Sweden · 17th century
Fiholm Castle ranks #5,712 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #160 of the 209 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1640, it is older than 27% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Västerås, 23 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
Fiholm Manor is a Landed Estate located approximately 20 km West of Eskilstuna in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. It is privately owned.
The Landed Estate of Fiholm was commissioned by the Swedish statesman Axel Oxenstierna in 1640 to the plans of the French architect Simon de Vallée. The two standing buildings (wings) were drawn up in a French-Dutch Renaissance style and completed in 1642, representing some of the finest kept examples of fine Swedish architecture of that period. Construction works at Fiholm were overseen by the elder Nikodemus Tessin, then only 25 years old, and the intention was that the two standing buildings should become wings to a magnificent stately Manor House. The Manor House was never realised.
The nearby located Jäder Church was built by Oxenstierna at the same time, and can through its grandeur indicate what might have been. Jäders kyrka remains to this day the burial church for the Oxenstierna family.
Text adapted from “Fiholm Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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