Hjularöd Castle () is a manor house at
Eslöv Municipality
Eslöv Municipality () is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former ''City of Eslöv'' was amalgamate ...
in
Scania
Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
.
History
The estate was first mentioned in 1391. The main house was built in 1894–1897 for chamberlain Hans Gustaf Toll. French medieval castles, the
château de Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds () is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France.
It is located on the southeast edge of the forest of Compiègne, northeast of Paris, betw ...
in particular, were inspiration for the manor when architects
Isak Gustaf Clason
Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Sweden, Swedish architect.
Biography
Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of ...
(1856 –1930) and
Lars Israel Wahlman (1870–1952) designed it.
The manor has been owned by members of the Bergengren family since 1926 and is not open to the public.
Outside scenes from the 1996 Swedish SVT Christmas Calendar production ''
Mysteriet på Greveholm'' were filmed in the courtyard of the manor.
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, châteaux and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortresses.
A–B
C–E
F–H
I–L
M–P
...
References
External links
Official webpage
Castles in Skåne County
Water castles
Eslöv Municipality
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