Bellman Day
The tradition continues! On 27 July, Bellman Day will be celebrated with a concert on Slottsholmen, the palace park at Gripsholm.
Carl Ackerfeldt – this year's Bellman – will sing Bellman's ballads in the park on Slottsholmen. There will also be tours of the castle focusing on Carl Michael Bellman and his stays at Gripsholm during the time of King Gustav III.
BELLMAN CONCERT ON SLOTTSHOLMEN
27 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 on the day at the castle entrance and at the Royal Gift Shop.
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.
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Last season, Carl 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. He also works frequently as a troubadour, primarily performing music by Evert Taube and CM Bellman.
Top image: Carl Michael Bellman, painted in 1779 by Per Krafft the Elder. The image has been cropped. Photo: Nationalmuseum
Listen to Bellman's ballads on Slottsholmen and take a Bellman tour of the castle. Photo: Raphael Stecksén
The opera singer Carl Ackerfeldt is also a popular troubadour and ballad singer. Photo: Confidencen