18th century

Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, a colonel, bought the manor of Sæbygaard in 1779.^[1] He turned the farm Falkenhøj into a separate manor in 1787 and in 1790 he also detached another manor which was given the name Frihedslund. When he sold Sæbygaard and instead acquired Sophienberg at Hørsholm, in 1797, he initially kept Frihedslund for a few more years.^[2]

19th century

C. W. Eckersberg:Frederik Hoppe

In around 1800, Falkenskiold sold Frihedslund to Christian, Count Rantzau-Ascheberg, who had recently also acquired nearby Søbygaard. Both estates were shortly thereafter sold to war commissioner general Haagen Christian Astrup. In 1806, Astrup sold the two estates to Frederik Hoppe, who had recently sold Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg. In 1806. he also purchased Løvegård. In 1809, Hoppe sold Frihedslund to A.H. Bachmann. Bachmann's heirs sold the estate to Countess Agnethe Rosencrone who later that same year sold it again.

Harald Rothe

The new owner was major Harald Rothe. He had bought the estates Aggersvold at Jyderup in 1806 and Egholm at Roskilde in 1809 and had that same year been ennobled by letters patent. He was the son of Casper Peter Rothe Edle Cathrine Severine Soelberg of Urup Manior at Horsens. His wife, Wilhelmine Antoinette Fix, was a daughter of the merchant Johan Leonhard Fix.

Harald Rothe's hairs sold the estate to first lieutenant Jacob Vilhelm Saxtorph in 1850. His son, Sylvester Saxtorph, a prominent medical doctor, was born on the estate in 1851.^[3]

20th and 21st centuries

Valdemar Hvist, a son of the wealthy merchant and politician Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt,^[4] purchased Frihedslund in 1859. His widow kept the estate after his death and passed it to their son Daniel Gvidt in 1895.

In 1938, Hvidt's heirs sold Frihedslund to by Børge Strand. He later purchased 55 hectares of land from the owner of Falkenhøj. The estate was in 1965 purchased by Jarlfonden.