Sweden · 17th century
Årsta Castle (Swedish: Årsta slott) in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, is a castle built in the 17th century.
The Årsta estate is mentioned in 1308, when it was the base for the Swedish property of the Teutonic Order. It was sold to the nobleman Erik Axelsson Tott in 1467. There are still remains of the medieval ruins at the land close to Årsta Castle. The present Årsta Castle was constructed between 1660 and 1667 by Claes Hansson Bielkenstierna and his spouse Barbro Åkesdotter Natt och Dag. It was inherited through marriage by the noble families Kurck, Soop and Fleming until it was bought in 1805 by Carl Fredrik Bremer, the father of Fredrika Bremer. She died on the estate in 1865.
In 1898–1910, it was owned by a stock holding company, and in 1910-1919 by telephone engineer Gustaf Cedergren, who modernized it internally.
Årsta Castle was acquired by Österhaninge Municipality in 1966 and is today used by the restaurant Årsta Slott Gastronomi and the society Årstasällskapet.
Text adapted from “Årsta Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Årsta Castle ranks #2,969 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 209 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1667, it is older than 24% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,179 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 26 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
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