Kaggeholms gård

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Kaggeholms gård
Smaller locality
Coordinates: 59°16′58″N 17°39′49″E / 59.28278°N 17.66361°E / 59.28278; 17.66361
Country Sweden
CountyStockholm County
MunicipalityEkerö Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kaggeholms gård is a manor at Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.[1]

History[edit]

The site was first mentioned in a land title document in 1287. During the 1500s, the farm was owned by members of the Grip and Bååt families.[2][3]

In 1647, Count Lars Kagg (1595–1661) acquired an estate on the island of Helgö situated in Lake Mälaren which he named Kaggeholm. In the 1720s, construction of the manor house began after drawings by Baroque architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728). The chateau-style Kaggeholm Castle (Kaggeholms slott) received its present appearance in the middle of the 19th century when a number of major changes took place.[4][5][6]

Today Kaggeholm is operated as a conference center managed by the Swedish property development company Sisyfosgruppen Holding. It had previously been used by the Swedish Pentecostal Movement as a training center for Kaggeholm College (Kaggeholms folkhögskola).[7]

In popular culture[edit]

The castle was the setting of the fictional boarding school Hillerska in Netflix's series Young Royals.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Småortenas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. ^ "The noble Grip family". planet.nl. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Bååt". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lars Kagg". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kaggeholm Castle". SpottingHistory.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Tessin, Nikodemus, d.y." Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Sisyfosgruppen Holding AB". allabolag.se. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Where was Young Royals filmed? Locations for the Swedish Netflix drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-01-26.

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