Hägerstens gård, Manor house in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden
Hägerstens gård is a manor house whose main building partly consists of two houses moved by water from Fogdön. Its upper-storey central section was likely given greater ceiling height under Johan Henric Peterson after 1812. The facades, originally panelled, were rendered in the late 19th century, and the main building with its wings now holds five apartments.
Hägersten was first recorded in 1432 as a croft called Hæghrasteen, when Hans Kröpelin the Elder exchanged it with Uppsala Cathedral on behalf of Skänninge Abbey. It belonged to Årsta Manor until the estate was divided in 1763, when Claes Arrhén von Kapfelman became the first owner of the detached property.
Carl Michael Bellman's sister Catharina Christina made her home here with her husband Claes Arrhén von Kapfelman, and her life inspired several of the poet's compositions. Her residence connected the estate to Sweden's literary circles.
The manor house and its wings are now a housing cooperative with five apartments and are not open to visitors. They can be viewed from the outside; the buildings are blue-marked by the Stockholm City Museum, indicating exceptionally high cultural-historical value.
Sweden's first pomologist, Olof Eneroth, was born at Hägerstens gård in 1825. The estate's orchards and grounds were thus tied to the early study of fruit cultivation in Sweden, a field Eneroth helped establish.
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