Waldemarsudde

Museum Stockholm, Sweden

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm. The name is composed of Waldemar, an Old German noble male name and udde, which means cloak. It derives from a historical name of the island Djurgården, Valmundsö (see History of Djurgården.) It was the former home of the Swedish prince Eugen, who discovered the place in 1892, when he rented a house for a few days. Seven years later he bought the premises and had a new house built designed by the architect Ferdinand Boberg, who also designed Rosenbad (the Prime Minister's Office and Government Chancellery), and erected in 1903-1904.