Innkeeping privileges since 1609
Where historic charm meets modern comfort
The inn houses several restaurants, all of which have their roots in past centuries with inspiration from today's international cuisine. At the inn you will stay cozy in personally decorated rooms or elegant suites. Here, historic charm meets modern comfort.
Gripsholms Värdshus was granted inn privileges in 1609 and since then the doors have been open and is a popular choice for conferences, weekends, weddings and parties in Sörmland.
Please come in.
Dating back to the 15th century
Sweden's oldest värdshus
Gripsholms Värdshus rests on the grounds of a monastery from the 15th century, when the silent monks lived here, making it Sweden's oldest inn. Over the centuries, our visitors have ranged from kings and jesters to farmers and other travelers.
Today, Gripsholms Värdshus is a place for good nights and good dinners. Here, the latest technology has been combined with the historical heritage to offer guests the very best. Gripsholms Värdshus contains some of Sweden's most beautiful rooms for all tastes - royal suites with jacuzzis, romantic, sumptuous double rooms or rustic multi-storey rooms with sloping ceilings and beamed ceilings.
More than just a guest
Good hospitality
For us, it is important that you as a guest feel comfortable and get that little extra when you visit us. We think it's about making you feel like more than just a guest. You should feel like one of the family. That's what we call good hospitality.
At our castles and farms in the endlessly beautiful Sörmland, we take care of you as if you were one of us. Over the years, happy jesters, great royalty, cheerful brides and grooms as well as successful business leaders and politicians have passed through our gates, and our ambition is to always give everyone who knocks on our door the best possible experience with our good hospitality.
Three pearls of Sörmland
Part of Swedish Cultural Heritage
Dufweholm Manor in Katrineholm, Gripsholm Värdshus and Gripsholm Bed & Breakfast in Mariefred, and Södertuna Castle in Gnesta are all known as Swedish Cultural Gems. Throughout the centuries, these places have hosted grand banquets, romantic encounters and significant events, thus writing themselves into Swedish history.
For us, Svenska Kulturpärlor is about more than preserving these ancient environments. It is also about creating new encounters, new stories and new memories - so that our pearls' place in history lives on for future generations.
Jocim Smock
History of Gripsholm Värdshus
At the beginning of the 17th century, Mariefred had no coaching inns, inns or värdshus. Instead, it was the town's burghers who were obliged to provide travelers with room and board. When the visitors belonged to the court, the burghers received no compensation - their hospitality was instead regarded as a form of tax.
But when Charles IX often stayed at Gripsholm Castle, it became costly for the city's burghers to house and feed the court employees. In 1609, the burghers' protests led to change. On February 13, 1609, a letter of privilege was issued to Mariefred's first innkeeper, Jocim Smock from Germany, who had previously run a tavern in Stockholm.
To this day, the Smock Room in the inn bears his name - a reminder of the first in a long line of innkeepers who, over the centuries, have upheld the tradition of good hospitality.
Come in and be part of history.