| Karlberg Palace[1] | |
 Main building, south façade. |
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| Building information | |
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| Town | Solna |
| Country | Sweden |
| Architect | Carl Christoffer Gjörwell, Louis Jean Desprez (1791-93), Jean de la Vallée (1670-80) |
| Client | Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm, Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie |
| Construction start date | 1634 |
| Completion date | 1795 |
| Style | Neo Classicism |
Karlberg Palace is a palace by the Karlberg Canal on the border of Stockholm in Solna. Solna may refer to Solna Bangladesh Solna Poland Solna Municipality, Sweden "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger (1766 &ndash 1837 was a city Architect in Stockholm, Sweden. Jean De la Vallée (1620&ndash March 12, 1696) was a French -born Architect, who lived and worked in Sweden. Baron Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (1574-1650 was a Swedish soldier and politician Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686 Swedish statesman Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Karlbergskanalen ( Swedish for "Canal of Karlberg" is a Canal in western central Stockholm, Sweden. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Solna may refer to Solna Bangladesh Solna Poland Solna Municipality, Sweden The palace, built in 1630 and the oldest in Solna municipality[2], today houses the Military Academy Karlberg. Military Academy Karlberg (Militärhögskolan Karlberg is a Swedish Military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg
In the park are found, among other things, a "temple of Diana" (originally dedicated to Neptune[1]) and the burial site of Pompe, the dog of King Charles XII. In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland and also of the Moon. Neptune (Neptūnus is the god of water and the sea in Roman mythology, a brother of Jupiter and Pluto.
Notwithstanding the palace remain a military institution, the park is accessible to the public and is open 06-22 daily. [3]
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History
Gyllenhielm
Three medieval villages at the location — Ösby, Bolstomta, and Lundby — were bought by Lord High Admiral Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (1574-1650) in the 1620s and subsequently unified into a single estate named "Karlberg" after himself. Baron Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (1574-1650 was a Swedish soldier and politician He then had master mason Hans Drisell build a Renaissance palace featuring pink plaster and tall gables. Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe in which there was a A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof [4]
As Gyllenhielm's widow died six years after her husband, a lengthy litigation regarding the inheritance followed. Plans in the mid 1660s to transfer the estate to the widowed Queen Hedwig Eleonora were cancelled as Lord High Admiral Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686) sold one of his palaces to the queen (today Ulriksdal Palace, also in Solna) and bought Karlberg from the heir of his precursor in 1669. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 October 1636 &ndash 24 November 1715 was the queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden and Queen mother of Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686 Swedish statesman Ulriksdal Palace ( Ulriksdals slott is a royal palace situated on the banks of Lake Edsviken in the National City Park in Solna, 6 km [5]
De la Gardie
De la Gardie, at this time one of the most influential men in Sweden, had Jean De la Vallée (1620-1696) develop the palace into one of the grandest in Sweden. Jean De la Vallée (1620&ndash March 12, 1696) was a French -born Architect, who lived and worked in Sweden. The new palace, H-shaped in plan in accordance to the style of the day, featured two wings and a terrace facing the waterfront, while wings facing north formed an enclosed court yard. Additionally, a church was created in the eastern wing. Some of the red festoon stucco ornaments from this era are preserved in the façade, as are the curved cornices facing the garden, and the sumptuous stucco ceilings of Carlo Carove together with other exclusive interior details, including walls covered in leather, velvet, and boiseries. Festoon (from French feston, Italian festone, from a Late Latin festo, originally a festal garland Latin festum Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water The term cornice comes from Italian cornice, meaning “ledge [4] The park was furnished with an orangery, ponds, fountains, parterres, and boxwood patterns - all in the manner of French Baroque architecture. An Orangery was a building frequently found in the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th century and given a classicising architectural form A pond is a body of water smaller than a Lake, both being examples of Terrain features Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source ( Latin fons) fills a basin of some kind and is drained away A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging, and gravel paths arranged to form Buxus sempervirens ( Common Box or European Box; also as Boxwood) is a Flowering plant in the genus Buxus French Baroque and Classicism French Baroque is a form of Baroque architecture that evolved in France during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610-43 Louis [6]
