Dining room

 

We move on to the dining room. During those days, the family's private dining room was closer to 70 square meters. The walls in the dining room are decorated in the highest quality Honduran mahogany and Italian leather wallpaper. Glance up at the ceiling and you will find a fantastic stucco creation. Most clever of all, both then and now, is that the stucco was hand crafted from Italy.

The banister up to the floors is impressive. Every detail is carved by hand

Ferdinand Boberg was also furniture designer. The furnishing varies from room to room.

All of the wall fixtures, sidebars, the dinning room table (located today in the board room on the second floor), as well as matching chairs (located in the Kremlin Lounge) are polished and lacquered every seven months. This is done whether they need it or not. Hidden in the stucco at the corner of the room you will find the inscription KM within a double L. This stands for Knut and Maria Littorin. An additional unique detail of the dining room is the lighted ramp. You might think it has a later dating. Also, take note of the interesting lamp in the ceiling as well as the other lamps in this room and around the castle. A large number of them are original. It should also be known that electricity did not arrive to the area, in large part, until the 1930's.

The stucco in the roof of the dining room is very lavish. In every corner you will find the inscription KM, which stands for Knut and Maria Littorin

The orginal armature is well preserved.Take notice of the fancy lighted globes in the ordnamental edge work.

Outside the dining room you will find what we today use as the reception area. During the time of Littorin, it was an 18 square meters room complete with an open fireplace composed of beautiful rose marble. It was used as Mrs. Littorin's writing room. You might think it is quite large to be a room for only writing, but in comparison with her working room, (located on the left, next to the dining room) at 65 square meters, you can understand that equality for the Littorin's was not what it is today. On to the council's work room; this room is clad in mahogany panels with walnut details. The open fireplace is made of black marble and accompanied by a matching marble desk. This large desk originally was located in the corner with the cabinet on the wall. Take notice of the view out toward the gates. If his visitors were not desirable Littorin could quickly disappear out through the back entrance.