For this season, we photographed some new styles from AW25 in the Gathenhielm house, located on Stigbergstorget. It is one of Gothenburg’s five oldest secular buildings, constructed in a Carolean or late Baroque style with a hipped roof and timber framing clad in grey-painted wood, giving it the appearance of a stone house. It is also Gothenburg’s only preserved grand wooden townhouse from the mid-18th century and is part of the Gathenhielm Cultural Reserve. The building houses a 160-square-meter residence. The house is named after Lars Gathenhielm, a commander in the Swedish Navy.

In 1717, Lars Gathenhielm was granted the land by King Charles XII, in recognition of his success as the”King’s privateer.” After his death on April 25, 1718, the property was purchased on August 16, 1718, by his widow, Ingela Gathenhielm. When she passed away in 1729, the estate was inherited by their son, Anders Gathenhielm.

A few years later, the land was sold to Convoy Commissioner Johan Busck and his wife, Anna Thalena Gathe. The deed of sale is dated January 22, 1737. Anna Thalena was the sister of Lars Gathenhielm, and it was most likely the Busck couple who built what is now known as the “Gathenhielm House” sometime between 1743 and 1747.