Tureholm Castle

Tureholm Castle is a privately owned castle in Trosa Municipality in Sweden. The castle was built in the 18th century, and is a listed building since 1987.

Tureholm is situated on the location of the original castle that belonged to the nobleman Nils Gädda in the 1300s, and hence received its first name, Gäddeholm. In the 1640s, a new castle was built by Erik Dahlberg, commissioned by Sten Nilsson Bielke. The castle burned down during the Russian fires in 1719. Ten years after the Russian fires, Thure Gabriel Bielke began to build the castle again and since then it has looked like it does today, it is also after him that the castle has been named Tureholm.

In Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, one can see the castle that burned down and conclude that the castle we see today is quite similar to what was before, but without a similarly well-maintained park.

The castle came by marriage between Svante Nilsson's (Sture) grandson's daughter Sigrid and Thure Pedersson Bielke (1562) to attend the Bielke family, which then held it until 1916. Since 1935, the castle is owned by the Bonde family and is a private home.

There is a large library and family portrait in the castle. A large collection of weapons from the late 16th century, together with much of the furniture, has however been sold from the castle.

Text adapted from “Tureholm Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tureholm Castle ranks #4,908 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #142 of the 206 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1745, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,357 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 58 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

View on the interactive castle map →

Read the full history on Wikipedia ↗