The home of Sweden's first English garden

Tyresö Palace preserves the first English garden in Sweden. This location was crafted to resemble a vast, natural wilderness. During the 1770s, Fredrik Magnus Piper designed a space that unified a Swedish floral meadow with the distinct look of an English park. He looked to the ancient forest nearby to craft a fairy tale atmosphere. These expansive gardens remain today as a testament to that early naturalistic vision.

Construction began on the Palace in the 1620s and reached completion in 1636 under Gabriel Oxenstierna, the Lord High Steward. This grand home served the elite before Maria Sofia De la Gardie inherited it in 1648. She used this residence to oversee her massive estates across the Baltic Sea. Later, the writer Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna occupied the building between 1699 and 1737.

In 1892, Marquis Claes Lagergren bought the estate and hired Isak Gustaf Clason to rebuild the structure in the national romantic style. Lagergren relied on original 17th-century drawings to ensure the Palace functioned as a living record of Swedish history. He left the property to the Nordic Museum following his death in 1930.

Now, the Nordic Museum maintains the Palace as a museum for public discovery. You can investigate the historic interior and explore the grounds through guided tours hosted during the summer months.

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