Bergaholm manor was founded in the 17th century and belonged to the same family for almost 150 years. It was built by Ebba Banér and inherited after her death by a niece who was also named Ebba Banér. She was married to General Mauritz Wellingk. A map from 1702 shows that at the time the estate consisted of two manor buildings, a mill and several homesteads. During the second half of the 18th century, Wellingk’s granddaughter Eva Margareta Lagerberg and her husband, Count Carl Johan Cronstedt lived here. Being an architect, Cronstedt was involved in the construction of Drottningholm Palace (
https://reveal.world/story/1406) and Drottningholm theater (
https://reveal.world/story/1409), Maria Magdalena Church restoration in Stockholm after the 1759 fire, construction of the new Amiralitetskyrkan in Karlskrona in 1760. He is also considered the inventor of the Swedish tile stove. By the country road (today’s Bergaholmsvägen) one can still find a mile milestone with the text: "Uprest af Bergaholms egare C.J.C: E.M.L. 1765 ". C.J.C stands for Carl Johan Cronstedt and E.M.L. for his wife Eva Margareta Lagerberg.
Photo: Holger Ellgaard
Today, the property is owned by Stockholm Vatten. Some buildings that belonged to the farm have been demolished, but the main building and two free-standing wings are well preserved and the atmosphere is still there. The farm is operational, running various agricultural activities as well as stables and horse-related business.
Around the farm there are over a hundred ancient remains. In the oak grove west of the farm, there is a large Iron Age burial ground with a shipwreck and a well-preserved runestone from the 11th century with the inscription "Östen had the stone erected after Torgärd, his sister, Hallbjörn after his mother".
