- Type
- Palace / château
- Built
- 1865 · 19th century
- Coordinates
- 56.0839°, 12.6597°
History
Prince Oscar, later King Oscar II, and his wife Sophia of Nassau bought the Skrabelycke farm on the Sound north of Helsingborg in September 1864, renaming it Sophie-Ro, and in 1865 built a single-storey summer villa with six turrets there. In 1874–1876, when Oscar was already king, the residence was enlarged to two storeys and 35 rooms. In 1905 Oscar II gave Sofiero to his grandson Gustaf Adolf and his bride Margaret of Connaught as a wedding present. The couple laid out its famous gardens, and Gustaf VI Adolf spent his summers at Sofiero until his death in 1973. In accordance with his wishes the palace and park passed to the city of Helsingborg.
What to see
The red-brick palace with pale trim stands at the edge of a park that slopes down to the Sound, looking across to the Danish coast. The main attraction is the park with some 10,000 rhododendron bushes of several hundred species and varieties, in bloom around late May and early June. Exhibitions are held in the palace, there is a restaurant beside it, and concerts take place in the park in summer.
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