Torup Castle ( sv, Torups slott) is a castle in

Svedala Municipality Svedala Municipality (''Svedala kommun'') is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just southeast of Malmö. Its seat is located in the town of Svedala. The present municipality is the result of a series of amalgamations, carrie ...

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skå ...

, in southern Sweden. It is situated approximately east of

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popula ...

. It was constructed by

Görvel Fadersdotter (Sparre) Görvel Fadersdotter (Sparre) (1509 or 1517 – 20 April 1605) was a Swedish noblewoman and county administrator. She was a major landowner in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Early life Görvel Fadersdotter was born on 1509 or 1517, at Hjulsta Ma ...

for her son, after the death of her second spouse, Danish Privy Council Truid Gregersen Ulfstand (1487–1545).

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Franz von Schober, by Leopold Kupelwieser

Castles in Skåne County {{Sweden-castle-stub

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