 Vik Castle was the birthplace of Svante Arrhenius, winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.In 1973 and 1974, the castle's interiors were used for recording "Antik Musik På Wik" ('Old Music from Wik'), an album of medieval and Renaissance music performed by the Swedish period music ensemble Joculatores Upsalienses.The album was published by Swedish record label BIS in 1974.