Almnäs slott is a château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 in the province of Västergötland

Västergötland

', English exonym: West Gothland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....

, South-West Sweden

Sweden

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, 5 km south of the town of Hjo

Hjo

Hjo is a locality and the seat of Hjo Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden It had 6,075 inhabitants in 2005.Hjo comes from the word Hīun or Hīwun meaning family or household.-History:...

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The mansion was built in 1773-1776 by the General Wolter Reinhold Stackelberg. It is situated at a cove of a lake and is surrounded by notable park.

Later the property belonged to the families Sparre, Bielke, Horn, Ehrensten and others. It was purchased in 1859 by Gustaf Sparre, first speaker

Speaker (politics)

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 at the Swedish Parliament

Parliament of Sweden

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, and in 1898 by Baroness Marika Dickson from Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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. Almnäs is not open to the public.