Villa Lusthusporten, 19th-century villa in Djurgården, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
Villa Lusthusporten is a merchant's house from the 1800s standing along Djurgårdsvägen, north of the main island, in Sweden. Its exterior shows a late-century remodeling with curved window frames, floral ironwork, and a bright facade set behind a black iron fence, with a lawn and trees around it.
A small Italian-style house was built here in the 1870s for a trader's lease. After the 1897 General Art and Industrial Exposition, where it served press and police, the cork magnate Hjalmar Wicander bought it and had the architect Carl Möller reshape it in Baroque Revival with Art Nouveau decoration.
The name goes back to a now vanished roadside inn called Lusthusporten, which travelers once knew on this same stretch. Today the fenced garden and the building's dressed-up street front read as a display of a wealthy owner's taste from around 1900, with details made to be noticed from the path.
The building serves as a museum office, so the interior is not open on a fixed daily schedule. Guided tours and special occasions offer the best chance to go inside, while the exterior and the nearby promenade can be seen freely on a walk.
During the big Stockholm fair of 1897, visitors passing on Djurgården could see the house working as both a press office and a police station. A later land reduction created the public walk just outside the fence, so the private home now stands with its garden edge open to everyday strollers.
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