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The Lion of Gripsholm Castle is a notable example of a poorly performed taxidermy located in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden. The lion is badly stuffed and is considered to have a comically deformed face. In 1731, the dey of Algiers presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia.
Apr 11, 2011 · The story goes that in 1731 King Frederick I of Sweden received a lion as a gift from the Bey of Algiers, and was so enamored with the beast that when it died he tried to have the beast...
Jan 18, 2022 · Leo the lion was one such gift. No one knows for sure, but he probably came to Sweden in 1731 as a gift to King Frederick I from the the Bey of Algiers. In 1729, the Swedish king had signed a treaty with the Algerian ruler to protect Swedish merchant ships from sea pirates off the coast of Algeria.
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Originally, the (then alive) lion was gifted by the Bey of Algiers to King Frederick I of Sweden in 1731. When it lion died, it was skinned, and the bones were also preserved. The Wittelsbach coat of arms. More than fifty years later, a Swedish taxidermist was commissioned to stuff the animal.
Apr 13, 2024 · Frederick (I) (born April 17, 1676, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—died March 25, 1751, Stockholm) was the first Swedish king to reign (1720–51) during the 18th-century Age of Freedom, a period of parliamentary government. Frederick was the eldest surviving son of the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 26, 2011 · That was just the case for King Frederick I of Sweden in 1731. The lion was a gift, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion. You see the result looks more like a cartoon character than the king of beasts.
In 1731, King Frederick I of Sweden sent his favourite lion, which had died, to a taxidermist, and this is what he received in return. To this day, King Frederik's Lion can be seen at Gripsholm Castle, a former royal residence that is now a museum in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden
