Ransäters bruksherrgård, also called Geijersgården i Ransäter, is located in

Ransäter Ransäter () is a smaller locality in Munkfors Municipality, Sweden. In 2010, it had a population of 114. Ransäter is the birthplace of Erik Gustaf Geijer, Sten Bergman, and Tage Erlander Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1 ...

in Värmland,

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. There is a currently a museum in the main building of the former estate. It is owned and managed by the Geijerska Family Association (''Geijerska släktföreningen'').

History

Ransäter was first an

ironworks An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''. Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...

. It was built in the 17th century by mayor Johan Börjesson, who later also built

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work. The ironworks had three bar iron hammers, which were closed in the end of the 19th century. Ransäters bruksherrgård is the family estate where writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847) was born and spent his childhood. It was bought by Erik Gustaf Geijer's grandfather, and later it was sold by his younger brother Emanuel in 1817 to Barthold Dahlgren, the father of the author

Fredrik August Dahlgren Fredrik August Dahlgren (20 September 1816 – 16 February 1895) was a Swedish writer, playwright and songwriter. Biography Dahlgren was born in Nordmark parish in Värmland, Sweden. He was the son of Barthold Dahlgren, the manager of the mines ...

(1816–1895). Later, Fredrik August Dahlgren was married to a niece of Erik Gustaf Geijer. Geijersgården was sold to Forshaga sulfit AB, but in 1907 members of the Geijer family bought it. The farm had a long, white, wooden, one-floor building. The building was demolished and in the summer of 1914 a new building was built using parts of the old building. Today, Geijersgården i Ransäter is a museum devoted to Erik Gustaf Geijer, Fredrik August Dahlgren and the painter Uno Troili (1815-1875) who was the nephew of Erik Gustaf Geijer.

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's ''Luciamorgon'' program aired from here in 1999.

References

External libnks

Nordisk familjebok (Read "Ransäter")
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