Genealogists love to "breath" the air where their forefathers once lived. Most of our ancestors were naturally peasants and only a few of their buildings remain today. But if you are lucky to have some noble origins it is quite an experience to wander around in the castles where your great-grandfathers once lived.
In the much wasted time I have during my lecture tours in Denmark,
Sweden and Norway I am trying to map out all my family's former
possessions (and tacitly plotting to one day recover them!) Until I
succeed in that they are well suited as overnight accommodations on my
tours. This, however, was not quite the opinion of the royal family of
Norway when I knocked at their official residence, Stiftsamtgården in Trondhjem,
built by my children's 11th great-grandfather, Schøller. Then I had
more luck spending the night in our old royal seat, Gjølme, outside
Trondheim.
Here is an overview of my most stately sleeping quarters.....and my family
"claims" to them:
Our 57 castles in Skåne, Halland and Blekinge
Our castles in Slesvig-Holsten (not yet finished)
Our castles in Norge (not yet finished)
Our castles in Sverige (not yet finished)
Our castles in Tyskland (not yet finished)
Our castles in Frankrig (not yet finished)
Our castles in England (not yet finished)
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My historical run acros Denmark to the castle of Kalmar in Sweden - built by our 22. great-grandfather, king Knut Eriksson