Royal estate
Following the Reduction, De la Gardie lost his influence and most of his fortune, and since King Charles XI declined to buy the palace, De la Gardie was finally forced to hand it over to Johan Gabriel Stenbock to settle a debt and in 1683 Stenbock took over the newly rebuilt palace, only to sell it to the king in 1688. In the reductions in Sweden, (Reduktion Fiefs that had been granted to the Swedish nobility were returned to the Crown. Charles XI (Karl XI 24 November 1655old style &ndash 5 April 1697old style was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in an unruly period in [5] Karlberg thus became were crown prince Charles XII spent much of his childhood and were he used to hunt wolfs in the surrounding forests. His mother, Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder (1656 - 1693), had a school created for orphaned girls where they could create tapestries, and her son took personal charge over the school to honour his good-hearted mother. Ulrike Eleonora (11 September 1656 - 26 July 1693 (the name Ulrike is a Danish version of the name in Swedish she is called Ulrika Eleonora Tapestry is a form of Textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical Loom. When Charles XII died in 1718 his coffin was taken to Karlberg before interred in the church Riddarholmskyrkan. The Riddarholmen Church (Riddarholmskyrkan is the Burial church of the Swedish monarchs. [5]
While the Three Crowns Castle was being rebuilt in the early 1690s[5], and following the disastrous fire which destroyed it in 1697, the royal family choose Karlberg as their temporary home, why the entire court resided at Karlberg until 1754 when the present palace was finally completed. Tre Kronor (Three Crowns is a castle located in Stockholm, Sweden The Stockholm Palace ( Swedish: Stockholms slott) is the Official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. [4]
The red panelled log houses west of the main building are believed to date back to the 1720s, while the stables carrying four sandstone vessels were designed by Carl Hårleman (1700-1753) under Frederick I (1676-1751) in the 1730s, thereafter rebuild into barracks in the 1790s. A log home (or log house) is technically the same thing as a Log cabin, a House typically made from Logs that have not been milled Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock composed mainly of Sand -size Mineral or rock grains. Baron Carl Hårleman ( 27 August 1700 &ndash 9 February 1753) was a Swedish 18th century Architect. Frederick I (Fredrik I ( 23 April 1676 – 25 March 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel [4]
Military academy
In 1766, Karlberg was made a wedding gift to King (then crown prince) Gustav III (1746-1792) and Sophia Magdalena (1743-1813). Gustav III ( – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death Sofia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway ( Christiansborg Palace, Denmark, 3 July 1746 - Ulriksdal Palace, In the early 1790s Gustav had plans to found a war academy at the Ulriksdal Palace, plans however interrupted by his death in 1792. Ulriksdal Palace ( Ulriksdals slott is a royal palace situated on the banks of Lake Edsviken in the National City Park in Solna, 6 km As his widow choose Ulriksdal as her private residence, the Kungliga Krigacademien ("Royal War Academy") was instead located at Karlberg where the first generation of cadets started their training later the same year. During the regency of Gustav's son, Gustav IV (1778-1837), architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (1766–1837) was ordered to enlarge the palace to accommodate the cadets, which in 1796 resulted in the elongated wings today giving the palace much of its character. Gustav IV Adolf (November 1 1778 &ndash February 7 1837 was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809 Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger (1766 &ndash 1837 was a city Architect in Stockholm, Sweden. [5]
Modern era
The park, dating back to the 17th century, has been gradually decimated. During the 1860s, the north-eastern corner was cut off by the railway, and a century later Essingeleden and other motorways had their shares. Essingeleden is a Freeway that goes from Solna to Stockholm, Sweden, crossing the westmost parts of central Stockholm by going over Kungsholmen The exterior of the palace was however restored in the 1980s. Furthermore, in 2001 an archaeological examination of a nearby burial site, associated with one of the villages out of which Karlberg once was created, unveiled fragments of runestones — including one from an image stone and another featuring the proto-Norse Elder Futhark. A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock Proto-Norse (also Proto-Scandinavian, Primitive Norse, Proto-Nordic, Ancient Nordic, Old Scandinavian and Proto-North Germanic The Elder Futhark (or Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark) is the oldest form of the Runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes [7]
See also
Notes
References
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