The history of Häringe Palace

starts in the 11th century with the Viking Sote. Since then, Häringe has been passed on to a broad range of owners. King Gustav Vasa had a residence here and Gustav Horn built the stone Palace as it stands today in 1657.

During the 20th century, Thorsten Kreuger had purchased Häringe Palace and renovated and modernized it with refrigerators, an outdoor pool, a bowling alley and even a tunnel that connects one of the wings with the Palace. When Thorsten Kreuger was charged with fraud, he sold the Palace to his good friend Axel Wenner-Gren, the founder of Electrolux. Axel gave the Palace to his wife Margueritte with the words "Häringe is yours, baby!". The couple filled the palace with antique furniture, silver, weapons and tapestries. The park was decorated with statues from Peru and Ireland as well as limestone statues of nordic gods. After Axel's death the Palace was emptied of all valuable items, so when Olle Hartwig bought the Palace it was more or less empty. By studying pictures from the Wenner-Gren albums, Hartwig managed to repurchase most of the furniture, paintings and tapestries.

Many years later, Securitas owner Sven Philip Sörensen bought the Palace and made it into a training centre for his employees. Since then, Häringe Palace has been used as a conference hotel.

In 1999, the Ljungberg family bought Häringe Palace and it is now part of the exclusive chain c/o hotels, which also includes Grythyttan's Gästgivaregård, Tammsvik Konferens och Herrgård, Krägga Herrgård, Villa Mälargården as well as The Maidstone Arms in the Hamptons, USA