Kjesäter, Manor in Vingåker Municipality, Sweden
Kjesäter is a rectangular manor house set on landscaped grounds in Södermanland County, serving both as an educational facility and accommodation provider. The property includes a youth hostel section with basic amenities and classroom spaces for teaching and community programs.
The property served as a crucial processing center during World War II for people fleeing Nazi occupation in Norway. This wartime role became a defining moment that shaped its later development into an educational facility.
The manor functions today as a folkhögskola, a Swedish adult education institution where people from different backgrounds gather for learning programs. This international character remains visible in how the place brings together students and visitors from across Europe.
The property is accessible by public transport and offers accommodation for visitors attending educational programs or staying overnight. Facilities are functional and straightforward, well-suited for longer stays during courses or seminars.
During the war, the grounds expanded into a temporary settlement with 30 barracks where hundreds of people received medical checks daily. Today little trace remains of those structures, yet the memory lives on through the institution's ongoing work with people from many nations.
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