Krapperup Castle ( sv, Krapperups slott) is an estate at
Höganäs Municipality
Höganäs Municipality (''Höganäs kommun'') is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.
The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first ''munic ...
in
Scania
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,
Sweden
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. The foundation Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen has been the owner of Krapperup with its land areas and other properties since 1967.
History
The original castle building was constructed between 1314 and 1353. The builder was a Johannes Jonaesson (in Danish Jens Jenssøn). A rectangular stone house, containing the mayor's residence and banquet hall, was the main building. Around this stone house, farm buildings of various kinds were erected, such as cookhouses and storerooms. Around the middle of the 14th century, the castle began to be fortified with a ring wall, gate tower, moat and drawbridge. New farm buildings of stone, brick and timber were built inside the ring wall.
In the middle of the 16th century, the large rectangular brick main house was built in Renaissance style. In 1667, the Danish noble family
Rantzau sold Krapperup to Swedish Countess
Maria Sofia De la Gardie
Maria Sofia De la Gardie (1627 – 22 August 1694) was a Swedish noble, countess, courtier, banker and industrialist entrepreneur. She is most known for her industrial enterprises, and she has been referred to as the first female grand entrepren ...
(1627–1694). During her time the manor house was rebuilt in Baroque style. Petter Gotthard von Kochen had Krapperup restored in Rococo during the period 1750–60.
In the 19th century, the surrounding area was transformed into an English style garden by owners
Nils and Ellen Gyllenstierna. Their son diplomat
Eric Gyllenstierna af Lundholm (1882–1940) inherited the estate.
See also
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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
Gyllenstiernska Krapperupsstiftelsen website
Other sources
*Ranby, Caroline (2003) ''Krapperup mellan renässans och skiftesreformer'' (Nyhamnsläge: Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen)
*Ullgren Peter (2007) ''Ur Krapperups historia '' (Nyhamnsläge: Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen)
Castles in Skåne County
Buildings and structures completed in 1570
1570 establishments in Sweden
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