Östanå Castle

Östanå Castle (Swedish: Östanå slott) is a castle in Sweden. It is located in the Österåker Municipality of Stockholm County, and is situated some 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-east of Stockholm City. The castle overlooks the main shipping channel into Stockholm through the Stockholm archipelago, and the ferry port of Östanå, from which ferries cross to the island of Ljusterö, lies just to the west of the castle.

Between the 14th and 17th centuries, various families from the Swedish nobility owned the castle. In 1687, the castle was owned by Fabian Wrede. The original wooden building was destroyed in 1719, during the Russian Pillage, and the current main building was built between 1791 and 1794. At the end of the 19th century the castle was home to Erik Gustaf Boström, the then prime minister of Sweden. The Boström family sold the castle in 2006, and by 2016 it was in a poor state of repair, and up for sale for 35 million kronor.

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Östanå Castle ranks #4,017 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #112 of the 206 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1794, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,737 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 38 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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