Lindholmen Castle was a Danish fortified castle on the banks of lake Börringe in Svedala Municipality in Scania,

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. The only thing left of the castle is the hill on which the castle was built and a few stones in the ground on top of the hill.

Medieval history

Lindholmen became an important fortification in the defence of Scania during the Middle Ages because of its strong encircling defensive walls and double moats. At the time, a small river and treacherous marshes made the terrain surrounding the castle hard to navigate. Originally a private castle, it was in 1339 turned over to Magnus Eriksson (1316– 1374), king of Norway and of Sweden including Scania. In 1395, Queen

Margaret I of Denmark Margaret I ( da, Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was ruler of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian k ...

used the castle as a location to conduct peace negotiations with the deposed king of Sweden, Albrecht von Mecklenburg (c. 1338–1412) who had been forced to give up the Swedish throne in her favor. The meeting at Lindholmen to determine Albrecht’s fate lasted 16 days and was attended by so many participants that tents had to be erected on the castle grounds to accommodate them. Before the negotiations in 1395, the Swedish king had been held prisoner in Lindholmen Castle for close to seven years. He was captured and taken there following his defeat at the Battle of Falköping (1389). During his imprisonment, the Danish queen was the de facto ruler of Sweden.

Destruction

During the 15th century, the castle's importance waned. It was torn down in the 16th century in order to provide building material for

Malmöhus Castle Malmöhus is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Centrum, Malmö Municipality, Scania County (formerly Malmöhus County Malmöhus County ( sv, Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden 1719–1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged ...

. Under the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, Scania became under Swedish rule. King Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), gave Lindholmen estate, along with Börringe Abbey, to his illegitimate son Gustaf Carlson (1647–1708). During the Reduction of 1680, Lindholmen was returned to crown property and was leased out. In 1723, Lindholmen and Börringe Abbey were bought by Erasmus Clefwe and in 1827 the joined estates were divided into smaller portions and sold off.

References

Other sources

*Linton, Michael (1997) ''Margareta. Nordens drottning 1375–1412'' (Stockholm: Atlantis) *Sundberg, Ulf (1999) ''Medeltidens svenska krig''( Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg) {{Castles in Scania Castles in Skåne County Ruined castles in Sweden Buildings and structures demolished in the 16th century