Mariefred Charterhouse
Arms of Mariefred Charterhouse: carving in Gripsholm Castle | |
| 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), 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, and one of the last monasteries established in Sweden before the Reformation.