Sweden · Still standing
Teleborg Castle
Teleborgs slott
Teleborg Castle is a stone castle located in Sweden, shown here on a wooded hill above a curved driveway. The building presents a compact composition of cylindrical and polygonal towers, steep conical and pyramidal roofs, and a raised entrance reached by a broad exterior stair.
Its prime
1900
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1900
What Teleborg Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact castle of pale pink‑grey ashlar blocks with pronounced coursing, dominated by a tall cylindrical tower with a conical roof at the right and multiple steep, copper-clad pyramidal roofs and spires to the left. A wide monumental stone stair leads up to a carved stone entrance portal set into the central block; mullioned and rectangular windows puncture the façades. Low parkland and mature trees sit around the base on a gentle slope; stone balustrades and lampposts frame the approach. The building appears complete and sound.
Its story
The story of Teleborg Castle.
Despite its medieval style, Teleborg Castle was built in 1900 by the architect firm Lindvall & Boklund, as a wedding present from Count Fredrik Bonde af Björnö to his wife Anna Koskull. Seventeen years later both had died, and the castle was used as a girls' school and rental accommodation.
In 1964 the city of Växjö bought the castle and its surrounding park from the Bonde family. Its cluster of cylindrical and polygonal towers under steep conical and pyramidal roofs now stands in the northern Linnaeus University area near Lake Trummen, used mainly as an entertainment, wedding and conference venue, with the nearby university occupying parts of the building.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1900.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Teleborg Castle, including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Teleborg Castle.
The families that held Teleborg Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Bonde
Built for Count Fredrik Bonde af Björnö in 1900; the Bonde family sold it to the city of Växjö in 1964.
From the archive
Teleborg Castle on paper: the measured plan and period views.
The survey plan and photographs below are the ground truth this page's reconstructions are checked against, drawn and photographed while the castle was still a working garrison. Every image is public-domain or openly licensed, with its source named.
Teleborg Castle, a Romantic Town Hall on Lake Trummen, three km from Växjö city. No 14
· Örebro County Museum (via Europeana)
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