Hjuleberg, Castle and manor house in Sweden

Hjuleberg is a manor house in Abilds socken, Falkenberg Municipality, Halland. Its main building was designed by architect student Thorvald Bindesbøll and completed in 1878 in a castle-like Anglo-Norman medieval style with Neo-Gothic elements, after the old corps de logis burned down in 1873.

The first known owner was Katarina, daughter of the Swedish marshal Erik Kettilsson Puke, who held the estate around 1370. Through her daughter it passed to the Axelsson (Thott) family, whose main seat it remained for over 200 years. In 1632 governor Bengt Lilliehöök bought it for 11,419 daler silvermynt and 13 öre; the Lilliehöök family kept it until 1851. After an 1873 fire, Rudolph Puggaard had Thorvald Bindesbøll design the present main building, finished in 1878.

Hjuleberg's owners held the right of patronage over Abild parish from 1658 to 1927, choosing the parish priest and shaping church life. The estate stayed with the Thott family and, through marriage, the Kruse family until 1632, when governor Bengt Lilliehöök bought it for 11,419 daler silvermynt and 13 öre. Since 1907 it has belonged to the Treschow family.

Hjuleberg lies in Abilds parish, about 20 km west of Falkenberg in Halland, and is a private estate still held by the Treschow family, so the grounds are not open to casual visitors. The local history society Abilds hembygdsförening handles guided visits; arrange one in advance rather than arriving unannounced. The 1878 main building is best seen from the public road outside the grounds.

The main building was drawn by Thorvald Bindesbøll, then an architecture student, after the old corps de logis burned down in 1873; it was finished in 1878 in an Anglo-Norman medieval style with Neo-Gothic elements. Bindesbøll later became a celebrated designer, so the manor preserves an early work by him.