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Located onLovön island inStockholm County'sEkerö Municipality, it was built in the late 17th century and was a regular summer residence of the Swedish royal court through most of the 18th century.
Drottningholm Palace is a popular tourist attraction.
The nameDrottningholm (literally meaning "Queen's islet") came from the originalrenaissance building designed byWillem Boy, a stone palace built byJohn III of Sweden in 1580 for his queen,Catherine Jagiellon. This palace was preceded by a royal mansion calledTorvesund.[1]
The Queen Dowager RegentHedwig Eleonora bought the castle throughout 1661, a year after her role as queen of Sweden ended, but it burnt to the ground on 30 December that same year. Hedwig Eleonora engaged the architectNicodemus Tessin the Elder to design and rebuild the castle. In 1662, work began on the reconstruction of the building. With the castle almost complete, Tessin died in 1681. His sonNicodemus Tessin the Younger continued his work and completed the elaborate interior designs. The Flemish sculptorNicolaes Millich made for the great staircase and hall sculptures of the nine muses in marble, along with a series of busts of Gothic kings.[2] In addition, he also made bust portraits of KingCharles X Gustav, his wifeHedwig Eleonor and both their sons, the young KingCharles XI, probably also ofMagnus Gabriel De la Gardie and his wifeMaria Euphrosyne, a sister of King Charles X Gustav. Millich and his assistantBurchard Precht also made decorative wood carvings in the Queen Dowager's bed chamber.[3]
During the period of the reconstruction, Hedwig Eleonora was head of the regency for the still-underage king,Charles XI of Sweden, from 1660 to 1672. Sweden had grown to be apowerful country after thePeace of Westphalia. The position of the Queen, essentially the ruler of Sweden, demanded an impressive residence located conveniently close toStockholm.
During the reign of the kings Charles XI of Sweden andCharles XII of Sweden, the royal court was often present at the palace, which was used for hunting.[4] Hedwig Eleonora used the palace as a summer residence until her death in 1715, also when she had become the undisputed host of the royal court during the absence of Charles XII in theGreat Northern War (1700–1721).
Drottningholm continued to serve regularly as a summer residence for the royal court during the entire 18th-century. After the death of Hedwig Eleonora in 1715, QueenUlrika Eleonora of Sweden and KingFrederick I of Sweden held court at the palace in the summer.[4]
In 1744, the palace was given as a gift from King Frederick I to the then Crown Princess, later queen of Sweden,Louisa Ulrika of Prussia when she marriedAdolf Frederick of Sweden, who became king of Sweden in 1751.[4] During Louisa Ulrika's ownership of Drottningholm the interior of the palace was transformed into a more sophisticated Frenchrococo style. Louisa Ulrika was also responsible for having theDrottningholm Palace Theatre rebuilt in a grand style after the more modest original building burnt down in 1762. Louisa Ulrika and Adolf Fredrick continued to reside at the palace during their reign (1751–1771). In 1777, Louisa Ulrika sold Drottningholm to the Swedish state.
While it was owned by the Swedish state, the palace was used by KingGustav III of Sweden, son of Louisa Ulrika, as a summer residence, and a grand ceremonial court life was performed at the palace, which is considered to have been a great age for the palace, during which it was known for the elaborate masquerades and grand theatrical festivities and tournaments performed in the gardens.[4] During the reign ofGustav IV Adolf of Sweden (reign 1792–1809) andCharles XIII of Sweden (reign 1809–1818) the palace was gradually used more sporadically. In 1797, it was the place of the great festivities when the King's bride,Frederica of Baden, was received there upon her arrival in Sweden, during which the last so called carousel, or tournament, was staged in the palace garden.[4] After theCoup of 1809, the deposed Gustav IV Adolf was kept here under guard in the Chinese Drawing Room for eleven days.
During the reign ofCharles XIV John of Sweden (reign 1818–1844), the palace was abandoned. The King regarded it as a symbol of the old dynasty, and Drottningholm was left to decay.[4] The buildings were damaged by the forces of nature, and their inventories were either taken away or auctioned off.[4]
It was apparently opened to the public for the first time during this period: a tour was mentioned in 1819, and the public used the park forpicnics.[4]Occasionally, the grounds were used for public events: in 1823, the bride of the crown prince,Josephine of Leuchtenberg, was received upon her arrival to Sweden, and hername day continued to be celebrated here. Foreign guests such asTsarNicholas I of Russia[4] were received in the palace gardens.
