Vikingsberg is a villa with a surrounding park located in Helsingborg. The first building with the name Vikingsberg on the site was a small timber-framed farm built in 1859 by the Barck family. Later, the land was purchased by the horse master Georg Aminoff, who in 1875 had the main building rebuilt into a magnificent residential house. The architect was Mauritz Frohm, who designed a white-painted classical building inspired by the Petit Trianon in Versailles.
The rear facade faces the Öresund and consists of two wings with a balcony decorated with a balustrade, supported by two columns that form a terrace below. A staircase leads down from this terrace toward the garden. From the terrace, the view reaches the parts of Helsingborg below the citadel and across the Öresund.
In 1924, the city appointed a committee to determine the future of the property, which had been donated to the city in 1912. The building later served as a municipal art museum and a private art gallery, and between 2007 and 2011, it was used as offices for municipal cultural activities. Since then, parts of the premises have been taken over by a preschool.
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Written by Nik Frost
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