The elegant Baroque architecture of Steninge Palace

Built between 1694 and 1698, Steninge Palace overlooks Lake Mälaren outside of Stockholm. It is a Baroque palace completed in 1705 and is considered one of the most elegant examples of Baroque mansions in Sweden. The estate has a history dating back to the 13th century, with the first known settlement established in the late 1200s.

Carl Gyllenstierna inherited the Steninge Estate in 1667. He commissioned the well known Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin to design the palace and two wings. In 1706, Gyllenstierna married and gave Steninge Palace as a wedding gift to his bride, Anna Soop.

In 1735, the Fersen family bought Steninge. Axel von Fersen was murdered in 1810, and a monument to him was erected at Steninge in 1813. The estate was then inherited by his brother Fabian Reinhold von Fersen and subsequently by his nephew Axel von Fersen (1798–1838). When Axel von Fersen died in 1838, the von Fersen family died out and the estate was inherited by his sister Louise von Fersen and her spouse Carl August Gyldenstolpe, who lost it during their bankruptcy in 1867.

Baron von Otter bought Steninge in 1873 and built a stone barn west of the palace. In 1970, G.B.A. Holm bought the estate and employed the architect I.G. Clason to carry out restoration work. The palace was later bought by Wolfgang Thomas in 1932, and by a family with the common name Andersson in 1976. Today, the palace is privately owned by a company which keeps it accessible to visitors as the Steninge Palace Cultural Centre.

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