 Arms of Mariefred Charterhouse: carving in Gripsholm Castle | |
  Location within Södermanland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Carthusian |
| Established | 1493 |
| Disestablished | 1526 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Jakob Ulvsson, Archbishop of Uppsala Kort Rogge, Bishop of Strängnäs |
| Site | |
| Location | Mariefred, Södermanland County, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°15′31″N 17°13′27″E / 59.25861°N 17.22417°E |
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.
- ^ the Latin name means "Peace of Mary", which in Swedish is "Mariefred"
- ^ apart from three unsuccessful attempts to establish one in Denmark: see List of Carthusian monasteries