Lövsta, Manor house in Södertälje Municipality, Sweden

Lövsta is a large manor house on a hillside in Södertälje Municipality with views over Lake Mälaren, featuring a yellow-painted main building with white columns and verandas. The estate includes tree-lined avenues, formal gardens, wooden and brick outbuildings, and a lakeside park with winding paths and stone steps that reflect its role as both a noble residence and working farm.

Lövsta was first documented in 1369 but later given to a monastery by Sten Sture before becoming crown property during King Gustav Vasa's time. The Nordenfalk family owned the estate for generations, rebuilding the main house after a fire in the 1700s and expanding it with gardens and a brick factory in the 1800s.

The name Lövsta was first recorded in 1369 as "i løsstum j Enhørne sokn". The estate church, Ytterenhörna kyrka, lies just north of the manor and holds medieval wall paintings. The von Platen family kept Lövsta as a summer residence for much of the 20th century, and a family member is still registered at the farm in 2016.

The manor is reached from the south via an old avenue with double rows of trees. The main building stands on a steep height sloping west toward Lövstaviken, and the former orchard survives partly on the slope. Parkudden, south of the farm buildings, has winding paths, stone stairs and a stone bench; the ground is uneven, so wear sturdy shoes.

Lövsta brickworks operated south of Parkudden from 1879 to 1924, when production stopped because the clay ran out. In 1902 its 24 workers made 485,000 wall bricks and 30,000 roof tiles. Only the yellow-rendered workers' barracks survives, in poor repair, and the brickworks site now holds Lövsta boat club; brick fragments lie in the water at the shore.