Alholm Attractions

This attractive town on the Baltic grew up around Ålholm Castle, which was built in the 12th C.; the west wall is 14th C. About 1330 King Christoffer II mortgaged the castle to a count from Holstein; later he was to be a prisoner in his own castle. In the late 19th C. it was converted to a knight's castle. It has some interesting portraits as well as paintings by the Danish artist Jens Juel.