What is Gripsholm Castle?
{{Infobox building |image=Gripsholms slott view2.jpg |caption=Water view of the castle |name=Gripsholm Castle |location_town=[[Mariefred]] |location_country=[[Sweden]] |architect= [[Henrik von Cöllen]] |client= |engineer= |construction_start_date= 1537 |completion_date= 1709 |date_demolished= |cost= |structural_system= |style= Renaissance }} '''Gripsholm Castle''' ({{lang-sv|Gripsholms slott}}) is a [[castle]] in [[Mariefred]], [[Södermanland]], [[Sweden]]. It is located by lake [[Mälaren]] in south central Sweden, in the municipality of [[Strängnäs Municipality|Strängnäs]], about 60&nbsp;km west of [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.shaw.ca/haakon7/viking/sweden/ |title=Gripsholm Slott, (The Kingdom of Sweden) |publisher=Members.shaw.ca |access-date=2014-06-28}}</ref> == Images == <gallery mode=packed> File:Suecia 2-008 ; Arx Gripsholm.jpg|In the ''[[Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna]]'', {{circa}} 1700 File:Gripsholms slott, litografi av Carl Johan Billmark (1850).JPG|Gripsholm by [[Carl Johann Billmark|C.J. Billmark]], 1850 File:Gripsholm Castle 2009 (2).jpg|The inner courtyard File:Galten och Suggan Gripsholm 18 sept 2009.jpg|Russian cannons from the end of the 16th century File:Gripsholm 1845. Fritz von Dardel, 1845 - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0037317.jpg|Drawing of Gripsholm Castle by [[Fritz von Dardel]] 1845 File:Ferdinand Richardt 1869,58x87 Gripsholm.jpg|painting by [[Ferdinand Richardt]], 1869 File:Gripsholm-Mariefred - KMB - 16000700012135.jpg|Aerial photograph by Jan Norman, 26 September 1997 </gallery> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other sources== * Eriksson, Eva ''Den moderna stadens födelse: svensk arkitektur 1890–1920'' (Ordfront, 1990) * [https://www.nationalmuseum.se/search?q=Gripsholm Gripsholm at the Nationalmuseum] * Legnér, Mattias (25 februari 2013). ”Kakelugnen värmde under lilla istiden”. [[Svenska Dagbladet]]. * Strömbom, Sixten ''Gripsholm: slottet och dess samlingar 1537–1937'' (Nordisk rotogravyr, Stockholm: 1937) * [https://archive.org/stream/MN5128ucmf_3/MN5128ucmf_3_djvu.