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Prince
Eugene

Sweden • 1865−1947

Biography and information

Eugene Napoleon Nikolaus, Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Närke (1 August 1865 - 17 August 1947), was a Swedish artist, art collector and patron of artists. Prince Eugen bought Waldemarsudde on Djurgarden in Stockholm in 1899 and built a residence there within a few years. After his death at Drottningholm Palace on 17 August 1947, the residence became an art museum and, according to his will, the property of the state.