Korsnäs gård, Historical building in Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden
Korsnäs gård is a yellow-plastered main building with two projecting wings, standing on the southeastern shore of Malmsjön in Grödinge, Botkyrka Municipality. The present house was built in 1901, when the Malmsjö estate was divided and the old cottage on the site was bought out. That early 17th-century cottage, later called Sofielund after Sofia Silverstrand, is incorporated into the building but is barely distinguishable.
The main building began as a cottage for Nolinge estate in the 1600s and was renamed Sofielund in the early 1800s. Archaeological findings nearby reveal that the area was settled during the Middle Neolithic period.
Since 1980 the Hare Krishna movement has run one of its temples here, the only Radha Krishna temple in Scandinavia. The music group RASA recorded its albums in a studio on the estate. The temple occupies the former manor building, whose yellow-plastered main wing with two projecting side wings stands by the southeastern shore of Malmsjön.
The site offers an accessible setting for exploring and photographing the exterior architecture and surrounding landscape. Those interested in viewing the interior should inquire ahead or join guided tours for deeper access and information.
The Stone Age settlement by Malmsjön belongs to the Middle Neolithic Pitted Ware culture, dated about 3300–2300 BC, and has yielded many finds. In the older Stone Age the shoreline here lay roughly 50 metres above today's level, so the land was then an archipelago.
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