Mälsåker Castle is a manor house in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. Situated on Björkfjärden, a bay on Lake Mälaren, the main buildings were constructed in the 1660s and 1670s by Gustaf Soop. In 1839, the estate was inherited by Louise von Fersen, who gambled away Mälsåker to Fredrik Åkerman in 1853. After his death, the property changed owners several times, eventually being sold in 1898 to engineer Åke Sjögren, who began a restoration of the estate.
In 1943, the Norwegian legation in Stockholm bought the property, and the premises were used in the training of Norwegian police troops during World War II. The manor suffered a fire in 1945 that burned the roof, which was replaced in 1951. In 1993, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities initiated an extensive restoration of the site.
Since 2007, an association has been responsible for making the castle available to the public. The castle has also appeared in the 1969 film The Gladiators, where it serves as the headquarters of a televised war game.
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