After his visit to the Désert de Retz and Ermenonville, Gustavus III of Sweden planned to transform the park of Haga.

However, Drottningholm, another Swedish royal folie, where a Chinese pavilion had been built as early as 1753, reminds us that France was quite late to accept the Anglo-Chinese style.

The king Gustavus III of Sweden had bought the Haga in 1771. With the aid of architect Fredrik Magnus Piper, he began to carry out an Anglo-Chinese garden, Old Haga.

Guest of the Désert de Retz for six weeks in 1784, infinitely allured, he requested drawings of the fabriques from M. de Monville, which he accepted in 1785. He choose French artists to extend the park of Haga and add magnificent buildings (during the same journey he also visited Ermenonville and Petit-Trianon. He received from Marie-Antoinette a port-folio of draws of Petit-Trianon that she granted to important visitors; this set, one of the three known, is now in the Royal Library in Stockholm).

Architect Louis Jean Desprez had to build an ambitious Museum Palace, to house the King's collection of antique Roman statues. But the building stopped with the murder of the king by a fanatic noble in 1792 and only cellars remain, looking like ruins.

The King's Pavilion was completed in 1792, just before his death. The pavilion took the place of former Brahelund estate in the extension of the park. It had been built by Olof Templeman and decorated by Louis Masreliez. The King cooperated closely to the design, and wrote himself many notes on the drawings.
The pavilion is still perfectly preserved and furnished, as a national treasury. It has been refurbished in the mid of 19th century and again in 1948, with in mind the challenge of restoring perfectly the design of 1792.

Tents in copper (Koppartälten) , the temple of Echo , a Turkish and a Chinese pavilions, all built from 1786 to 1790, also stand in the park.

The Queen's pavilion, built in 1802-1804, where guests of the Government are accommodated, is therefore called "Haga Slott". Don't mistake with Haga Slott , a luxury hotel near Enköping, in a castle of XVIIth century, also called Haga.

On the site of the University of Nice, draw by Louis-Jean Desprez of the project of obelisk

In the grounds of Drottningholm , an Anglo-Chinese park (Kina Slott) contains a main pavilion and some smaller ones. The former Chinese pavilion was built in 1753 as a birthday gift for the queen Lovisa Ulrika (Gustavus III's mother). Ten years later it was replaced by the present building.

One of the surrounding smaller Chinese pavilion is "Confidence" (in French) where royal guests could enjoy dinner out of the view of dumb servants (only dinner ?).

A Turkish tent, in the style of the tents of the Haga, also stand in the park. But I don't know if it is in the main grounds, or in the Kina Slott.

Baldersnäs in the Dalsland, ( 20 kilometres south-east at the east side of Laxsjön), a romantic park.

Forsmark , a city born from iron work, where Samuel af Ugglas, the blast-furnace master, built an elegant manor with an English park including ponds, bridges, a temple and an obelisk.

Godegård another park with serpentine paths created by a blast-furnace master.

The castle of Grönsöö settles in the Enköping area. In the park, a Chinese pavilion had been built in 1786, inspired from the landscape architect William Chambers. It stands on a forepart along the shore of the lake Mälaren.
The park had been modified during the XIXth century and again in 1920. The Chinese Pavilion is still surrounded by an English garden where remains a temple made of iron.

The English park of Löfstad slott , was arranged with grottoes and temple. It seems to be close to Sturefors and could be the eponym park mentioned by Osvald Siren.

Rosersberg , another royal estate, bought in 1762 by Charles XIIIth of Sweden. In the park, grottoes and temples.

Rydboholm a Chinese pavilion in the manor park.

Skärva , a country hall to an admiral, who arranged a romantic garden in 1786 decorated with dedicated urns and a temple of goddess Diana, in the fashion of the  Leasowes.

Stora Nyckelviken , in the park of late XVIIIth century, now a local museum, a pavilion had been arranged in 1750, reportedly said to have been in Chinese style. Now it looks vernacular .

Tyresö , a castle among grounds including a garden designed in 1767 by Frederik Magnus Piper, a foreplay to the Haga.

Vällinge , a park designed at the corner of 1800 by Fredrik Magnus Piper. It's featured with an hermitage, similar to the philosopher's cabin in Ermenonville.

Pages about Anglo-Chinese gardens The Désert de Retz Ermenonville Méréville Bagatelle Other famous Anglo-Chinese gardens in France Anglo-Chinese gardens of France parcelled out The Folie Saint-James The Chinese pavilion of Cassan The Nymphaeum of Chatou Country corner The Garenne-Lemot Some gardens of Sweden Some gardens of other European countries

Kindest acknowledgments to the Curator of the Haga, for his extensive documentation
and to Kirk Johnson, contributor to Suite101, for his kind corrections to this English translation.