Lindholmen Castle

[1][2] Lindholmen became an important fortification in the defence of Scania during the Middle Ages because of its strong encircling defensive walls and double moats.

In 1395, Queen Margaret I of Denmark used the castle as a location to conduct peace negotiations with the deposed king of Sweden, Albrecht von Mecklenburg (c. 1338–1412) who had been forced to give up the Swedish throne in her favor.

The meeting at Lindholmen to determine Albrecht’s fate lasted 16 days and was attended by so many participants that tents had to be erected on the castle grounds to accommodate them.

King Charles X Gustav (1622–1660), gave Lindholmen estate, along with Börringe Abbey, to his illegitimate son Gustaf Carlson (1647–1708).

In 1723, Lindholmen and Börringe Abbey were bought by Erasmus Clefwe and in 1827 the joined estates were divided into smaller portions and sold off.