He has been engaged upon this catalogue work, which comprises no less than 2400 numbers, for more than, twenty years but written inventorics of the huge collection has actually been kept since the period of the founder of the castle. Data and other information about the origin of the various portraits have often been inadequate. The cataloguars have consequently kept in touch with investigators in several parts of the world to gather correct information. and Dr. Strómbom has also undertaken many journeys abroad for that purpose, In the sui mer, when most of the work h; been done, he has sometimes been assisted by foreign tourists knowing their own private collections well, who have visited the castle The interest in the old castle and its rich art treasures, which not only consist of portraits but also of rich collections of old armour and furniture etc, has been very lively in recent years and has particularly shown increase since the great festival held last year to mark the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the castle.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.