Friday, and Erik kindly took us to Grippsholm Slott (castle). Mariefred is a lovely small town on the banks of Malaren (now freezing over). Grippsholm Slott was initially founded around the mid 14th century, and the current castle was constructed 1537-1545. Since then it has been a royal residence on and off over the centuries. in 1822 the building came to host the national portrait collection, an amazing collection of portraits covering many centures up to current (sadly, most of the ‘modern’ art was lacking the fine qualities of most of the older works – some of the older stuff is rather whimsical, as illustrated here). It also houses a stuffed lion, infamous for its absysmal taxidermy.
As usual there are more photos at: http
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