Skokloster Castle

Skokloster Castle
Facade facing west, July 2018
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General information
Architectural styleBaroque
LocationHåbo Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates59°42′14″N 17°37′10″E / 59.7038°N 17.61941°E / 59.7038; 17.61941
Construction started1654
Completed1676 (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.