{{Short description|Manor house in Kerteminde Municipality, Denmark}} {{Infobox building | name = Skovsbo Castle | native_name = | image = Skovsbo 2008.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Skovsbo viewed from the south-west | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] | structural_system = | cost = | location = [[Kerteminde Municipality]] | client = [[Erik Hardenberg]] | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location_country = [[Denmark]] | coordinates = {{coord|55|23|35|N|10|37|57|E|display=inline}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = 1572 | completion_date = 1579 | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | url = | references = }} '''Skovsbo Castle''' is a [[manor house]] located 6 km south-west of [[Kerteminde]], [[Funen]], [[Denmark]]. The main building dates from the 1570s and is built in the [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] style.
==History== Skovsbo traces its history back to the 14th century. The castle seen today was built from 1572 to 1579 for privy councillor [[Erik Hardenberg]] (1534-1604).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Skovsbo|title=Skovsbo|language=Danish|publisher=Gyldendal|accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
Some of the land was sold off in lots in 1914.
Skovsby was in 2006 acquired by Jens Belling for circa [[Danish krone|FKK]] 66.5 million- In 2020, it was sold to [[Thomas Kirk Kristiansen]].<ref name="KD">{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/kaempehandel-lego-arving-koeber-gods-paa-fyn/8121101|title=Kæmpehandel: Lego-arving køber gods på Fyn|language=Danish|publisher=[[Ekstra Bladet]]|accessdate=13 May 2020}}</ref>
==Architecture== Built in the [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] style, with [[Dutch gable]]s, Skovsbo consists of two floors over a vaulted basement and an octagonal staircase tower with a spire to the west. An appendix in the south-eastern corner, with a second staircase, dates from the original house while another appendix built to a similar design at the north-eastern corner was added in 1891 by the architect [[August Klein]] (1839-1902).
==Skovsbo Crufifix== Across the road from Skovsbo stands a roadside crucifix which was installed in about 1600 by Anna Rønnow, the wife of Erik Hardenberg, who unlike her husband was a [[Catholic]]. It is the second oldest roadside crucifix in Denmark, second only to the Crucifix of Holy Anders near [[Slagelse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturarv.dk/fortidsminder/om-fortidsminder-og-diger/fredede-fortidsminder/typer/kors-milepaele-vildtbanesten-og-lignende/krucifiks-ved-skovsbo-paa-fyn/|title=Krucifiks ved Skovsbo på Fyn|language=Danish|publisher=Kulturarvsstyrelsen|accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
== Notable people == * [[Agnes Henningsen]] (1868–1962) a Danish writer and an activist for sexual freedom; she was born on the Skovsbo estate where her father was the farmer.
==Skovsbo today== The estate covers 183 hectares of land. It is privately owned and was sold in 2006 for the price of [[Danish krone|DKK]] 66.5 million.
==List of owners== * (1359-1369) Tue Nielsen Bild * (1369-1410) Niels Tuesen Bild * (1410-1450) Tove Andersdatter Hvide gift Bild * (1450-1452) Johanne Nielsdatter Bild gift Lykke * (1452-1458) Peder Lykke * (1458-1480) Niels Lykke * (1480-1541) Joachim Lykke * (1541-1562) Peder Lykke * (1562-1565) Eiler Hardenberg * (1565-1604) Erik Hardenberg * (1604-1609) Anne Eilersdatter Rønnow gift Hardenberg * (1609) Mette Eriksdatter Hardenberg gift Gyldenstierne * (1609-1616) Preben Gyldenstierne * (1616-1629) Mette Eriksdatter Hardenberg gift Gyldenstierne * (1629-1640) Knud Gyldenstierne * (1640-1669) Henrik Gyldenstierne *(1669-1680) Lisbeth Podebusk gift Gyldenstierne * (1680-1689) Erik Lykke / Claus Brockenhuus / Eiler Brockenhuus * (1689-1694) Erik Lykke / Claus Brockenhuus * (1694-1701) Erik Lykke * (1701-1705) Øllegaard Sehested gift (1) Lykke (2) Rosenkrantz * (1705-1736) Christian Rosenkrantz * (1736-1767) Frederikke Louise Krag gift Rosenkrantz * (1767-1769) Hans Berg * (1769-1803) Olave Marie Lange gift Berg * (1803-1824) Jens Magnus Berg * (1824-1844) Johanne Francisca von Westen gift Berg * (1844-1851) Christian von Westen Berg * (1851-1853) Enke Fru von Westen Berg * (1853-1865) F. C. G. Busck * (1865-1874) Frederik Ludvig Vilhelm lensgreve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig * (1874-1912) Julius Ludvig greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille * (1912-1914) Jessie baronesse Bille-Brahe gift Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille * (1914) Udstykningsforening For Sjælland Og Fyns Stifter * (1914) P. Christensen * (1914-1915) Mejeriejer Jensen * (1915-1916) Mads Larsen * (1916-1923) K. Brandt * (1923-1946) Kai Gustav Hamann * (1946-1972) Aage Johannes Fast * (1972-2006) Per Haustrup Normann * (2006-2020) Jens Belling * (2020-present) [[Thomas Kirk Kristiansen]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Rxternal links== * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/909256.pdf Berg family]
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