Ölsboda Manor

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Ölsboda Manor
Ölsboda-herrgård.JPG
General information
Town or cityÖlsboda
CountrySweden
Completed1828
Design and construction
ArchitectFredrik Blom

Ölsboda Manor (Swedish: Ölsboda herrgård) is a manor house and former noble residence at Ölsboda, Degerfors in the Swedish county of Örebro.[1] The manor was built in the 19th century. Ölsboda Manor is Degerfors Municipality's only protected historic building.[2] The property is strongly associated with the Swedish noble family Strokirk.[3]

Architecture[]

Ölsboda Manor was built in the late 1820s by Jeppe Strokirk and architect Fredrik Blom. The manor house's vestibule was inspired by the Rosendal Palace,[2] and the manor house was completed in 1828.[4]

History[]

17th century[]

In the 1660s, an ironwork was established on the Lake Ölen[5] by mayor Anders Sten.

18th century[]

In 1772, the properties surrounding what is today Ölsboda Manor was bought by Elias Strokirk.[6] He had a manor house built at this location. The house paneling and was painted red. It was not until the 1820s, that construction brok ground for the current manor house.

The quay at Lake Ölen, close to Ölsboda Manor, was built by Russian prisoners of war.[7]

19th century[]

Jeppe Strokirk inherited the property in 1811 and had a new building built.

In the 1820s, construction broke ground for Ölsboda Manor and the building was completed in 1828.

20th century[]

In the 1920s, Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf wrote parts of her book The Löwensköld Ring at Ölsboda Manor.[8]

In 1936, Ölsboda Manor was acquired by a descendant of Jeppe Strokirk, Countess Ebba Hamilton, née Mörner.[9]

21st century[]

In 2002, Ölsboda Manor became Degerfors Municipality's first listed building.[10]

Ölsboda Manor is private property as of today, and is not open to the public.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ölsboda Herrgård". blank (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Ölsboda herrgård". www.lansstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ Sjöberg, Ursula (1994). Carl Christoffer Gjörwell 1766-1837: byggnader och inredningar i Sverige och Finland (in Swedish). Stockholmia. ISBN 978-91-7031-048-5.
  4. ^ Carlsson, Gunilla (2001). Tre herrgårdar - en jämförelse mellan Svartå, Ölsboda och Krontorp, Visnum.
  5. ^ "Ölsboda (Degerfors)". Värmländsk industrihistoria (in Swedish). 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ^ Lidman, Hans (2021-06-02). Munkakliv (in Swedish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-87-26-65433-2.
  7. ^ Skrifter utgivna av Kungl. Gustav Adolfs akademien (in Swedish). Almqvist & Wiksell. 1942.
  8. ^ Gustavsson, Anne-Lie (2018-08-18). "Höstupptakt med STF". KT-Kuriren (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  9. ^ "1172 (Örebro läns förvaltning och bebyggelse / II. Närke)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  10. ^ https://www.olm.se/download/18.1166db0f120540fe0498000192757/Rapport+2008-18.+Renovering+av+skorstenar+vid+%C3%96lsboda+herrg%C3%A5rd+2008..pdf

Bibliography[]

Coordinates: 59°10′51″N 14°28′32″E / 59.18096°N 14.47569°E / 59.18096; 14.47569

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