Kultaranta Park
Svante & Paul Olsson, 1914–1916
The Kultaranta Park consists of a formal garden, a woodland garden built on rocky terrain, and a naturalistic woodland area. These are surrounded by a historic cultural landscape and the inner archipelago of Southwest Finland.
The park was originally designed in the 1910s by Svante Olsson, Helsinki’s first city gardener and his son, garden architect Paul Olsson. The park was renovated and expanded in the 1960s according to plans by landscape architect Maj-Lis Rosenbröijer.
During the summer season, the Kultaranta garden is open to visitors on Friday evenings from 18.00 to 20.00.
Basic Information
Renovations and Restoration
Protection
The Granite Castle and its Surroundings
Lars Sonck, 1913–1915
The Granite Castle is the main building of Kultaranta and a central landmark, rising at the highest point of the rocky headland. It was completed in 1915 to a design by architect Lars Sonck. The building connects to the surrounding Forest Garden through stone terraces and staircases that blend into the terrain, in a free interpretation of the national romantic ideals of nature.
Basic Information
Protection
Decree on the Protection of State-owned Buildings (480/1985)
Renovations
1919 (Lars Sonck) · 1930 (Gunnar Wahlroos) · 1965 (Sirkka Tarumaa)
Modifications and renovations: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2024
Structure