Riseberga Abbey

The ruins of the buildings are preserved, and the Amphitheatre of the abbey are presently used as a Sylvan theater.

It was benefited by Birger Brosa and his second consort queen dowager Bridget Haraldsdotter, who made large donations to it: the latter joined the convent after having been widowed in 1202.

In 1212, it was granted all confiscated property of convicted criminals for crimes committed in the area.

Riseberga was located isolated in the wilderness, and both nuns and monks of the community are known to have occasionally lived as hermits in the area around the convent.

By the Swedish Reformation of 1527 and in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden, Catholic convents were confiscated by the crown and banned from accepting new novices, while the existing members were allowed to leave the convent or remain supported by a royal allowance.