Makalös (unequalled) was the colloquial name for the grand mansion, or palace, of the Swedish noble family De la Gardie.

Four towers marked the corners of a facade richly decorated with stone masonry and adorned with bay windows and column-supported loggias in Italian style.

At the time of construction, the building's size and architecture stood in stark contrast to the humble surroundings and were unrivalled in Sweden.

Although the mansion was colloquially known as "Makalös", the De la Gardie family referred to it exclusively as Stora huset ("the great house").

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie inherited Makalös, together with the family's extensive properties in Sweden and Finland.