Valåsen Manor

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Valåsen Manor
Valåsens herrgård.png
General information
Town or cityValåsen och Labbsand
CountrySweden

Valåsen Manor (Swedish: Valåsens herrgård) is a manor house and former noble residence at Valåsen och Labbsand, Karlskoga in the Swedish county of Örebro. The manor was built in the 17th century.[1] Valåsen Manor is one of Karlskoga's major historical buildings. The manor was inhabited for several generations by the von Hofsten family.[2]

History[]

18th century[]

Valåsen in 1743

The manor was acquired in the 17th century by Johan Ysing. Valåsen was passed to Ysing's heirs after his death in 1715.

In 1779, the manor was acquired by nobleman Bengt von Hofsten. There he created an English landscape garden.[1] The manor was then passed to his heirs. For several generations the property was strongly associated with the Swedish noble family von Hofsten.

19th century[]

Bengt von Hofsten died in 1826. The manor was therefore inherited by his son Erland von Hofsten, he resided in the manor for approximately 13 years. The manor was then inherited by his son Bengt Johan von Hofsten in 1839. The last member of the von Hofsten family to reside at Valåsen Manor was painter Hugo Olof von Hofsten, who in 1885 emigrated to the United States.[3]

Swedish reform pedagogue Anna Whitlock was employed as governess by Ironmaster von Hofsten at Valåsen Manor.[4]

In the 1880s, the owner had gone bankrupt and was therefore forced to auction the property.[5]

20th century[]

C. J. Yngström resided in the manor at the beginning of the 20th century.[6] It was then purchased by Ironmaster Ernst Kjellberg. He settled in the manor in 1913.[7]

In 1925, Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf published novel Charlotte Löwensköld, in which she depicted Valåsen Manor.[8][9][10]

In the mid 20th century, the manor was acquired by Sven Stolpe and Karin von Euler-Chelpin.[11] They resided at the manor,[12][13] where they also gave birth to Lisette Schulman. Lisette became renown Swedish journalist Alex Schulman's mother.

Sven Stolpe enjoyed living at Valåsen Manor since he embraced the building's history.[2][14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Valåsen, Karlskoga". www.adolfssons.se. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ a b Stolpe, Sven (1971). Mitt Värmland (in Swedish). Askild & Kärnekull.
  3. ^ "Personakt för Hugo Olof von Hofsten, Född 1865". leon.amaroq.se. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ Huveröd, Susel Hedström (1989). Kvinnor som murbräckor: idéhistoriska strövtåg med Ellen Key som referenspunkt (in Swedish). Carlssons. ISBN 978-91-7798-249-4.
  5. ^ http://www.adolfssons.se/platser/Valasen/Klipp%201882.jpg[bare URL]
  6. ^ "Stort bruksköp". Värmlands Dagblad. 1906-01-31. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ^ "103 (Hvar 8 dag / Årg. 17 (1915/1916))". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  8. ^ turistföreningen, Svenska; Ahlberg, Birgitta (1963). Vad skall jag se i Värmland och Dalsland (in Swedish). Svenska turistföreningens förlag.
  9. ^ Ulvenstam, Lars (1955). Den åldrade Selma Lagerlöf: en studie i hennes Löwensköldscykel (in Swedish). Bonniers.
  10. ^ Matsson, Ragnar (1975). Svenskt 30-tal: krisen och litteraturen (in Swedish). Gidlund. ISBN 978-91-7021-098-3.
  11. ^ "Otrohetsdrama i kultureliten – kärlek, hat och mordförsök". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  12. ^ Ekelöf, Maja (1972). Brev: Av Maja Ekelöf & Tony Rosendahl (in Swedish). Raben & Sjögren. ISBN 978-91-29-49196-8.
  13. ^ Svenska tidskriftsartiklar (in Swedish). Bibliotekstjänst. 1962.
  14. ^ Ambrosiani, Sune (1970). Rig (in Swedish). Föreningen för svensk kulturhistoria.

Coordinates: 59°18′35″N 14°35′11″E / 59.30959°N 14.58632°E / 59.30959; 14.58632

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