Rössjöholm Castle Explained

Rössjöholm Castle
Native Name:Rössjöholms slott
Location:Ängelholm Municipality
Map Type:Sweden Skåne
Coordinates:56.3136°N 13.0947°W
Map Size:220
Type:Castle
Built:1550s
Open To Public:No

Rössjöholm Castle (Swedish: Rössjöholms slott) is a castle in Ängelholm Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.[1] [2]

Rössjöholm Castle is located by Lake Rössjön ten miles northeast of Ängelholm. The current main building is a simple one-storey house with two wings, erected in 1731. An older fortress was first built there in 1533, and came to be used in the Scanian War, 1675–1679, at the end of which it was demolished by the Swedish forces to prevent the Danish from holding on to it.

The writer Frans G. Bengtsson, famous for the novel The Long Ships (1943), a viking saga adventure, grew up as the son of the caretaker of Rössjöholm Castle, and has told of his childhood in Den lustgård som jag minns (1953) ("Memories of an Eden").[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Stig Edenfur, 1998: Några drag ur Rössjöholms historia, i Ängelholm, en hembygdsbok, pp. 118–127
  2. https://runeberg.org/nfcd/0132.html Rösjöholm
  3. Web site: Biografi . March 27, 2024. Frans G. Bengtsson-sällskapet. sv.