The lounges

THE KREMLIN LOUNGE
From the working room you enter into this room, which is a copy of one of the rooms in the Russian Kremlin. The vaulted ceiling is painted with gold leaves that give off a striking resemblance to the Kremlin. The panels here are made of fine Birchwood as is the original furniture, the windowsills, and radiator covering. This was his master's smoking room. Here, cigars were puffed and cognac was sipped while the women were hand escorted to the Yellow lounge, which is located parallel to the Kremlin Lounge.

The Kremlin is a city within the city of Moscow, and is surrounded by a wall. Many of the Czar's palaces and churches were located here. After an evening in one of the castle's belonging to the last Russian Czar, Littorin became so enamored with one of the rooms that he decided to build a similar room at his home in Sweden.

The large open fireplace in the Kremlin Lounge is composed of green marble from Kolmården.

THE YELLOW LOUNGE
This is the most feminine room in the castle. The yellow wallpaper, made in France, is inlayed in a rich, decorative paneling that is painted white. The furniture, designed by Boberg, was specially created for the room and matches the panel decorations. The furniture was crafted at the NK furniture factory in Nyköping. On the ceiling hangs a gilded chandelier with crystal prisms. Take notice of the beautiful serving set, that was a wedding gift to Maria and Knut-Henrik from a Russian nobleman (dated 1880).

The furniture's decorations completely match the panel décor and all are painted in ivory white.

MUSIC HALL
Behind the Yellow Lounge is the room where all larger festivities and banquettes were held. This hall is clad in beautiful green marble from Kolmården. Here stood the original grand piano and the beautiful marble table, which have now been moved to the yellow lounge.

THE FLOWER ROOM
The Flower Room or gallery, as it actually should be called has floors and walls clad in a light green fitted marble. The frescos between the archways are signed, Brandberg, 1914. We now go up to the second level, the family's bedroom floor. The first thing we notice is the enormous billiard table. It weighs an unbelievable two tons. Put a hand down one of the holes and you will feel that it is composed entirely of a single 10cm thick piece of marble.

Straight ahead you will find Littorin's bedroom and a small working room with most of the original furniture left inside. Today, it is on of our suites.

In the eastern wing, Lady Littorin had her own three room apartment, bedroom, and two adjoining social lounges. Between Mr. and Mrs. Littorin's bedrooms you will find a 60 square meter bathroom that is completely covered in marble. Naturally, it isn't missing a balcony. Even more fascinating are the showers, enormous bath tub, and running warm water. This is definitely not to be taken for granted because in those days the local farmers of the region pumped water by hand and warmed it on a wood burning stove. Today this room is also one of our suites.

Some of the rooms on the bedroom floor have beautifully decorated,white stand alone tile ovens

The lady´s balcony with a view over the beautiful park has decoratively sculped columns carved out of limestone

On the third floor you will find the guest room with the original gymnasium from 1914 situated in the middle.


THE RUSSIAN ROOM
This room is the most recent to be renovates on this floor. It was created by chance. In the attic a pair of Russian bed gables was found, probably from a bed that Littorin took home from Russia or possibly had made in true Russian style. Together with mahogany furniture from Littorin's home in Moscow, this room gives off a special charm.

This is the castle in short. To tie things up, it can be mention that Littorin lived here until his death in 1939 and his oldest son inherited the castle. His son's wild life led to the eventual selling of the castle and the acquired estates. The city council that bought the castle, made it into a school. In 1980, there was a change in ownership. The expected buyer was the Swedish ministry of criminal justice, who wanted to make a jail out of the building. Instead, GDG (then Swebus) bought Bjertorp and made it into a hotel and restaurant. In 1994 Swebus wanted to focus more on their core business and we received the opportunity to take over operations and acquired the entire property in 1996.

Only the best was good enough for Littorin. This attitude is left here today, but now instead, we say that only the best is good enough for our guests.

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