Silvåkra gård, Manor house in Lund municipality, Sweden.
Silvåkra gård is a two-storey manor house with a pale yellow facade and white trim, built between 1803 and 1807 as a widow's residence for Baroness Sofia Ramel. Its symmetrical front has evenly spaced rectangular windows, a central doorway with white surrounds, and a dark grey hipped roof with a small round window in a central gable. A low clipped hedge and a curving gravel drive cross the grassy grounds.
Silvåkra gård was built between 1803 and 1807 as a widow's residence for Baroness Sofia Ramel, née Beck-Friis, after her father-in-law Hans Ramel left her the estate on his death in 1799. In 1849 Count Robert De la Gardie, later governor of Malmöhus County, bought it. Most of the estate was parcelled out in 1904, and in 1909 Baroness Olga Wrangel von Brehmer, née Lang, acquired it; it passed to her son Hans Jurgen in 1948 and was sold again in 1957 to Axel Gösta von Friesendorff.
The manor represents early 19th-century Swedish architectural traditions and served as home to several notable aristocratic families including the De la Gardie lineage.
The property sits in a rural area with open fields surrounding the buildings, making it straightforward to explore. The location is accessible from nearby towns using local transport, and visitors can walk the grounds at their own pace.
The estate was bought in 1849 by Count Robert De la Gardie, later governor of Malmöhus County. In 1904 most of it was parcelled out, and in 1909 it passed to Baroness Olga Wrangel von Brehmer, née Lang, then to her son Hans Jurgen in 1948. Axel Gösta von Friesendorff bought it in 1957.
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