From Danish royalty to Swedish nobility: the history of Marsvinsholm Castle

Marsvinsholm Castle, situated in Ystad Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden, is a four-storey Dutch Renaissance-style structure. While the estate was known from the 14th century as Bosøe, Borsøe and Bordsyø, the present castle was constructed by Otte Marsvin between 1644 and 1648 after Palle Ulfsted sold the property in 1630. Initially part of the Danish royal crown, it was owned by King Valdemar Atterdag and his daughter, Queen Margrethe.

The castle was renovated thoroughly between 1782 and 1786 by count Erik Ruuth, and in 1856-1857 baron Jules Sjöblad hired Danish architect Ch. F. Zwingmann to restore the castle again. This restoration gave the structure its current Dutch Renaissance-style. The Scanian War in 1675-1679 led to the castle being stripped from its pro-Danish owner Holger Thott by the Swedish crown.

Since then, through inheritance and sale, it belonged to the Swedish families von Königsmarck, de la Gardie, Sjöblad, Ruuth, Piper, Tornerhielm and Wachtmeister. Count Carl Wachtmeister sold the castle and the remaining land to baron Jules Stjernblad in 1854.

The castle was passed down to Stjernblad's daughter, countess Ida Eherensvärd, and was owned by her children until 1910 when they sold it to Johannes Johannesen from Denmark. In 1938, he gave the property to his daughter, Anna Margrethe, and her husband Jørgen Wendelboe-Larsen. In 1978, their son, Erik Wendelboe-Larsen, sold the property to Bengt Iacobaeus, whose son, Tomas Iacobaeus, is the current owner of Marsvinsholm.

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