Linköping Castle

Linköping Castle is situated in Linköping in Östergötland, Sweden. It stands opposite Linköping Cathedral (Linköpings Domkyrka) on Sankt Persgatan.

Bishop Gisle of the Diocese of Linköping first built a bishop's farm with a limestone castle in 1149. After King Gustav Vasa carried out the Reformation in 1527, the estate was converted into a royal castle. In the 1570s, King John III of Sweden had the castle re-designed by Dutch architect Arendt de Roy with a new three-storey wing along the southern ring wall and a new floor on the western nave. Under King Charles IX, the castle was rebuilt into Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century.

The castle has been the governor's residence for Östergötland County since 1785 and a state building monument since 1935. In 2000, the Linköping Castle and Cathedral Museum was inaugurated on three floors in the castle's north wing.

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