Brodda, Manor house in Skurup Municipality, Sweden.
Brodda is a two-story manor house in Slimminge parish, Skurup Municipality, also known as "Borgen". Its pale yellow facade with white trim is symmetrical: a central block with a hipped red-tiled roof and a projecting entrance section framed by four white columns, with a white balustrade above, flanked by two lower flat-roofed wings. Tall white-framed windows are arranged in a regular pattern, and a white stone wall with a lantern post stands in front. The estate also has several farm buildings, training tracks and paddocks for its stud farm.
Brodda is first mentioned in 1443 and was also called "Borgen". The present main building was probably erected in the 1830s, with construction given as between 1820 and 1840. One of its owners was Gustaf Macklean, brother of Rutger Macklean of Svaneholm. In the early 1800s the northern part of the estate was split off to Skönabäck and the farms in Slimminge village were sold.
Brodda is also called "Borgen", and its landholdings once covered nearly all of Slimminge parish, with farmland in the south around Brodda and Slimminge and forest in the north. The estate now houses Brodda stuteri, which breeds trotting horses and is described as the country's oldest trotting stud farm, with roots going back to the 1400s. Horses born here include Naglo, Kentucky Fibber, Steinlager, Yatzy Brodda and Cyber Lane.
Brodda lies 5 km north of Skurup in Skåne. The estate is a working trotting stud farm with training tracks and paddocks, so expect horses and farm traffic. The main building is a private residence; view it from the public road and do not enter the yard.
Brodda stuteri is described as Sweden's oldest trotting stud farm, with roots going back to the 1400s, and it is also one of the country's largest. Stallions active here have included Broadway Hall and the former world record holder S.J.'s Caviar, and the farm keeps around 60 broodmares. Trotters born at Brodda include Naglo, Kentucky Fibber, Steinlager, Yatzy Brodda and Cyber Lane.
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