Bjärka-Säby Castle



Bjärka-Säby Castle (Bjärka-Säby slott i Östergötland) is a baroque style château located south of Linköping, in Östergötland County, Sweden.

Bjärka-Säby Castle was built for Swedish diplomat and nobleman, Germund Louis Cederhielm. The building was based upon plans from a prominent Swedish landscape architect, Fredrik Magnus Piper. Construction started in 1791 and was completed just before 1800. The surrounding landscape was design in the manner of a traditional English park. The palace was subject to renovation in 1894-1898 based upon plans of architect Agi Lindegren (1858-1927). His work differ from Piper's design and resulted in a Baroque appearance.

Proposals for a restoration of the interior were advanced principally by Sigurd Curman, secretary of the Swedish National Heritage Board. Between 1920-1921, Eric Fant, architect at the Nordic Museum,  conducted renovations reflecting the manor's  origin in the late 1700s. The exterior has been allowed to retain the appearance resulting from the Agi Lindgren based conversion.

Since 1980, the château has been owned by Sionförsamlingen i Linköping, the Swedish Pentecostal movement's church in Linköping.

Source
This article is fully or partially based on material from Nordisk familjebok, Germund Louis Cederhielm  and August (Agi) Lindegren.

Other sources

 * Edman, Victor (1999) En svensk restaureringstradition, (Stockholm: Byggförlaget) ISBN 91-7988-186-6
 * Karling, Sten; Lindegren, Karin (1981) Fredrik Magnus Piper och den romantiska parken ((Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Arts) ISBN 91-86208-00-4
 * Åman, Anders Sigurd Curman: riksantikvarie - ett porträt (Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, Bokförlaget Atlantis,  2008) ISBN 978-91-7353-220-4