Grönsö Castle, Enköping, Sweden

Grönsö (or Grönsöö) Castle was built in 1607-1610 by the Privy Council Johan Skytte. The building was constructed of brick and granite in a French style with pitched roof, ridge turrets and four rectangular corner towers. The ground floor can still be seen today with well-preserved interiors and painted ceilings from the 1600s.

Family Skytte owned Grönsö throughout the 1600s until it was reduced to the crown. After reduction, Grönsö has seen number of ownership changes. During the first half of 1700s of the castle was owned by the family Falkenberg . The castle underwent major repairs, whereby the house lost its tower in 1738. The building got its simple but stylish look that survived into modern times.

In 1700 the second half of the estate was owned by Stockholm doctor David von Schultzheim , who in 1786 built a Chinese pavilion on the waterfront, which today is one of Grönsö’s major attractions. The pavilion is located on the waterfront and built according to models of the architect William Chambers and the interior is decorated with shells and minerals from East Asia.

In 1820 Grönsö was acquired by Court Chamberlain, Reinhold Fredrik von Ehrenheim, the first in the current owner's family. The castle has never been completely reconstructed, but has gradually evolved. Traces of each period, thereby continuously preserved in the palace in an unusual way today. The castle is owned and operated today by the family von Ehrenheim and Grönsöö cultural foundation. Grönsö covers 720 hectares of land, which includes apple orchards. Castle Park renovated carefully with the help of landscape architects from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

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Tanya Larin (4 years ago)
We made it last day of the season- September 5th. Was beautiful weather to explore the grounds, including orchard full of apples and an ornamental flower garden. Beautiful piece of land and history, including store, cafe, museum and the mansion. Just divine. Tour was in Swedish, but we got a handout with the info. No jokes were there, but group was laughing all the time :).

Usman Khan Lodhi Mohammad (4 years ago)
Very well maintained Garden. Castle is located at end of the island and it is very beautiful.

Marius Matusevicius (5 years ago)
Decent area for a visit. The castle and closest surrounding area is private property, but you can walk around it and to the pier behind the castle.

Niklas Pettersson (6 years ago)
Fantastic place, everything in mint condition. Staff in Cafe so helpful and serviceminded even though we came after closing time. A must see to capture Swedish history.

Dee AwesomeOne (8 years ago)
Have an apple market once a year, I suggest going to it because its a pretty place overall and the apples are really tasty

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