Palace & château
Viderup Castle
🇸🇪 Sweden · 17th century
Viderup Castle (Swedish: Viderups slott) is a manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden. The main building has two floors together with two one-storey wings, surrounds a courtyard that is open to the north.
Viderup manor (former spelling Hviderup) was built in Renaissance style during the early 17th century by Anne Brahe (1576-1635), widow of Steen Maltesen Sehested (1553-1611), Danish Marshal of the Realm (rigsmarsk) and commander of Froste Herred in Scania.
Text adapted from “Viderup Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Viderup Castle ranks #4,889 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #141 of the 206 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1623, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Malmö, 28 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Viderup Castle?
Viderup Castle stands in Sweden, at 55.7775°, 13.2875°.
When was Viderup Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1623. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Viderup Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,889 of 8,134 worldwide, and #141 in Sweden. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Viderup Castle?
Svenstorp Castle, about 2 km away.
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