Bogesund Castle Explained

Bogesund Castle
Location:	Vaxholm Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates:	59.3933°N 18.2844°W
Type:	Former manor house
Built:	circa 1640

Bogesund Castle is a former manor in municipality of Vaxholm, about to the east of Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the Bogesundslandet peninsula, in the center of the Bogesundslandet nature reserve and some west of the settlement of Karlsudd.^[1]

The castle style building overlooks the main shipping channel into and out of Stockholm through the Stockholm archipelago.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The building was built in the 1640s on the initiative of Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680) and was later rebuilt several times.The house received its current appearance with towers and gothic windows in the 1860s according to drawings by the architects Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1816–1881) and (1832-1863).^{[5] [6] [7]}

See also

• List of castles in Sweden

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interactive map - Karlsudd . hitta.se . 13 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230613102828/https://www.hitta.se/kartan/partner?s=5658584f . 13 June 2023 . live.
2. Book: Litellus Russell Muirhead. Sweden. 1952. Rand McNally. 195–.
3. Web site: Kontaktinfo . Swedish . Contact Info . Bogesund Castle . 19 December 2017.
4. Web site: Bogesundslandet. Vaxholms stad. September 1, 2020. October 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203247/https://www.vaxholm.se/externwebb-startsida/bygga-bo-och-miljo/naturvard-parker/naturomraden-skyddade-omraden/bogesundslandet.html. dead.
5. Web site: Brahe, Per d. y.. Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . September 1, 2020.
6. Web site: Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . September 1, 2020.
7. Web site: Medelplan, Thor (1832 - 1863). KulturNav. September 1, 2020.