Mariefred

Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,121 inhabitants in 2023.

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Settlement.official_name: Mariefred
Settlement.image_skyline: Mariefred2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Mariefred in August 2005 as seen from Gripsholm Castle
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Mariefred.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Mariefred vapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Södermanland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Strängnäs Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2

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Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,121 inhabitants in 2023.

The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery in the city, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary" (the previous name being Gripsholm). It lies roughly 50 kilometres west of Stockholm by Lake Mälaren.