Top 10 Scary Swedish Urban Legends Scheffler Palace
Scheffler Palace , since the 1830s also known as the Ghost Castle , is an ore farm at Drottninggatan 116 (formerly 110) in Stockholm. During the 19th century it was also called the Kniggeska house.
Immediately east of Spökslottet is Spökparken . In the years 1874–1924, the house was owned by the publicist Lars Johan Hierta's widow Wilhelmina and their daughters. In the years 1875–1876, a renovation was carried out with rebuilding by architect Axel Kumlien.
The Scheffler Palace was built as a summer residence around the year 1700 by the merchant Hans Petter Scheffler . The builder hired a unfortunately unknown builder / architect in his hometown of Hamburg during the last years of the 17th century. The building originally had two projecting wings to the street and a high attic with an ornamental gable, a motif of German origin. The elegant stucco ceiling in the great hall is probably a work by the Italian stucco artist Giuseppe Marchi , who several of the nobility hired.
Along Drottninggatan there were also two three-length wing buildings in timber, one of which has been preserved at Skansen. The tomb mentioned as early as the 18th century and demolished in 1907 was probably the tomb of the first owner, which gradually fell into disrepair and thus gave rise to rumors of ghosts. The property remained a private residence during the 18th and 19th centuries until 1924, when the house and park were donated to Stockholm University . In the castle there are two foundation-owned art collections. The building is used for representation of Stockholm University and as work premises for retired professors . Hans Petter Scheffler's initials in the form of a monogram can be seen above the house's gate portal towards Drottninggatan.
Fictional references to the Scheffler Palace can be found in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist and Hjalmar Söderberg , among others.
Petissan
The north wing of the Scheffler Palace also originally belonged to a building, which was built at the end of the 17th century. The building contained, among other things, Café Petissan and is built of horizontal timber, which was paneled in the 18th century. The house originally stood at the intersection of the current Drottninggatan 116 and Kungstensgatan and had a café business, Café Petissan, in the years 1870–1907. "Teknologcaféet", which was a popular gathering place for Stockholm's students, especially technologists, because the then Technical University's buildings were located at Observatoriekullen on the corner of Drottninggatan and Kungstensgatan. In 1907, the entire house Café Petissan was moved to Skansen, when Stockholm University was to be built. In 1931, the building was moved within Skansen and built in Skansen's City Quarter as part of the historic environment there.
