Mariefred

Mariefred is a locality situated in Strangnas Municipality, Sodermanland County, Sweden with 3,726 population in 2010. The call is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and approach "Peace of Mary" the former name was Gripsholm. It lies kind of 50 kilometres west of Stockholm. Mariefred, regardless of its small populace, is for historical motives frequently nonetheless called a town. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 population as towns. The Royal Gripsholm Castle is placed in the city.

The vintage barn of Gripsholm Castle was a centre for pleasant arts printmaking, Grafikens Hus. The East Sodermanland Railway has a railway museum right here with one of the finest collections of six hundred mm narrow-gauge passenger railcars anywhere. Kurt Tucholsky is buried within the metropolis cemetery. Swedish pop and jazz singer Lisa Ekdahl become raised in Mariefred. Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren has a summer season home in Mariefred, Kalkudden. Mikael Samuelsson, a former professional ice hockey player in the NHL, turned into born in Mariefred. Samuelsson is a member of the different Triple Gold Club, having won the Stanley Cup, Olympics, and World Championship.