Valåsen Manor (Swedish: Valåsens herrgård, Swedish pronunciation: [vɑːloːseːn])[check vowel length] is a manor house at Valåsen och Labbsand by Valåsen Ironworks. The manor is located in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. The current-standing manor house was built in the 18th century,[1] but the history of the property is older. Valåsen Manor is one of Karlskoga's major historical buildings.
| Valåsen Manor | |
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Valåsens herrgård | |
 Entrance of Valåsen Manor | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Manor house |
| Address | Valåsens Herrgård 200 |
| Town or city | Valåsen och Labbsand, Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County |
| Country | Sweden |
| Construction started | 18th century |
| Website | |
| Valasensherrgard.se | |
The manor is associated with several Swedish writers including Selma Lagerlöf, Hjalmar Bergman, Erik Gustaf Geijer and Sven Stolpe.[2]
Geography
editValåsen Manor is near the course of the River Valån, east of Lake Möckeln, uphill on a sloping site. It is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen and Lake Angsjön, to the east.
History
editValåsen Works was acquired in the 1630s by Gerhard Ysing from Arvid Bengtsson.[3] Valåsen was passed to Ysing's heir, Johan Ysing.
In 1779, the manor was acquired by nobleman Bengt von Hofsten.[4] 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.
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.[5]
Swedish reform pedagogue Anna Whitlock was employed as governess by Ironmaster von Hofsten at Valåsen Manor.[6]
In the 1880s, the owner had gone bankrupt and was therefore forced to auction the property.[7]
20th century
editC. J. Yngström resided in the manor at the beginning of the 20th century.[8] It was then purchased by Ironmaster Ernst Kjellberg. He settled in the manor in 1913.[9]
In the mid 20th century, the manor was acquired by Sven Stolpe and Karin von Euler-Chelpin.[10] They resided at the manor,[11][12] 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.[13][14]
Cultural depictions
editIn 1925, Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf published novel Charlotte Löwensköld, in which she depicted Valåsen Manor.[15][16][17][2]: 3m43s
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Valåsen, Karlskoga". www.adolfssons.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Värmländska Radioarkivet: Kvällsbesök Hos Sven Stolpe 1957". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ Karlsson, p. 1.
- ^ Karlsson, p. 3.
- ^ "Personakt för Hugo Olof von Hofsten, Född 1865". leon.amaroq.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Huveröd, Susel Hedström (1989). Kvinnor som murbräckor: idéhistoriska strövtåg med Ellen Key som referenspunkt (in Swedish). Carlssons. ISBN 978-91-7798-249-4.
- ^ "Stor fastighetsauktion". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 20 April 1882 – via adolfsson.se.
- ^ "Stort bruksköp". Värmlands Dagblad. 31 January 1906. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "103 (Hvar 8 dag / Årg. 17 (1915/1916))". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2021 – via Project Runeberg.
- ^ "Otrohetsdrama i kultureliten – kärlek, hat och mordförsök". Expressen (in Swedish). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Ekelöf, Maja (1972). Brev: Av Maja Ekelöf & Tony Rosendahl (in Swedish). Raben & Sjögren. ISBN 978-91-29-49196-8.
- ^ Svenska tidskriftsartiklar (in Swedish). Bibliotekstjänst. 1962.
- ^ Stolpe, Sven (1971). Mitt Värmland (in Swedish). Askild & Kärnekull.
- ^ Ambrosiani, Sune (1970). Rig (in Swedish). Föreningen för svensk kulturhistoria.
- ^ Ahlberg, Birgitta; Ahlberg, Birgitta (1963). Vad skall jag se i Värmland och Dalsland (in Swedish). Svenska turistföreningens förlag.
- ^ Ulvenstam, Lars (1955). Den åldrade Selma Lagerlöf: en studie i hennes Löwensköldscykel (in Swedish). Bonniers.
- ^ Matsson, Ragnar (1975). Svenskt 30-tal: krisen och litteraturen (in Swedish). Gidlund. ISBN 978-91-7021-098-3.
Works cited
edit- Karlsson, Håkan. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing – Hammarpatron på Valåsen och Karlskoga sockens förste industriman (PDF) (in Swedish).
Further reading
edit- Andersson, Anita (2012). Valåsens herrgårdspark : en värmländsk bruksträdgårds historia - i Linnerhielms fotspår (in Swedish).
- Stolpe, Sven (1962). Valåsens herrgård [Valåsen Manor] (in Swedish).