# Mariefred

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{{short description|Place in Södermanland, Sweden}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Mariefred
| image_skyline      = Mariefred2.jpg
| image_caption      = Mariefred in August 2005 as seen from [Gripsholm Castle](/source/Gripsholm_Castle)
| image_flag         = Flag of Mariefred.svg
| image_shield       = Mariefred vapen.svg
| pushpin_map        = Sweden Södermanland#Sweden
| pushpin_label_position = 
| subdivision_type   = [Country](/source/Country)
| subdivision_name   = [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| subdivision_type3  = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name3  = [Strängnäs Municipality](/source/Str%C3%A4ngn%C3%A4s_Municipality)
| subdivision_type2  = [County](/source/Counties_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name2  = [Södermanland County](/source/S%C3%B6dermanland_County)
| subdivision_type1  = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name1  = [Södermanland](/source/S%C3%B6dermanland)
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden) |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 2.51
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="scb_urban_area_population_area_population_density">{{cite web | title=Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet| publisher=[Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden) | url=https://www.scb.se/MI0810 |date=31 December 2020 | access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_total   = 7,121 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|16|N|17|13|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website            = 
}}
'''Mariefred''' is a [locality](/source/Urban_areas_in_Sweden) situated in [Strängnäs Municipality](/source/Str%C3%A4ngn%C3%A4s_Municipality), [Södermanland County](/source/S%C3%B6dermanland_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) with 7,121 inhabitants in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Befolkningsmängd Strängnäs kommun |url=https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunfakta/befolkningsmangd-strangnas-kommun |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.strangnas.se |language=sv}}</ref>

The name is derived from that of the former [Carthusian](/source/Carthusian) monastery in the city, [Mariefred Charterhouse](/source/Mariefred_Charterhouse), and means "Peace of Mary" (the previous name being Gripsholm). It lies roughly 50 kilometres west of [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) by Lake [Mälaren](/source/M%C3%A4laren).

thumb|left|Gripsholm Castle

Despite its small population, Mariefred is, for historical reasons, often still referred to as a [''city''](/source/Stad_(Sweden)). [Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden), however, only counts [localities](/source/Urban_areas_of_Sweden) with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

[Gripsholm Castle](/source/Gripsholm_Castle) is located in the town. Adjacent to the castle is the nature reserve and deer park [Gripsholms hjorthage](/source/Gripsholms_hjorthage).

{{ill|Gripsholms kungsladugård|sv}}, an old barn of Gripsholm Castle, housed a centre for fine arts printmaking called ''Grafikens Hus,'' the largest of its kind in Sweden at the time, before being destroyed in a fire in 2014.

The [East Södermanland Railway](/source/%C3%96stra_S%C3%B6dermanlands_J%C3%A4rnv%C3%A4g) has a railway museum in the city with one of the finest collections of 600&nbsp;mm narrow-gauge passenger railcars anywhere.

[Kurt Tucholsky](/source/Kurt_Tucholsky), a famous German author, is buried in the town cemetery.

==Notable natives==
Swedish pop and jazz singer [Lisa Ekdahl](/source/Lisa_Ekdahl) was raised in Mariefred.

Swedish actor [Dolph Lundgren](/source/Dolph_Lundgren) has a summer home in Mariefred, Kalkudden.

[Mikael Samuelsson](/source/Mikael_Samuelsson), a former professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) player in the [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League), was born in Mariefred. Samuelsson is a member of the exclusive [Triple Gold Club](/source/Triple_Gold_Club), having won the [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup), [Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games), and [World Championship](/source/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships).

== References ==
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{{Localities in Strängnäs Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in Strängnäs Municipality
Category:Populated lakeshore places in Sweden

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