Finspång Castle

Finspång Castle is situated in Finspång, the province of Östergötland, Sweden. Work on the castle was begun in 1666, by Louis De Geer (1587–1652). It is designed in the Architecture of the Netherlands Classicist style by Dutch architect Adriaan Dortsman.[1]

Finspång Castle 2005

Notable people

Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818–1896) a Swedish statesman and writer; 1st Prime Minister of Sweden. [2]

References

Janssen, Paul Huys (2002). Caesar Van Everdingen, 1616/17-1678: Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné. Doornspijk, Netherlands: Davaco Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 9789070288570.
Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "De Geer, Louis Gerhard, Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). pp. 931–932.

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