Bo Jonsson (Grip)
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Bo Jonsson was head of the royal council and marshal under the regency of Magnus IV of Sweden. Also in the council was his friend and colleague, Karl Ulfsson av Ulvåsa, eldest son of Saint Birgitta. F
Gripsholm Castle was originally built as Bo Jonsson's seat. It was extended into a royal renaissance palace during the reign of King Gustav I.
Gripsholm Castle
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Gripsholm Castle is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by Lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav I
Bo Jonsson (Grip)
…Duke of Mecklenburg and in 1365, he became instrumental in removing Magnus Eriksson from the Swedish throne and offering it to the Duke's son. From the Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, which he built, Bo Jonsson governed the entire valley of Lake Mälaren, Hälsingland, all of Finland, large parts of Västergötland, Eastern…
Water view of the castle
Catherine Jagiellon and her son Sigismund in Gripsholm prison (National Museum, Warsaw).
Gustav III's Theatre.
Front view of the castle