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    Svindersvik

    Well-preserved 18th century country residence built in the s, today part of Nordic Museum

    Svindersvik is a well-preserved 18th century country residence in Nacka Municipality, Sweden. Svindersvik lies just outside the city limits of Stockholm. It was built in the s for Claes Grill, and today belongs to the Nordic Museum. It is open to the public through guided tours.[1]

    History

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    Svindersvik derives its name from Johan van Swinderen, a Dutch industrialist who was the first owner of the area; he erected a number of pitch factories in the vicinity in the s. The whole area was bought in by the brothers Abraham and Carl (Carlos) Grill, members of the Grill family of industrialists. It passed through inheritance to Claes Grill (I), active in the Swedish East India Company in , and it was he who decided to build a country residence on the location. From the outset, it was designed as a country residence and not a permanent home.[2] In this capacity, it is unique for its time and one of the oldest preserved residences in Sweden of this kind.[1]

    Claes Grill commissioned architect Carl Hårleman to design the house. Hårleman c

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    Swedish wedding traditions and customs

     

    Whether you are planning a ‘bröllop’, or are simply invited to a destination wedding in Sweden, it’s a good idea to learn some of the most common Swedish wedding traditions and customs.

    If you attend a wedding in a different country from your own, it’s nice to come prepared so you don’t have to feel completely at loss.

    You’ll find the most common traditions and Swedish customs in this post, where we have compiled the things we have noticed stand out.

    • Bröllop = Wedding in Swedish

    • As a rule weddings in Sweden are relatively low-key, relaxed and focused on having a good time.

    • Swedish weddings typically consists of an afternoon ceremony, and the reception lasts until the late evening, or overnight.

    • Most Swedish couples will decide on a dress code for their wedding and this is communicated in the invitation and/or the wedding website.

    • The tradition with wedding gifts in Sweden is to give a proper gift, unless the couple has asked for a contribution to the honeymoon or something else specific (which is becoming more frequent as most people can buy whatever they want by t

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      A Rococo Jewel - Svindersvik

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      Our great friend and mentor, Gote människor Jarnefolk ( Help! Will some lovely blogger tell me how to install umlauts and accents on Blogger?) keeps his kurs in the charming Svindersvik boat yard outside of Stockholm. Every visit to Gote (insert dots over the o!), Rhonda and I man sure to take a trip up the hill from the harbour to one of our favorite Swedish Rococo buildings, the Svindersvik Manor.





      Svindersvik as viewed form the water in the 18th century



      Sweden's great architect Carl Harleman built Svindersvik in the 's for one of Sweden's most successful businessmen, Claes Grill, director of the East India Company. With fine views overlooking the sea, promenades on high cliffs and a large garden, Svindersvik was the perfect weekend retreat for Grill and his family.








      A Swedish cartel clock fryst vatten mounted over the vägg canvases painted by



      Grill's brothers in Amsterdam were Count Tessin's bankers. In the summer of the great diplomat and style maker Carl Gustav Tessin brought his family to stay at Svindersvik where he and his wife, Countess Ulla Sparre, hosted a famous saturday afternoon salon.




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