Knutstorp Castle, Castle in Svalöv Municipality, Sweden
Knutstorp Castle is a manor house in Svalöv Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden. The main building, completed in 1551, is a large rectangular block with a steep red tiled roof, pale walls, two rows of four windows, and a central timber-framed entrance porch with a triangular roof. Two wings added in the 19th century were destroyed by fire in 1956, leaving only the main block.
The castle was built in the 1550s by the Danish nobleman Otte Brahe and remained under Danish rule for over a century. The 1658 Treaty of Roskilde transferred the Scania region to Sweden, and the castle passed into Swedish hands along with the rest of the territory.
Knutstorp is widely known as the birthplace of the astronomer Tycho Brahe, born here in 1546. His connection to the estate is remembered locally, and the place still carries that association for many visitors.
Knutstorp lies in Svalöv Municipality in Scania, near Landskrona, not at Kågeröd. The estate is private and still owned by descendants of the Wachtmeister family, so the grounds are not freely open; check access before travelling. The Ring Knutstorp racetrack nearby takes its name from the castle.
The two wings added by architect Carl Georg Brunius for Count Claes Adam Wachtmeister were lost to fire in 1956 and never rebuilt; only the main block remains, so the facade seen today is shorter than the 19th-century design. The Ring Knutstorp racetrack takes its name from the estate.
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