Brokind Castle (''Brokinds slott'') is a manor house situated south of
Linköping
Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
in
Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
,
Sweden
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.
History
Brokind was reportedly originally a village by the name Broo before becoming an estate, which belonged to the
House of Bjelbo
The House of Bjelbo ( sv, Bjälboätten), also known as the House of Folkung (''Folkungaätten''), was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings. It also provided three kings of Norway and o ...
during the Middle Ages. Brokind was originally the site of a fortress with a tower. It belonged to
Bo Jonsson (Grip)
Bo Jonsson (Grip) (early 1330s Р20 August 1386) was head of the royal council and marshal under the regency of Magnus IV of Sweden. Also in the council was his friend and colleague, Karl Ulfsson av Ulv̴sa, eldest son of Saint Birgitta. From ...
in the 14th-century, and then the
Natt och Dag
Natt och Dag (, literally "night and day") is a Swedish noble family and the oldest surviving family of pure Swedish extraction, with origins stretching back at least as far as the late thirteenth century. However, the actual name ''Natt och Dag'' ...
family until 1706. Between 1562 and 1586, it was managed by Baroness
Margareta Grip Margareta Birgersdotter Grip (1538–1586), was a Swedish baroness, writer and landowner. She is known for her writing: she copied letters and documents from the Middle Ages, the originals of which have since been lost, and for her genealogical rese ...
(1538–1586).
From 1706 the estate has been owned by members of the Falkenberg family. The present building was built in 1727–1731 by Anna Maria Falkenberg and replaced the medieval castle that burned down in 1726. Its exterior was changed in 1838 according to the drawings of Abraham Bengtsson Nyström (1789-1849).
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References
Other sources
* Brokind i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1905)
*Lars Cnattingius (1962) ''Abraham Nyström och hans söner – en östgötsk byggmästarfamilj under 1800-talet'' (Stockholms högskola)
External links
Brokinds slott website
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Buildings and structures in Östergötland County