore the web for Strömsholms Slott and see what I could find.

scenes outside & inside

"On a small island in the Kolbäcksan River, somewhat of an Italianate stronghold, Strömsholm Slott surveys the lazy traffic of boats up and down the Strömsholm Canal.

Although it remains a royal castle, Strömsholm has been placed under the care of Sweden's National Horse Sports Association.

Within is an acclaimed collection of old equestrian paintings. Horse-riding and jumping contests are regularly held here, amid the beautiful park and its surroundings.

On a number of Thursday evenings from mid-June to mid-August, classical music concerts are held at the castle."
(from: www.republika.pl/wiesiodanielec/NORDKAPP/trasa.htm)
Has Princess Madeleine come here in the course of her equestrienne involvement?

 

[Yennie]

Has Princess Madeleine come here in the course of her equestrienne involvement?

Yes, she´s been to Strömsholm at riding camps when she was in her teens.

 

[JessRulz]

Information from Wikipedia on the Palace can be found here.

 

[Bonbon]

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[muriel]

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What a wonderful building!

 

[mattep74]

I was there a month ago when i had my vacation, its only 30 km from were i live so i have even been biking twice to the Grand National races there.

They were to have an exebition about royal Bernadotteweddings but the only thing i saw was some curtains with the same text as you can see in a pamflett. But many intresting paintings of royal families. The top floor has one wing completly filled with paintings of horses.

Its beautiful in the summer

 

[Blue_Stocking]

Is this the palace that Carl XVI Gustav wants to hand over to Carl Philip at some point?

 

[lilnana]

I never heard of the king wanting to land over a palace for Carl Philip. It wouldn't look right for the king to give use of a palace to any of his children at this point. When Madeleine was engaged it was rumored that she was going to take was going to use a 'normal' home that fell under the kings management. And I believe it was also rumored that Victoria and Daniel were going to stay at the same palace as the king and queen and just move into a different wing. So to give Carl Philip a palace would just fuel the idea that he still wants Carl Philip to be King, especial when the are all much larger and grander then Haga. Besides he has already inherited a home in southern Sweden, and also was left a house by Prince Bertil that he gets use of after Lilian passing, both of these are addition to the apartment already has in Stockholm, a fourth home is just overkill.

 

[Hans-Rickard]

Is this the palace that Carl XVI Gustav wants to hand over to Carl Philip at some point?

No it is Stenhammars Palace outside the city "Flen" in the landscape Södermanland that Carl Philip will inherite.

 

[LadyFinn]

Photos of the Strömsholm Palace, taken in October 2015 by swedish photographer Helen Shippey.
Stromsholm castle photo walk

 

[LadyFinn]

Photos
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[LadyFinn]

At the website of the Royal Palaces
Strömsholm Palace - Kungliga slotten
History - Kungliga slotten
The Palace Park - Kungliga slotten
The Chapel - Kungliga slotten
The Palace Café - Kungliga slotten

Photos at the website of the Royal Palaces by Dick Norberg and Gomer Swahn
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Inside
Hall of State
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The Crown Prince's Bed Chamber
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Painting by Ehrenstahl
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The Chinese Dining Room
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The Chapel
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[LadyFinn]

Ehrenstrahl’s equine portrait
At a young age, Karl XI received around twenty horses as a gift from the royal families in Spain and France. He then commissioned portraits of five of his favourites by the artist David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The portrait hangs in the Hall of State at Strömsholm Palace.
Ehrenstrahl’s equine portrait - Kungliga slotten
Ehrenstrahls hästporträtt - Kungliga slotten

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Stromsholm Palace is sometimes called Stromsholm Castle.

 

[Blog Real]

Photos:
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The yellow Baroque Strömsholm Palace is situated near Västerås. The 18th century Gustavian décor and a significant collection of Swedish paintings are among the many things worth seeing.

https://www.kungligaslotten.se/english/royal-palaces-and-sites/stromsholm-palace.html

 

[LadyFinn]

Last year, the "Sessions" -outdoor concerts were started at Solliden Palace and Läckö Castle. This year there are more of those concerts, there will be eight concerts also at Strömsholm Palace.
Strömsholm Sessions - Sessions

 

[LadyFinn]

Photos of Strömsholm Palace from a visitor's Instagram
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[LadyFinn]

In a cramped attic room at the baroque castle Strömsholm, there is a somewhat forgotten piece of Swedish history. It is a clock that was ordered by Queen Hedvig Eleonora and installed in 1700. The widowed queen was at that time one of Sweden's richest people and paid the equivalent of SEK half a million for the clock, which was a huge status symbol and was placed in the middle of the temple gable on the castle's entrance facade.

Kungliga slotten on Instagram: "I ett trångt vindsrum på barockslottet Strömsholm, utanför Västerås, finns ett aningen bortglömt stycke svensk historia. Det handlar om ett urverk som beställdes av drottning Hedvig Eleonora och installerades år 1700.

462 likes, 4 comments - kungligaslotten on November 18, 2024: "I ett trångt vindsrum på barockslottet Strömsholm, utanför Västerås, finns ett aningen bortglömt stycke svensk historia. Det handlar om ett urverk som beställdes av drottning Hedvig Eleonora och installerades år 1700. Änkedrottningen...

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[Hans-Rickard]

Strömsholm is another lovely palace both inside and outside, that is not used very much by the current royal family. It has a lovely location, outside the city of Västerås.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Sweden is most fortunate to have such beautiful and historic Palaces open to the public and so well maintained too.

 

[iceflower]

Victoria has visited Strömsholm Palace this spring - interesting photos and information have been shared today:

Kungahuset 🇸🇪 on Instagram: "Tidigare i våras besökte Kronprinsessan Strömsholms slott utanför Västerås. 🏰 Barockslottet Strömsholm är ett av de tio kungliga slotten och lät uppföras av riksänkedrottning Hedvig Eleonora i slutet av 1660-talet. S

24K likes, 149 comments - kungahuset on July 4, 2025: "Tidigare i våras besökte Kronprinsessan Strömsholms slott utanför Västerås. 🏰 Barockslottet Strömsholm är ett av de tio kungliga slotten och lät uppföras av riksänkedrottning Hedvig Eleonora i slutet av 1660-talet. Slottets...

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Earlier this spring, the Crown Princess visited Strömsholm Castle outside Västerås.

The Baroque Strömsholm Castle is one of the ten royal castles and was built by the Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora in the late 1660s.

The castle's 18th-century interiors are characterized by the Gustavian style that was created for Gustav II's queen Sofia Magdalena, who received the castle as a wedding gift.

The castle is built on a stone-paved islet right where the flowing waters of the Kolbäcksån River flow into the Mälarviken Freden Bay. On the same islet, Gustav Vasa had a royal farm built in the 1550s, where horses were bred for the Swedish army, among other things.

The tradition of horses remains and today there is an equestrian gymnasium here and major competitions are held every year in the pleasure garden.

 

[LadyFinn]

Victoria has visited Strömsholm Palace this spring - interesting photos and information have been shared today:

From Victoria's clothes we see, that she visited Strömsholm Palace on May 28 - on the same day she met at the Royal Palace Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

Kronprinsessan tog emot FN:s högkommissarie för mänskliga rättigheter

Den 28 maj tog Kronprinsessan emot Volker Türk, FN:s högkommissarie för mänskliga rättigheter, på Kungl. Slottet.

www.kungahuset.se