Bellman Day at Gripsholm Castle
The tradition continues! On 26 July, Bellman Day will be celebrated with a concert on Slottsholmen, the palace park at Gripsholm.
Carl Ackerfeldt – opera singer and troubadour – will sing Bellman's ballads in the park Slottsholmen at Gripsholm.
There will also be theme tours of the castle focusing on Carl Michael Bellman and his stays at Gripsholm during the time of King Gustav III. The theme tours are in Swedish.
Later in the evening, there will be a concert with Duo Visklang in Gustav III's theatre, with a new and modern take on Bellman's music.
BELLMAN CONCERT ON SLOTTSHOLMEN
26 July at 14:00
Carl Ackerfeldt performs songs by Bellman. Bring a picnic and enjoy Bellman's ballads in the grounds of Gripsholm Castle.
Price: SEK 100. Concert tickets can be purchased here on the website via the Tickets button. You can also buy tickets the castle entrance.
Slottsholmen is the park closest to the castle.
In the event of rain, the concert will be moved to the Hall of State inside the castle.
duo visklang – concert in the theatre
26 July at 17:00
Gustav III's theatre, Gripsholm Castle.
Duo Visklang presents a reinterpretation of Bellman's songs. Tradition meets the present and takes the audience on a musical journey through well known and forgotten songs.
Opera and concert solo artist Carl Ackerfeldt has performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra as the Christmas soloist at Stockholm Concert Hall, at the Royal Opera's Sweden's National Day concert in Haga Park, as Figaro in The Barber of Seville at Helsingborg Concert Hall, and in a number of performances for The King and Queen. Next, he will be performing in the operetta review Gods and Goddesses at Ystad Theatre, together with Rickard Söderberg and Marianne Mörck. Carl Ackerfeldt also works frequently as a troubadour, primarily performing music by Evert Taube and CM Bellman.
Top image: The opera singer Carl Ackerfeldt is also a popular troubadour and ballad singer. Photo: Markus Garder/Carlackerfeldt.com
Listen to Bellman's ballads on Slottsholmen and take a Bellman tour of the castle. Photo: Raphael Stecksén
The sing and song writer Bellman often stayed at Gripsholms Castle with his patron King Gustav III. Per Krafft's painting from 1779 of Carl Michael Bellman can be seen in the castle's portrait collection. Photo: Nationalmuseum