Knutstorp Castle

Knutstorp Castle (Swedish: Knutstorps Borg) is a manor house situated in the Svalöv Municipality of Scania, Sweden.

A manor already in the middle of the 14th century, it was owned by the Danish Brahe noble family from the end of the Middle Ages until 1663, after Scania was ceded to Sweden in the treaty of Roskilde. The main building was completed in 1551 by the Danish Royal Privy Councilor Otte Brahe (1518–1571) and his wife Beate Clausdatter Bille (1526–1605). The estate was the birthplace of their children; the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his astronomer sister Sophia Brahe (1556–1643).

The estate was sold in 1771 to the Swedish Count Fredrik Georg Hans Carl Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1720–1792), and has since belonged to members of his family.

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Knutstorp Castle ranks #1,667 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #38 of the 205 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1551, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 718 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,896 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Helsingborg, 27 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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