Talk:Gladsaxehus

A fact from Gladsaxehus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 October 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the former manor of Gladsaxehus in Sweden was once bequeathed to become a nunnery of Dominicans, but Queen Margaret preferred it to remain a strategic royal fief?

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Can "Gladsax Castle" be found in any references? It is widely known as Gladsaxehus or Gladsax hus. Hus was often applied to such buildings.--Ipigott (talk) 10:27, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article was moved from Gladsaxehus at my suggestion; we seem to have a tradition on en. of titling such articles Castle (or Palace or Manor) but it can always be moved back if it turns out consensus on this has changed. I haven't looked for English-language sources yet; I don't know whether Dr. Blofeld has. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:15, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that in many cases buildings labeled "slot", "palæ" or even "gaard" are frequently referred to as "manor", "house" or "mansion" in the English literature but here we have a fairly well known historical ruin which is almost always referred to by its original name "Gladsaxehus", just as Hammershus on nearby Bornholm is always referred to as such rather than Hammer Castle (although travel literature sometimes incorrectly refers to it as Hammerhus Castle). Glad to see it's now Gladsaxehus again.--Ipigott (talk) 08:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]