Ekebyhov Castle, Ekerö, Sweden

The estate of Ekebyhov was created by Klas Horn (1583-1632) in the 1620s by merging farms Ekeby, Hovgården and Gällsta. Horn built a stone castle on three floors, which now no longer exists. The existing palace is a wooden two-storey building built in the 1670s, when Field Marshal Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel acquired Ekebyhov. Wrangel's death in 1676 halted the construction and it was resumed in 1701, when Baron Eric Lovisin had bought the estate.

After several ownership changes during the second half of the 1700s, Ekebyhov became as a residence of Albrecht Ihre in 1790. His son's grandson, Captain Bengt Ihre Johan Albrecht (1867-1956) built a nursery at the castle, planted with 400,000 trees, and seemed to increase fruit production in Sweden and Finland.

The Ekebyhov was owned by the family Ihre until 1980 and castle park with a wide variation of fruit trees has descended from Johan Ihre time. Today the castle is used as municipal conference center and cultural activities in association management.

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Niranjanan Kalaichelvan (10 months ago)
Charming castle with delightful Cafe serving moderately priced pastries, food and coffee between 12 to 4 pm. Beautiful gardens and nice little forest to wall around.

Alessandro Antonio Santamaro (13 months ago)
Nice palace, good coffee but only 1 vegan option, also gluten free available.

Nina Alexieva (2 years ago)
Wonderful place to visit. Old wooden building with history. There is a library which is equipped for seminars. The restaurant/ fika place is very bright, all was so tasty. Highly recommend. Especially in the autumn ? the leaves are so beautiful.

Marta Nastaj (2 years ago)
A very nice experience on a sunny day. An old mansion house with an orchard and a coffee shop. It's so nice to sit outside and look at the green areas.

St J (3 years ago)
Not really a castle more like a very old building. There is a café inside, when we went inside nobody greeted us. The waiters seemed disinterested and not welcoming. That’s why we left.

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