{{short description|Noble family of Swedish origin}} {{refimprove|date=June 2024}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=sv|date=June 2024}} [[File:Trolle coat of arms.jpg|alt=|thumb|Coat of arms of the Trolle family]] The '''House of Trolle''' is the name of a noble family, originally from [[Sweden]]. The family has produced prominent people in the histories of Sweden and [[Denmark]] (where it is sometimes spelled {{lang|da|Trold}}) since the [[Middle Ages]] and is associated with several estates in both countries.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Trolle ''Trolle'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref><ref>[https://runeberg.org/nfci/0436.html ''Trolle'' (Nordisk familjebok)]</ref>
==Family history== [[File:Trollenäs slott.jpg|right|thumb|[[Trollenäs Castle]] in [[Eslöv]]]] [[File:Trolleholms slott.JPG|right|thumb|[[Trolleholm Castle]] in [[Svalöv]]]] Historically attested male-line family members are known as far back as the 14th century. The earliest was the knight Birger Knutsson, also known as ''Birghe Trulle''. The earliest known generations held the estate of Bo in [[Småland]], Sweden. Birger Trolle, High Councillor of Sweden, inherited [[Bergkvara, Växjö|Bergkvara castle]] from his half-brother Håkan Karlsson.<ref>[https://runeberg.org/sbh/#toct ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. 1906)]</ref>
[[Arvid Birgersson]] and [[Eric Arvidsson]] were among mightiest in the country and both almost became Regents of Sweden in their time, in competition against the [[Sture|Sture family]]. [[Gustav Trolle]] was [[Archbishop of Uppsala]]. The original Swedish line of the family died out in the late 16th century.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Trolle/svensk_uradelsslekt ''Trolle – svensk uradelsslekt'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref>
Eric's younger half-brother Joachim (d 1546) inherited Lilloe in [[Skåne]] from his mother and settled in Denmark. The Danish family line continued through his relations, becoming an important house of high nobility. One of his sons was Danish admiral [[Herluf Trolle]] and one of great-grandsons, [[Niels Trolle]] (''Nils Trolle til Trollesholm og Gavnø''), was [[Governor-general of Norway|Statholder of Norway]].<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Trolle/dansk_slekt ''Trolle – dansk slekt'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref>
Sweden again had a branch of the family when Niels Trolle's son Arvid Nielsen Trold, Lord of [[Trollenäs Castle]], swore loyalty to Sweden (and was in 1689 given a seat among Sweden's nobility) after Skåne, his native land, had become a permanent part of Sweden. The head of the House received in 1816 by primogeniture the hereditary title of baron in Sweden for the House. All currently extant branches of the House of Trolle descend from him; the remaining Danish branches having died out in 1787.
==Coat of arms== [[Image:Trollesköld-1.jpg|right|thumb|300 px|Trolle family coat of arms]]
==Prominent family members== ;Denmark *[[Herluf Trolle]] (1516–1565), Danish naval hero * [[Niels Trolle]], vice admiral * [[Mette Trolle]]
;Sweden *[[Erik Trolle|Eric Trolle]] (c. 1460–1530), Swedish Lord High Constable *[[Gustav Trolle]] (1488–1535), [[Archbishop of Uppsala]] *Frederik Trolle (1693-1770) Owner of Trolleholms Castle *Nils Axel Arvid Carlsson Trolle (1859-1930), Baron of Trollenäs Castle *Ulf Trolle Managing Director of Trollenäs Gods AB
==See also== *[[Trolleholm Castle]] *[[Trolle-Ljungby Castle]] *[[Trollenäs Castle]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.trollenas.com/ Trollenäs Castle official website]
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