Gävle Castle
Gävle Castle is a palace in Gävle, Sweden, rebuilt several times since its foundation in 1583. It is the official residence of the County Governor of Gävleborg County.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gävleborg County Museum and Joe Hill museum.
Gävleborg County Museum
Museum
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Gävleborg County Museum is situated 370 metres northeast of Gävle Castle.
Joe Hill museum
Museum
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Joe Hill museum is situated 310 metres east of Gävle Castle.
Länsfängelset, Gävle
Building
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Länsfängelset, Gävle is a building, which is situated 110 metres southwest of Gävle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gävle and Alderholmen.
Gävle
Photo: Tomiwoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gävle is a port on the Baltic Sea in Gävleborg County, the southernmost part of Norrland. In 2020 the city had a population of 79,004. Another 20,000 live in associated small towns.
Hagaström
Suburb
Hagaström is a part of the city of Gävle, situated 5 km west of its centre, Gävle Municipality in east central Sweden. There is a smaller Coop grocery store, it is more commonly known under the name of Konsum. Hagaström is situated 4 km west of Gävle Castle.
Gävle Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: château
- Categories: château, architectural ensemble, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gävle socken, Gävle Heliga Trefaldighet, Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.6721° or 60° 40′ 20″ northLongitude
17.14416° or 17° 8′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9FGVM4CV+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 32642255OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q657782
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Uzbek—“Gävle Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Gävle Slot”
- Finnish: “Gävlen linna”
- German: “Schloss Gävle”
- Low German: “Slott Gävle”
- Macedonian: “Замок Јевле”
- Russian: “Замок Евле”
- Slovenian: “Gävle slott”
- Slovenian: “grad Gävle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Gävle”
- Swedish: “Gävle slott”
- Swedish: “Gävleborgs hus”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Євле (Швеція)”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Євле”
- Uzbek: “Gavle qalʼasi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sveriges Fängelsemuseum and Slottsparken.
Nearby Places
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