Mariefred Charterhouse
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Mariefred Charterhouse, sometimes referred to as Gripsholm Charterhouse (Swedish: Mariefreds kloster, Latin: Monasterium Pacis Mariae or Pax Mariae[1]), was a Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in the present town of Mariefred in Södermanland, Sweden, to which it gave its name; before the building of the monastery the place was known as Gripsholm. It was the only Carthusian monastery in Scandinavia,[2] and one of the last monasteries established in Sweden before the Reformation.
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Order | Carthusian |
Established | 1493 |
Disestablished | 1526 |
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Founder(s) | Jakob Ulvsson, Archbishop of Uppsala Kort Rogge, Bishop of Strängnäs |
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Location | Mariefred, Södermanland County, Sweden |
Coordinates | 59°15′31″N 17°13′27″E |
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