Eric of Pomerania ordered the predecessor fortress in 1434. Frederick I ordered the present castle in 1525, and Albert Jepsen Ravensberg, lord of the fortress, was paid for four years of building in 1530. Christian III added the moat and ramparts from 1537 to 1540. The article calls it the oldest preserved Renaissance castle in the Nordic region, though it also calls it medieval, and it gives no dimensions.
Four large brick corner towers stand at the corners. After a fire in 1870, the western wing was demolished and replaced by a prison in 1876. The article says the castle was restored in 1928, and the prison buildings were demolished in 1933.
The Swedish state owns it, and the National Property Board manages it. It houses the Malmö Art Museum, which moved there in 1937.
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