Stora Frösunda, Manor house in Frösunda, Solna, Sweden
Stora Frösunda is a historical building located in Solna Municipality, in the northwestern part of the Stockholm region. It sits within an area that combines residential neighborhoods and commercial development.
Stora Frösunda was the largest village in Solna parish during the Middle Ages, with five farms. From the 17th century it belonged to the Brahe family and was called Brahelund. In 1782 Colonel Adolf Fredrik Wijnbladh acquired the estate and built the manor in 1783 to designs by Gabriel von Spången. In 1889 Albert Amundson bought it and gave it its castle-like appearance in the 1890s.
The estate was long owned by the Brahe family and was known as Brahelund; Gustav III bought that land in 1780 and turned it into today's Hagaparken. Wijnbladh, who built the manor, oversaw the royal park. A 10th-century runestone now stands in the park, moved there in 1902 from a grave field west of the manor.
The building is easily reached by several major transport links, with Stockholm-Bromma Airport nearby and direct rail connections to the city center. The area is well served by public transportation.
A 10th-century runestone now stands in the park; before 1902 it lay in a burial ground west of the estate. East of the manor, a half-mile marker with Gustav III's crowned monogram was raised in the 1770s under governor Jacob Johan Gyllenborg.
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