Sofiero Palace

Sofiero Palace
Sofiero slott
Helsingborg Municipality
Sofiero Palace
Sofiero Palace
Coordinates	56°05′02″N 12°39′35″E / 56.0839°N 12.6597°E / 56.0839; 12.6597
Type	Former royal palace
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1865 (1865)

Sofiero Palace, or just Sofiero (Swedish: "Sofiero slott", or just "Sofiero"), in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, was one of the Swedish royal family's country mansions, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Helsingborg. It was originally a Scanian farm called Skabelycke, bought in 1864 by Prince Oscar of Sweden and his wife Sophia of Nassau.^[1] The first one-story palace was completed in 1865. It was expanded to its current size between 1874 and 1876, after Prince Oscar had been crowned King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway.