Rånäs Castle

Rånäs Castle (Rånäs slott) is situated in Uppland in central Sweden, about an hour's drive north of Stockholm on the northern shore of Lake Skedviken.

The castle was built in the 1850s by the Reuterskiöld family at the site of a 17th century castle, torn down after the completion of the present castle. Rånäs castle was designed by the leading architect of the time, professor Per Axel Nyström.

Rånäs castle had a charter from 1774 for the yearly production of 1500 ship pounds (260,000 kg) of bar iron. In the fields surrounding the castle grain was cultivated and in its wide-stretched forests coal was bunkered. The castle also included a long low row of houses for the families of the workers employed at the castle, a position which was considered lifelong.

Following the 1932 Krueger Crash the castle was sold to the Municipality of Stockholm and used as a mental hospital until 1985. In 1996 the castle was bought by two private individuals and extensively restored. Since 1998 Rånäs castle has been a hotel and conference center.