Villa Lugnet

Villa Lugnet
A tiled stove in blue-white

Villa Lugnet dates back to 1734 and was originally the home of the gardener in charge of Uppsala Castle’s pleasure and kitchen gardens. In 1787, the pleasure garden was donated to the Academy by King Gustav III, and the lease of the kitchen garden was eventually transferred to the Academy’s gardener. Villa Lugnet remained a gardener’s residence until around the mid-19th century, providing accommodation for the Academy’s gardener in the decades around 1800, and for the gardener in the service of the governor of Uppsala County from 1813. Threatened with demolition in the early 1900s, the building was instead converted into the home of the head of the local prison in 1917. In the 1940s, the villa underwent a thorough restoration, and has since been used for a variety of purposes, serving as both a private residence and a study centre. In 2021–22, the building was again carefully restored and incorporated into the campus of SCAS. As of September 2022, it houses offices and a meeting room for SCAS Fellows and visiting research groups.

The fireplace in the meeting room

Photos: Johan Eldrot/Ahrbom & Partner

View from one room into the next. Chairs standing around a table.
Table and chairs in the meeting room