Svabesholm, Manor house in Simrishamn Municipality, Sweden
Svabesholm is a manor house in Simrishamn Municipality that combines residential spaces with working farm facilities surrounded by fields in the Österlen region of southeastern Sweden. The property functions as both a place to stay and a venue for cultural and artistic activities.
Jesper Göje assembled Svabesholm between 1618 and 1621 through three land exchanges with the crown, including nine farms in Svineberga where the estate was laid out. The name Svavidsholm appears in 1625, linked to the nobleman Mogens Svave, and in 1688 the property was recorded as a crown farm. From 1676 Svabesholm served as the captain's residence of a Skånska Dragonregementet squadron, a role it held until 1834.
The name Svavidsholm appears in 1625, when the nobleman Mogens Svave held the farm in Mellby. The estate later gave its name to the Svabesholm nature reserve, formed from part of its lands near Stenshuvud. The main building carries the name of Måns Tufvesson, who rebuilt it after the 1902 fire, on its eastern gable.
Svabesholm lies by Stenshuvud in Södra Mellby parish, Simrishamn municipality, with about 130 hectares of fields and forest; part of the land forms the Svabesholm nature reserve. The main building stands on the estate grounds, its entrance reached by steps behind a white picket fence. The west wing, which once held a dairy and staff housing, was restored in spring 2003.
The name Svavidsholm first appears in 1625, when nobleman Mogens Svave was associated with the farm in Mellby. The estate was one of the properties that passed to the Swedish crown through the 1660 Treaty of Copenhagen as compensation for the lost island of Bornholm.
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