In 1669 today's castle was built after the instructions of Queen Hedwig Eleonora. The drawings were made by Nicodemus Tessin Sr., who found a similar architectural solution for the Castle of Drottningholm.
Spacious gardens are part of the castle, but their shape has varied through the centuries.
Inside the castle the rooms are placed almost symmetrically around a central staircase, leading upwards around a small open-aired shaft. Then the restauration was continued and some minor changes were made to the building in the later part of the 18th century. After the invention of the railroad the castle lost its value as a place to stay overnight and from 1868 onwards the new riding school of the cavalry was allowed to use parts of the castle, e.g. as boarding school for the pupils. Exactly one century later the military part of the riding school was discontinued and today the castle suits as a museum. The first thing I notice, when I get closer, is that a huge caterpillar is standing right in front of the stairway.