The original castle was built 1583-1593 by the Swedish crown.

He started an art collection activity in his own house, with several million Swedish crowns as start capital.

In total there was 45,000 Swedish crowns collected, by more than 20,000 donors, most of whom were workers.

The duchy's foreign affairs were to be within the responsibility of the Swedish crown.

The prize sum is 2 * 150,000 swedish crowns (2011).

Both the chemistry and physics prizes carry an award of about $470,000, or three million Swedish crowns.

It is not known exactly how much the Swedish Crown profited from the reductions.

Despite rumours accusing him for lack of loyalty to the Swedish crown, he remained bishop until his death in 1679.

His talents were eventually recognized and, in 1676, he became director-general of fortifications for the Swedish crown.

The city of Stockholm has funded the 250 million Swedish crowns restoration costs.