Sundsbergs Gård (Sunne)

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Selma Lagerlöf, one of Swedens biggest writers, wrote in Gösta Berlings Saga about Sundsbergs Gård. According to the fairy tale in “Björne” the lord of the manor Melchior Sinclair with his wife and his daughter, the obstinate and beautiful Marianne, was living. In the fairy tale the drama is described which begins with the ball in Ekeby and ends with the auction in Björne.
The real history starts at the beginning of the 18th century when Olof Antonsson was born. He built Sundsbergs Gård and after his dead his son Bengt Reinhold inherited the mansion and seven other estates. He was a rich man and fell in love with the wife of the judge Gustafva Sandelin. She was the model of the major’s wife in Gösta Berlings Saga. Bengt Antonsson died unmarried and all his property was left to the judge couple in Öjervik.
A fire 1893 destroyed the mainbuilding. The family moved to the wing which today is a museum. The last privat owners, the dentist Tore Sjöqvist and his wife Birgitta lived in the wing till the new house was ready to move in 1978. The couple donated the mansion to Sunne Community. Today it is managed by the foundation Sundsbergs Gård.

Sundsbergs Gård museum shows three centuries of living cultur.

Sundsbergs Gård art gallery and café. In the former cowhouse today an art gallery and a café is located. Every year 10 - 12 exhibitions and other cultural arrangements are presented. The café offers coffe and delicious cakes. You can buy handicrafts and graphics of the exhibitions.
For exhibition program see under Events.
Textile room, museum and forest museum can be shown for groups at request. For booking of a guided
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