Almnäs Bruk

Almnäs is a very old farm with roots in the Middle Ages. The farm is first mentioned in a cover letter to the Elder Västgötalagen dated August 14th, 1225. It describes how the monks of Alvastra Monastery met with the liege lord and the lawmen in Västergötland to set out the boundaries for part of what later became Almnäs.

From the Middle Ages until 1527, Almnäs belonged to Alvastra Monastery. In 1527, Gustav Vasa implemented the Reformation and Almnäs came to belong to the Crown until 1587 when Margareta Axelsdotter Bielke, through an exchange with King Johan III, brought together 12 homesteads that are essentially Almnäs of today.

Over the centuries, a number of noble families have owned Almnäs, among which the most significant for the farm are Sparre, Posse, Stackelberg and Dickson. Since 1916, Almnäs has been owned by the Berglund family.

The main building was built by Wolther Reinhold Stackelberg probably from 1766 and a number of years onwards. On Almnäs there are also a number of other cultural buildings in the form of farm buildings and homes, built during the 18th and 19th centuries

Almnäs´s; total area is 3,581 hectares, of which 1,985 are forests, 1,031 hectares are fields and pastures, 250 hectares of other land and 315 hectares of water. The entire agriculture is KRAV-certified and the forestry is certified according to FSC® (FSC-C089427) and PEFC® (PEFC/05 32-7/V535). We have about 500 cattle, of which 180 are dairy cows and the rest are young animals.

A warm welcome!