Ekebyholm is a castle-like mansion and a former manor located by Lake Syningen in Rimbo parish in
Norrtälje Municipality
Norrtälje Municipality (''Norrtälje kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.
It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County and was created in 19 ...
in
Stockholm county
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...
, Sweden. In 1932, the Adventist school purchased Ekebyholm. Presently Ekebyholmsskolan is located on site.
History
Ekebyholm in Rimbo (currently a part of Norrtälje) was attached with the estate of Mörby, owned by the Pomeranian-originated family of Slaveka.
Bengt Gabrielson (Oxenstierna) af Mörby (d. 1591) acquired the estates of Mörby and Ekebyholm which were separated with Mörby passing to his elder son
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, 1st Count of Korsholma and Vaasa, Finnish: ''Gabriel Pentinpoika Oxenstierna'', (18 March 1586 at Lindholmen Castle, Västergötland – 12 December 1656 at Edsberg Manor, Sollentuna) was a ...
(1586–1656) and Ekebyholm passing to the youngest, posthumous son
Bengt Bengtson Oxenstierna
Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö, Baron of Eka and Lindö (1591 at Frösvik near Rydbo – 1643 in Riga, Swedish Livonia), in non-contemporary sources sometimes referred to as Resare-Bengt ''("Bengt the Traveller")'', was a Swedish d ...
(1591–1643) who first had the manor built at Ekebyholm.
List of owners
* Johannes Claussen Slaveka af Steninge and Mörby (d. 1485)
* Mereta Johansdotter Slaveka (d. 1532) and her husband Bengt Kristiernson (Oxenstierna) (d. 1495)
* Kristiern Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) (executed on 8 November 1520)
* Baron Gabriel Kristiernsson (Oxenstierna) (c. 1508–1585)
* Baron Bengt Gabrielson (Oxenstierna) af Mörby (c. 1550–1591)
* Baron Bengt Bengtson (Oxenstierna) (1591–1643) and his wife Margareta Brahe (1559–1638) had a manor built at Ekebyholm
* Baroness Sigrid Bengtsdotter (Oxenstierna) (1590–1644) and her husband, baron Claes Horn (1587–1651)
* Field Marshal, baron Bengt Claesson Horn (1623–1678)
* Brigadier, baron Christer Horn (c. 1655–1740) and his siblings
* Count
Arvid Horn
Count Arvid Bernhard Horn af Ekebyholm (6 April 166418 April 1742) was a Swedish general, diplomat and politician, a member of the noble Horn family. He served twice as President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1719 and 1720–1738) ...
, Premier of Sweden (1664–1742), purchased the estate in 1724
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* Count Adam Horn (1717–1778) and his siblings
* Katriina Ebba Horn (1720–1781) purchased Ekebyholm in 1746
* Count Gustaf Adolf Horn af Åminne (1721–1793)
* Count Gustaf Adolf Horn (1754–1816) and his brother count Klaus Gustafsson Horn (1755–1823)
* Baron Karl Gabriel (Oxenstierna) acquired Ekebyholm in 1828
Gallery
File:Ekebyholm 120303f.JPG, Library in the park.
File:Ekebyhov Kungsrummet 1967.jpg, King's room.
File:Ekebyholm 120303b.JPG, Northeast wing.
File:Ekebyholms slott vykort.jpg, Ekebyholm Castle 1940s–1950s
See also
*
List of castles in Sweden
This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden.
In the Swedish language the word '' slott'' is used for both castles, châteaus and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortresses.
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References
External links
Ekebyholmsskolan website Buildings and structures in Stockholm County
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