# Salsta Castle

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**Salsta Castle** (Swedish: *Salsta slott*), today a country house in [Sweden](/source/Sweden), situated north of [Vattholma](/source/Vattholma), [Uppsala Municipality](/source/Uppsala_Municipality), approximately 25 kilometers north of Uppsala,[1][2] was originally a fortified castle on the site in the late 13th century. The estate has belonged to some of the most influential noble families in Sweden, including [Oxenstierna](/source/Oxenstierna), [Bielke](/source/Bielke) and [Brahe](/source/Brahe). The present palace was erected in the [French Baroque](/source/French_Baroque) style in the 1670s for [Nils Bielke](/source/Nils_Bielke) the Younger, 1st Count Bielke af Åkerö and [Imperial Count](/source/Imperial_Count) of [Torgelow](/source/Torgelow), incorporating elements from an earlier Renaissance castle, and designed and constructed by [Mathias Spieler](/source/Mathias_Spieler) after an earlier design by [Nicodemus Tessin the Elder](/source/Nicodemus_Tessin_the_Elder).[3][4][5][6]

## Architecture

Salsta is built of stone and brick on two floors in an open square, except for the basement floor. The building has a lower ground floor with two projecting corner pavilions and two independent wings facing the garden side . The building has around 35 rooms. The high plinth contains beautifully arched rooms for the kitchen and other economy spaces . There is also a hall in direct contact with the garden.[7]

The ground floor was decorated in 1682, but was furnished four years later. There is a series of fabric-stretched ceilings with paintings in shades of gray, imitating stucco . In the count's bedchamber, the alcove is decorated with gilded columns.

## See also

- [List of castles in Sweden](/source/List_of_castles_in_Sweden)

## References

1. Mats Åmark (1967). [*A Guide to Uppsala Cathedral*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tBMNAQAAIAAJ&q=salsta+castle+25+uppsala). Almqvist & Wiksells. p. 6.

1. ["Salsta Castle"](https://destinationuppsala.se/en/activities/salsta-castle/). *Destination Uppsala*. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

1. ["Salsta Castle, Vattholma, Sweden - SpottingHistory.com"](https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/799/salsta-castle/). *www.spottinghistory.com*. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

1. ["Salsta"](https://runeberg.org/nfcd/0278.html). *[Nordisk familjebok](/source/Nordisk_familjebok)* (in Swedish). Project Runeberg. 1916. p. 511.

1. ["Salsta slott, Uppsala"](http://www.sfv.se/fastigheter/sverige/uppsala-lan-c/salsta-slott-uppsala/) (in Swedish). [Statens fastighetsverk](/source/Statens_fastighetsverk). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223619/http://www.sfv.se/fastigheter/sverige/uppsala-lan-c/salsta-slott-uppsala/) 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

1. Bedoire, Fredric (2006). *Svenska slott och herrgårdar, En historisk reseguide* [Swedish Castles and Manors, a Historic Travel Guide] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. pp. 306–307. ISBN 91-0-010577-5.

1. ["Kringla - SALSTA SLOTT"](https://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21400000356409) (in Swedish). *Kringla*. Retrieved 2023-07-27.

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