Vallen Castle, Château in Våxtorp, Laholm Municipality, Sweden

Vallen Castle stands on an islet in Lake Storsjön at Våxtorp in Laholm Municipality, Halland. The present building, rebuilt after an 1800 fire, has about 40 rooms in Empire style, two storeys and angled wings. A runestone in the castle garden remains undeciphered.

The first known house on the site was built by the knight Peder Laxmand in the 14th century. In 1507 Swedish forces under Åke Hansson Tott took and ravaged Vallen; the following year Henrik Krummedige retook it and added walls, towers and ramparts. The castle burned on 1 April 1800 and was rebuilt in two storeys with wings by Otto Wilhelm Burenskiöld.

The place became known for sock production that supported local families and supplied the Swedish military. This craft tradition shaped how people lived and worked in the region for many generations.

The castle is a private residence on an islet in Storsjön and is not open to visitors; it can be seen from the outside. The grounds belong to Vallens säteri, and the runestone in the castle garden is on private land. Admire the two-storey empire-style main building and its angled wings from the public road.

In the castle garden stands a runestone that scholars have not yet deciphered. The estate also kept its own sock-knitting industry: peasants across Halland knitted stockings that Birgitta Durell sold to the Swedish army, and the family held the contract for about a century until Charlotta Richardy took it over.