Ängeltofta, Manor house in Ängelholm Municipality, Sweden
Ängeltofta is a manor house in Ängelholm Municipality that displays typical Swedish country estate architecture. The property includes the main building along with surrounding structures that once supported the operations of the estate.
Ängeltofta was held in the 17th and 18th centuries by members of the Kruse, Pahl and Frölich families, and from 1784 by the Stjernswärd family. Carl Georg Stiernswärd made it one of Sweden's best-run estates through new cultivation and new buildings. It was sold to Karl XIV Johan in 1819 and to Carl Hahne and Johan Ödmansson in 1844; Ödmansson became sole owner in 1855. From the early 20th century the owner was AB Jersey ladugårdar, and after further changes Karin and Thor Bergholtz took over; the farm is now owned by their son Nils-Olof Bergholtz.
The name Ängeltofta combines the Swedish words for "angel" and "croft", and the estate also gives its name to the surrounding village in Barkåkra parish. Ownership passed through the Kruse, Pahl, Frölich and Stjernswärd families before 1784, and since the 20th century it has stayed with the Bergholtz family, now Nils-Olof Bergholtz.
Ängeltofta is a privately owned working estate, so the grounds and the 1844–1849 main building are not open to the public as a museum. The manor lies in Barkåkra socken within Ängelholm Municipality, near the village of Ängeltofta; visitors see the long front-gabled house from the surrounding roads. Anyone hoping to enter should contact the estate in advance rather than expect regular opening hours.
The main building is a long house with a frontispiece, built in 1844–1849, after Karl XIV Johan had sold the estate in 1844 to Carl Hahne and Johan Ödmansson. From the early 20th century the owner was AB Jersey ladugårdar, a dairy company. The estate has belonged to the Bergholtz family since 1953.
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