Munthe’s Hildasholm

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Built by Axel Munthe (1857–1949), who served as the Swedish royal physician and wrote the best-selling memoir The Story of San Michele, this sumptuously decorated National Romantic–style mansion is set in beautiful gardens with views over Lake Siljan. Built for Munthe's second wife, an English aristocrat, in 1910–11, the mansion was rarely visited by Munthe as he spent most of his time attending to Queen Viktoria on the island of Capri. Admission is by guided tour only.

Tours (in Swedish) run every hour, with a guided tour in English at 2pm.

Contact

Address

Klockaregatan 5

Get In Touch

0247-100 62

https://www.hildasholm.org/

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