The mansion through the ages
Dating back to the 1500th century
According to myths and legends, there were buildings on Aspenäs already during the 1400th century. There must also have been a monastery here, but no one knows for sure. What we do know is that Brynte Birgersson Lillie in 1569 received land as a gift from Johan III, where he built up Aspenäs Manor, now Aspenäs Manor. The Lillie family owned Aspenäs until the middle of the 1700th century.
Many owners of Aspenäs manor
The Lillie family was followed by a number of more or less qualified owners who continued the business with varying success.
Anders Nilsson knighted Cederflycht took office in 1730. He sold iron and spirits and was also a hijacker off the West Coast, a profitable combination.
In 1748, Aspenäs manor was bought by Nils Lilliekreutz, who was the bulwark for the real buyer, the merchant Nicolas Jocobsob. Jacobson built a magnificent wooden main building, refurbished the outbuildings and cultivated extensive gardens. Jacobson started a brickyard nearby. He was also a merchant with a monopoly on sugar production in Gothenburg.
In 1800, Bagge received the Royal Majesty's permission to buy Aspenäs with several manors. With increasing age he neglected the maintenance of the farm and in 1808 a son took over the property, which was then split into many different hands.
Aspenäs' heyday
Aspenäs itself, now in a smaller format, was bought by Johan von Holten, who left his business career entirely to devote himself to the refurbishment of the dilapidated manor. The current manor house, built in 1823 on the grounds from the 1500th century, is his work.
The change of ownership was still frequent, but the really big time for Aspenäs Säteri came in 1894, in connection with wholesaler Arthur Seatons. Aspenäs became a model farm with parade animals, an English park and a garden.
Seatons holds many lavish parties with the finest society, even the Swedish royal family. The guests were almost always picked up by Carl Emil Johansson with the steam locomotive at the railway station in Jonsered and transported across the lake to Aspenäs manor. In 1900, the sloop was replaced by an electric boat called the Giralda.
Arthur Seaton was an enterprising man with a nose for novelty but also elegance of the highest quality. This sense of style and elegance was transferred to Aspenäs in all respects. He turned Aspenäs into a model farm with parade animals of purebred horses and cows with a good pedigree. Seatons established parks with new flowers and trees, all in English style. The road to Säteriet had Seatons renovated and planted a linden alley.
From Manor to Manor
Arthur Edward Seaton died in 1912 and his son George took over the operation of Aspenäs. The times were tough and George was not as good a financier as his father, during the period 1927-29 what was left of Aspenäs was cut up and sold out in smaller parts. The last private individuals who owned and lived at Herrgården were the spouses Tellander who in their will donated Aspenäs Herrgård to Lerum municipality.
Today's Aspenäs Manor
In 1966, the Aspenäs Gården Foundation was formed, the foundation built conference rooms and hotel rooms. The hotel and conference operations started in 1967. In the years 1994-95, the facility was further built, now with a capacity to accommodate 180 guests and conference rooms for 240 people.
Our historical heritage
Today we are a modern conference facility with a fantastic historical heritage. The historic atmosphere is palpable and present in many of the manor house's rooms and in the environment. Our history is present with us every day and the linden alley that Arthur Seaton had planted still leads the way to Herrgården for all our guests - now and then.