Villa Baggås, one of Saltsjöbaden’s most iconic buildings, was popularly known as “Söderberg’s Church.” The villa was built in 1909 based on designs by two of the era’s leading architects, Fritz Ulrich and Edvard Hallquisth, commissioned by Consul General Olof Söderberg. With its monumental location, lavish Art Nouveau architecture, and four-story towers, the villa is clearly visible in the landscape, where it resembles a church building. The magazine Idun presented Villa Baggås in 1916: “One enters a hall with beautiful proportions and gently rounded arches, and the rooms on the ground floor are arranged around it. In the center of the entrance lies the grand salon, which is divided along part of its length by a balustrade, creating a flower room with palm trees closest to the tall windows and a more winter-like section of the large room for socializing. The works of art on the walls are by Hesselbom, O.W. Nilsson, and Thörne; the latter, who is represented by several paintings in the other rooms, drew his motifs from Consul General Söderberg’s estate, Gryt, in Närke.”