Noor Palace
Noor palace is a 14th-century mansion in Knivsta, Sweden.
Noor palace was confiscated as part of the reduction by King Charles XI in 1686, whereafter it was used as a royal hunting lodge. In 1689 King Charles XI sold the mansion to his adviser Count Nils Gyldenstolpe.[1] He rebuilt the mansion in Swedish Carolean Style (karolinerstil), the style of fashion in Sweden during the period of the two Carolean kings, based on drawings by Jean de la Vallée. Between 1761 and into the 1980s Noor palace was owned by members of the noble Hermelin family.[2][3] Erik Dahlberg made a drawing of the house for his Suecia antiqua et hodierna.[4]
Nobel laureate Verner von Heidenstam wrote his historical novel The Caroleans (Karolinerna) at Noor palace in 1897, during a spell of one year at the mansion to benefit from its late 17th century atmosphere. The lands of the manor were divided up into 70 plots in 1943.[5][6]
Noor palace was renovated during 1996-97 and is now a privately owned conference centre.
Gallery[edit]
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The mansion allee -
The northwestern wing -
The mansion court entrance
References[edit]
- ^ Anton Friedrich Büsching, Patrick Murdoch A new system of geography 1762 - Volume 1 - Page 315 "Noor, is a very fine manor in the parish of Knitstadt."
- ^ Melville H. Ruvigny, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de Ruvigny The Nobilities of Europe 2000 - Page 250 "Eugene (Hermelin, originally Scragge), -th Baron Hebmelin (Freiherr Hermelin) [Sweden No. 272], Lieut. Upplands Regt. (Lojtnant vid Upplands-reg. tet), Lord of the Manor of Noor in Uppland (Inneh. o beb. fideikommiss-egendomen Noor i ..."
- ^ Holger Frykenstedt Jean Jacques och Aurora Taube de Geer af Finspång och deras värld 1987 Page 72 "Skulle man även i detta fall göra en jämförelse, kan man säga, att Finspångs barockparterr är ganska lik den motsvarande i den av Johan Hårleman möjligen tillsammans med Tessin anlagda lustgården till Noors slott i Roslags-Bro socken, ..."
- ^ Ernst Felix Fischer -Barock: en stilhistorisk handbok 1932 Page 14 "Noors slott. Ur Erik Dahlbergs Suecia Antiqua & Hodierna"
- ^ Decisions and reports - Volumes 25 à 29 - Page 197 European Commission of Human Rights - 1990 "En 1943, le lotissement des terres du Manoir de Noor donna quelque 70 terrains à bâtir à Knivsta, petite commune rurale située à une quinzaine de kilomètres au sud d'Upsal. La configuration des terrains suivait à l'origine le plan de subdivision établi en 1942 et confirmé par le service compétent le 8 juillet 1943. Le 4 décembre 1969, le requérant et son épouse achetèrent trois des terrains encore libres et identifiés au cadastre sous les numéros suivants Noor 53:1, 54:1 et 55:1. Par la suite, Noor 53:1 fut scindé en deux parcelles, Noor 53:1 et 53:2."
- ^ Decisions and reports European Commission of Human Rights - 1989 - Numéro 47 - Page 191 "In 1943 through the parcelling out of land under the Manor of Noor ..."