Näsbyholm Castle, Manor house in Skurup Municipality, Sweden.
Näsbyholm is a manor house of pale yellow walls and red tiled roofs, built in 1957 after a fire destroyed its predecessor in 1955; an east wing was added in 1994. A central two-storey block with a hipped roof and dormer window is flanked by single-storey wings, with the entrance door reached by steps beneath a small balcony. A separate yellow wing with rows of small windows stands slightly back to the right, behind a low wall and red fence.
A fortified castle existed at Näsbyholm from the 14th century, when Scania belonged to Denmark; it was owned by the Galen family and then by the archbishops of Lund from 1410 to 1576. After the Reformation it passed to the crown and was granted to the Bille and later Beck families. The old castle was demolished in 1865, its replacement burned in 1955, and the present manor house was built in 1957, with an east wing added in 1994.
The estate has belonged to the Blixen-Finecke lineage since 1756, when Margareta von Finecke, wife of Baron Conrad von Blixen, inherited it; Baron Dick von Blixen-Finecke has owned it since 1950. The family's current fideicommiss covers about two thousand hectares. Writer Karen Blixen's cousin Bror, born here in 1886, later married into the Dinesen circle, and the Dinesen family were frequent guests at Näsbyholm.
Näsbyholm lies about 4 km west of Skurup in Skurup Municipality, Scania. The estate is private property held by the von Blixen-Finecke family, so the grounds and buildings are not open to the public; the approach is by rural road and the house is seen from outside.
The estate has belonged to the von Blixen-Finecke family since Christian Henrik von Finecke acquired it by marriage in 1744; his daughter Margareta and her husband Baron Conrad von Blixen founded the line that still owns it, with Baron Dick von Blixen-Finecke at the head since 1950. The family trust today covers some two thousand hectares of land.
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