Waldemarsudde was the home of ‘the artist prince', Prince Eugen (1865-1947), son of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia. Prince Eugen was one of the foremost Scandinavian landscape painters in the late nineteenth century and was an important artistic patron and art collector.
Waldemarsudde in the beautiful parkland setting of Djurgården (formally the King's hunting grounds, overlooks the inlet of Stockholm harbour. The house contains a strong collection of Scandinavian late nineteenth and early twentieth century paintings and sculptures and the garden contains several sculptures by French and Swedish artists, amongst them Auguste Rodin and Carl Milles.