Långbro gård, Manor house in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
Långbro gård consists of a main building with a hipped säteri roof and a remaining wing; the wing is older than the main building, which likely dates from the early 18th century. The main building probably received its broad frontispiece and plastered facades in the mid-19th century; the courtyard facade is now paneled and painted yellow. Both buildings are blue-marked by the Stockholm City Museum.
Långbro gård is first mentioned in 1477 as Longabro and was a säteri by the late 16th century. In 1562 the frälse estate belonged to riksråd Gabriel Kristiernsson Oxenstierna; after Arnold Grothusen fled the country it was drawn in to the crown and in 1602 granted to chancellor Nils Chesnecopherus. The manor burned around 1680 and was rebuilt; in 1866 Alfred Söderlund, known as Långbrokungen, bought it and sold about 500 plots between 1898 and 1918. Stockholm city bought the remainder in 1947.
The name Långbro comes from a long bridge, Kavelbron, that crossed Brännkyrkasjön on the old Göta landsväg and linked the estate's lands to the vicarage fields north of the lake; Elers recorded this explanation in 1801 and Carl Ivar Ståhle's later research supports it. The estate gave its name to the Långbro district of Söderort.
Långbro gård lies in the Långbro district of southern Stockholm, in Brännkyrka parish, not near Mölnbo. The main building and remaining wing are now social housing managed by AB Stadsholmen, so the interiors are not open to visitors; the yellow-panelled courtyard facade and the säteritak roof can be seen from the street.
The name Långbro comes from a long bridge, Kavelbron, that crossed Brännkyrkasjön on the old Göta landsväg and linked the estate's lands to the vicarage fields north of the lake. The manor gave its name to the Långbro district, and in 1866 it was bought by Alfred Söderlund, known as the Långbro King, who sold around 500 plots between 1898 and 1918.
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