Vaxjo, Sweden
Telleborg Castle is a nice place. The room was very cozy with older still clean and tidy. We ate a 2-course menu that was magically good with the accompanying wine package. Their breakfast was great. In the castle park you can walk around and look. The castle has conferences, weddings, castle packages, lunch and dinner, etc.
The different room types
- Single room
- Double room in the castle
- Double room in side building
- Suites
- Tower room
- Pet room
The staff were nice and you were well received. The castle has parking nearby for cars. What many may perceive as a problem is that the rooms in the castle do not have a toilet or shower, but it is in the corridor. This only applies if you live in the castle. There are rooms in detached houses in the area with these possibilities. For us there were no problems. Price wise it was worth the money it cost.
A little history about this place.
The slightly eccentric count Fredrik Bonde af Bjorno had Teleborg Castle built as a gift to his young wife Anna Koskull. The castle was ready for occupancy in 1900 and the expression "What does a Farmer not do for his Koskull" became popular among Vaxjob residents. Only the best was good enough for Fredrik Bonde and he spared nothing to give his betrothed something extra.
Only the best was good enough
Two Scanian architects, Harald Boklund and August Lindvall, were hired by Count Bonde and had to follow his very careful instructions. Granite and brick were brought from Torpa near Vaxjo and from the Västervik region. The country's most skilled plasterers and decorative painters were hired, fireplaces and tiled stoves were transported from Gothenburg and blacksmith work came from Copenhagen. In total, the construction of the castle cost 192,772 kroner and 80 ore - a considerable sum at the time. When the castle was finished, Fredrik and his wife Anna moved in. However, the happiness did not last long. Only nine years later the count died and he was survived for eight years by his wife who died in 1917. The couple was childless and it was the count's nephew Christer who inherited the castle.
He tried to launch Teleborg as a castle boarding house and attracted electric light, beautiful surroundings and ice skating on Lake Trummen. The castle was then rented out for ten years as a boarding school for girls. In 1931 Christer Bonde came back and took possession of the castle for his own account and at the same time laid out a castle park. The son Fredrik Ulf Bonde took over in 1956 and until 1964 the castle was mostly used as a summer residence, hosted by the owner's sister Ulla Bonde. Vaxjo city bought the property in 1964 and today the castle is owned by Videum AB and leased by Runosson & Co.
