When we travelled home on Sunday from our Motorhome weekend at Jogersö we needed a place to stop and eat our lunchtime lamb sausage. What could be better than a castle? I googled on my iPhone and that's how we found Tullgarn Castle outside Trosa. Here we walked around in the footsteps of kings and tsars, while learning why the shopping centre in Huddinge is called "Kungens kurva"...
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Excursion destinations in Sörmland
Tullgarn Castle is located near Trosa in Sörmland. This royal summer palace is less than an hour's drive from Stockholm, yet we had not been here before.
Royal summer castle
Tullgarn Castle has been a royal pleasure palace since the 1770s when the state handed it over to Duke Adolf, 'Europe's most beautiful prince'. In the summers he lived here with his mistress, the young ballet dancer Sophie Hagman, who was fully accepted by the royal family.
The last royals to spend summers at Tullgarn Castle were King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1909, the castle was visited by Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II and his family - the same family that was brutally executed by the Bolsheviks nine years later.
Why it is called "Kungens kurva"
Gustav VI Adolf considered staying at Tullgarn, but when he learnt how hard it would be to heat the damp castle in winter, he decided against it... The castle has not been used as a residence since then, but it seems that the royals had a tradition of coming here in connection with hunting.
According to Wikipedia, it was while returning from a hunt at Tullgarn in September 1946 that Gustaf V's driver drove the entire hunting party into a water-filled ditch at Segeltorp. The place was then named Kungens kurva ...
Fantastic waterfront location
Tullgarn Castle has a beautiful and peaceful location by the water. It felt like it was absolutely optimal to be here on a mild October day. The occasional visitor strolled around the Castle Park, and it was easy to find a solitary spot to quietly gaze out over the tranquil water.
If you visit the castle in the summer, you can also take a guided tour inside the castle, which is said to be decorated in a mixture of Rococo, Gustavian and Victorian styles. There is also an inn adjacent to the castle, which in the summer apparently organises parties with grilled wild boar in the castle park.
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snort says:
What a fantastic location and what beautiful views. You could live there for a summer 😉
19 October 2017 - 8:40
Helena says:
Hehe yes, a summer castle might be something!? 🙂
19 October 2017 - 18:20
Ditte says:
Tullgarn and its surroundings are really nice. Both the inn and a guided tour are recommended when in "season".
19 October 2017 - 9:15
Helena says:
We would have loved to go on a guided tour! Too bad so much of Sweden seems to be closed already in October ...
19 October 2017 - 18:20
Selma says:
So beautiful!!!
19 October 2017 - 9:37
Helena says:
Nice castle in a nice environment 🙂
19 October 2017 - 18:21
Marina says:
It looked really beautiful, probably worth a visit. Fun with the history of "Kungens kurva".
19 October 2017 - 9:57
Helena says:
We thought it was worth a visit, but perhaps even better in the summer when you can go on a guided tour inside the castle!
19 October 2017 - 18:22
Ama de casa says:
It's nice out there on Tullgarn. Trosa is not so bad either 🙂 .
Have a nice day!
19 October 2017 - 10:02
Helena says:
Trosa is nice! We have travelled there many times with the motorhome 🙂 .
19 October 2017 - 18:23
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:
Kungens kurva where IKEA is located?
19 October 2017 - 10:03
Helena says:
Yes, exactly! 🙂
19 October 2017 - 18:23
annar aas says:
Nice that you visited the old castle. It is extremely beautiful and as you say it is easy for Stockholmers to get there. Nice pictures.
19 October 2017 - 16:37
Helena says:
Nice castle, but also a great location by the water!
19 October 2017 - 18:23
BP says:
Beautiful, incredibly beautiful actually! Oh so green there is still! I have never visited Tullgarn Castle even though I have been to Trosa a number of times. Know that lots of art exhibitions are held there too.
19 October 2017 - 18:51
Helena says:
We have also been in Trosa many times, without having gone to Tullgarn before. But yes, very nice and nice location!
20 October 2017 - 18:16
Alexandra says:
Doesn't Per Morberg live there? Maybe not in the castle itself, but somewhere there....
19 October 2017 - 21:28
Helena says:
That's interesting! I had no idea, but I googled and it seems he lives very close to the castle!
20 October 2017 - 18:16