Tomarps kungsgård is a castle in Åstorp Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. Probably erected as a Renaissance building in the mid-16th century, the structure is composed of four two-story-high wings with brick roofs. These wings surround a narrow rectangular yard measuring 7 metres by 9 metres. The central part of the north wing contains the remains of a building from the Middle Ages.
The castle belonged to the Brosterups lineage in the late 15th century and was subsequently transferred to the Gjedde family. When Bornholm was handed over from Sweden to Denmark according to the Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660, the castle was handed over to the Swedish king as compensation, along with 17 other acreages.
Following this acquisition, the castle was used for housing by the lieutenant colonel and later the colonel of the Skånska husarregementet. Today, it is used for art shows, though the shows were planned to stop after the 2013 season.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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