Svealand
Örebro County
Örebro Municipality

Göksholm

Göksholm is a medieval Swedish castle located on the southern beach of lake . It is the oldest privately owned building in Sweden that has been continuously inhabited.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: oldest inhabited house in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Goksholm”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stora Mellösa and Lunger.

Village
Photo: Sven Rosborn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality in , , with 776 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 7 km southwest of Göksholm.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km northeast of Göksholm.

Göksholm

Latitude
59.26518° or 59° 15′ 55″ north
Longitude
15.55246° or 15° 33′ 9″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
9FFQ7H82+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 843143560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2711711
Wiki­data ID
Q499427
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Göksholm” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stora Glugge and Engelbrektsholmen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Isola Bella and Dalkärrsholmarna.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Göksholm”. Photo: Erik Dahlbergh, Public domain.