# Skovsbo Manor

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 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).
Some of the land was sold off in lots in 1914.
Skovsby was in 2006 acquired by Jens Belling for circa FKK 66.5 million- In 2020, it was sold to Thomas Kirk Kristiansen.

## Architecture

Built in the Renaissance style, with Dutch gables, 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.

## 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 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