Uppsala Castle Facts
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Uppsala Castle is a 16th-century royal castle in the historic city of Uppsala, Sweden.
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King Gustav ordered the construction of the renaissance castle in 1549, on the present site on a hill south of Uppsala Cathedral, with the old Archbishop’s Castle being used for building material and subsequently demolished.
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Uppsala Castle was seriously damaged by fire in 1702. Reconstruction took many years and was indeed hampered by the remains of the castle being used as a quarry for stone to be used in building Stockholm Palace.
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Uppsala Castle was built during the time Sweden was on its way to becoming a great power in Europe.
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Uppsala Castle was the administrative center of Uppland and the site of the Hall of State.
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Uppsala Castle is the residence of the County Governor of Uppsala County. Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, spent his childhood days in the castle when his father, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, was governor of Uppsala County.
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The Uppsala castle is also the site of the Uppsala Art Museum.
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The castle façade you see today is faithful to the bright color it was following its reconstruction in 1740.
