Skokloster Castle
| Skokloster Castle | |
|---|---|
Facade facing west, July 2018 | |
Interactive fullscreen map | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Location | Håbo Municipality, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°42′14″N 17°37′10″E / 59.7038°N 17.61941°E |
| Construction started | 1654 |
| Completed | 1676 (unfinished) |
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Skokloster Castle (Swedish: Skoklosters slott) is a Swedish Baroque castle built between 1654 and 1676 by Carl Gustaf Wrangel, located on a peninsula of Lake Mälaren between Stockholm and Uppsala. It became a state museum in the 1970s and displays collections of paintings, furniture, textiles and tableware as well as books and weapons that amount to 20,000 items.