{"id":362,"date":"2015-01-08T10:42:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T09:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/showroom.nu\/almnas4\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:38:58","slug":"almnas-historia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/en\/almnas-bruk\/almnas-historia","title":{"rendered":"Almn\u00e4s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1>Almn\u00e4s history<\/h1>\n<h3>The known history of Almn\u00e4s Bruk dates back to August 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 1225. In an appendix to the older V\u00e4stg\u00f6talagen we can learn that on that day the Monks of Alvastra became owners of the Islebo farm (part of Almn\u00e4s).<\/h3>\n<p>In connection with the V\u00e4ster\u00e5s recess in 1527, the farm was transferred to the Crown. In the 1540s, Almn\u00e4s was inhabited by Gustav Vasa&#8217;s bailiff Nils Munck.<\/p>\n<p>In 1586, Margaretha Axeldotter Bielke (married Natt och Dag) became the owner of what we know today as Almn\u00e4s through an exchange of lands in Sm\u00e5land and on \u00d6land with her cousin King Johan III. The Bielke\/Natt och Dag family owned Almn\u00e4s and Kavl\u00e5s simultaneously for two generations. Margaretha and her descendants for four generations owned Almn\u00e4s until 1683.<\/p>\n<p>When Chancellor Ehrensteen died in 1686, three years after he bought Almn\u00e4s, it was his widow, Katarina Wallenstedt, who continued to run the farm until her death in 1719. Their only surviving child Margaretha inherited and her son sold the farm after her mother&#8217;s death in 1722.<\/p>\n<p>From older map descriptions, we know little about what the farm looked like.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/110727-2000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/110727-2000.jpg\" alt=\"Almn\u00e4s karta fr\u00e5n 1680 - Map over Almn\u00e4s from 1680\" width=\"1160\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/110727-2000-300x131.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/110727-2000-1024x448.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.almnas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/110727-2000.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the first part of the 18th century, the farm was owned by Gustaf A. Taube, Karl Fr\u00f6lich and Adam Horn.<\/p>\n<p>In 1748, General and Count Wolter Reinhold Stackelberg became the owner of Almn\u00e4s by exchanging it for the farm Vesterholmen in \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland. He was the builder of the current CdL (Corps de Logiet), which when built was called the \u201cGreat Stone House\u201d. There is no information that any architect designed the house. It is most likely that the person who was the builder also designed the house. A fire insurance report from 1827 states that the house was built \u201cfrom 1766 and several years thereafter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Stackelberg family remained at Almn\u00e4s for three generations until 1826. The first two generations, as previous owners, did not have Almn\u00e4s as their estate. But we know that they were here for part of the year and celebrated three summer weddings at Almn\u00e4s.<\/p>\n<p>In 1829, Count Johan Alexander Artemis Sparre bought Almn\u00e4s for 124,000 riksdaler, his son Count Nils Gustaf Alexander Sparre bought it from his father in 1859 and owned the farm until 1885.<\/p>\n<p>Baron Oscar Dickson from Gothenburg bought the farm for 1 million riksdaler in 1887. He and his widow Marika owned Almn\u00e4s until 1915. It was their daughter Marika and her husband Count G\u00f6sta Posse who lived on the farm during these years.<\/p>\n<p>On October 1, 1915, Bruksfirma Sannfrid Berglund became the owner of Almn\u00e4s. Today, the fourth generation of Berglunds owns and lives on Almn\u00e4s.<\/p>\n<p>The farm we see today is largely similar to the one in the 18th century. It was during the time the Stackelberg, Sparre and Dickson families owned the farm that the buildings we see today were built. Often houses have been built on the foundations of an earlier building, such as the Forge, which was built in 1856 during Sparre&#8217;s time on the foundations of a Forge from the time of Stackelberg, late 18th century. We have put up a small sign on most buildings where you can read a short history of the houses. Almn\u00e4s farm environment is representative of a Swedish manor with barn (1871), forge (1856), granary (1821), slaughterhouse (late 18th century), distillery (1770), stables (1899), saddlery (late 19th century), estate housing (late 19th century), office (1875) and The Manor (1766).<\/p>\n<p>Living farm with organic farming and environmentally certified forestry. We build on old traditions and have resumed the production of cheese (dating back to the 1830s) since 2008. Our ambition is to continue the work that has been done over generations for a vibrant countryside and to take care of the cultural environment that Almn\u00e4s Bruk today represents.<\/p>\n<p>Almn\u00e4s&#8217; total area is 3,581 hectares, of which 2,000 hectares are forests, just over 1,000 hectares are fields and pastures. The rest consists of impediment and lakes, including 240 hectares in V\u00e4ttern.<\/p>\n<p>On a few occasions per year, events are held at Almn\u00e4s, such as Midsummer celebrations, \u201cOpen Farm Day\u201d on August 14th and the Christmas market on the second Advent. Visitors are warmly welcome to wander around the buildings and in the park on these occasions. During the rest of the year, we ask visitors to respect that Almn\u00e4s is not open for visits. 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