Both Oscar I and Oscar II were criticized for modernizing the palace and adjusting it to contemporary fashion rather than restoring it to its original state, and it was not until the reign of Gustav V that the palace and surroundings were reconstructed to their 18th-century appearance.[4] In 1907, a major four-year restoration of the palace was begun to restore it to its former state, after which the royal court began to use it regularly again.[4]
Since 1981 KingCarl XVI Gustaf andQueen Silvia of Sweden have resided in the southern wing of the palace. The other parts of the palace are open to the public. Also during this time there has been, just like atStockholm Palace, a unit ofroyal guards stationed at the palace. During theCOVID-19 pandemic the King and Queen carried out some of their work from their home in the palace. Otherwise their official workplace has remained at Stockholm Palace.
For the Queens 50th Birthday in 1993 she was gifted a swimming pavilion worth 9 million SEK by theWallenberg family that was attached to the south wings courtyard. To get permission to construct the pavilion it was constructed in a way that would allow its demolition without harming the original palace. In 2018 the pavilion was renovated for a cost of 744 000 SEK, taken from taxpayer money since it is now counted as a part of a state owned building and as such it is the job of the state to maintain it.[5]
The palace and its grounds have seen many renovations, changes and additions over the past 400 years. The largest renovation, in which electricity, heating, sewage, water lines were either installed or updated and the castle roof replaced, took place between 1907 and 1913.During a 20-year-period beginning around 1977, several major areas of the palace were restored and rebuilt. The library and national hall received much of the attention and fire protection was installed throughout the palace. In 1997, work began to clean and rebuild the exterior walls. This was completed in 2002.
The church was designed and erected byNicodemus Tessin the Elder. It was completed by his son in May, 1746.
It is still used by the people of Lovön parish, who worship in the church on the last Sunday of every month. Inside the castle church a Cahman organ from 1730 is still in use. Another noteworthy item is the traditional church tapestry which was made byGustav V of Sweden.
The Drottningholm Palace Theatre is the opera house located at the palace. It is still in use, and its summer opera festivals are quite popular. At times the Royal Swedish Opera company guest performs.
The gardens and park areas surrounding the castle and its buildings are one of the main attractions for the tourists that visit the palace each year. The gardens have been established in stages since the castle was built, resulting in different styles of parks and gardens.
The oldest part of the gardens was created at the end of the 17th century under the direction of Hedwig Eleonora. The father and son Tessin led the project that created aBaroque garden right outside the main palace,[6] flanked by thicktree avenues. The many statues scattered throughout this area were created by the artistAdrian de Vries; the Swedish army took them as spoils of war from theWallenstein Palace in Prague,[citation needed] while the two marble lions at the main gate of the palace were transported from theUjazdów Castle inWarsaw.[7] The Baroque garden was neglected along with the rest of the grounds during the 19th century, but was restored in the 1950s and 1960s on the initiative ofGustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.[8]
Gustav III of Sweden took the initiative for theEnglish landscape garden of Drottningholm. This lies north of the Baroque garden and consists of two ponds with canals, bridges, large open lawns, and trees in groups or avenues. Walkways are laid out throughout this large part of the park.
Throughout this area "vistas" can be seen, cleared lines of sight that are intentionally constructed to draw the eye to a particular view. Most of the antique marble statues throughout the gardens were purchased by Gustav III from Italy. The purpose of the statues is to surprise a visitor by their unexpected appearance in a green area, or as a focal point for a vista.
The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its palace, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese pavilion and gardens, it is the finest example of an 18th-century northern European royal residence inspired by the Palace of Versailles.
^Page 61 of the Swedish Etymological Dictionary ofSvenskt ortnamnslexikon, published 2003 by the institute of Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet,Uppsala. The latter part "sund" means sound, and "torve" has to do with fishing (a prehistoric Swedish word).
^abcdefghijklmMårtenson, Jan (1985).Drottningholm: slottet vid vattnet [Drottningholm: Castle by the Water] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.ISBN978-9146146599.
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