Brevens Bruk AB is part of the corporate group Bystad Holding AB. We are\u00a0a modern forestry and agricultural company, and an estates management company. The group originally included iron works and iron foundry but these industries have now ceased.<\/p>\n
The main industry today is forestry, which is carried out sustainably on 13,800 hectares of productive forest land. The company is double certified according to FSC\u00ae and PEFC\u2122. This means that we conduct a long-term business with regard to economic, social and environmental values.<\/p>\n
Farming is carried out on approx. 500 hectares, of which approx. 320 hectares in own operation, the rest is leased out. Since the summer of 2018, Brevens Bruk AB has been running ECO farming with suckling cow production starting in 2019.<\/p>\n
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Park & Buildings<\/h2>\n
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Taking a walk through the beautiful village is to take a walk back in history, not only in the life and work of the village but also in it\u2019s architectural heritage. \u00a0In addition to the beautiful surroundings there are a number of historically interesting buildings including Brevens Bruks Manor House, which dates back to 1698, the church built in 1842 and the blast furnace and calcinatory both dating from the 19th century. The calcinatory is one of the most well known buildings, with an eight-squared roof. In addition, the old carpenters workshop is used by the regional history society as a meeting place. Also of interest is the Brevens Bruk museum, which shows how the village has developed through the years.<\/p>\n
Within the small and charming village there are also some interesting shops including an art and handcraft shop and a gallery. In the more modern Brevensg\u00e5rden you will find a restaurant, a pub, an assembly hall and also rooms available for rent. Should you wish to rent a holiday home for a short time these are available either in the village or just outside Brevens Bruk. Throughout the year there are a number of different events including markets, music events, art exhibitions and much more.<\/p>\n
You won\u2019t be surprised to learn that Brevens Bruk has been declared a national historical monument.<\/p>\n
The only building that was added to the central part of the mill environment after the 19th century is the mill office, which was built in an adapted style in the late 1940s. Another change that occurred during the 20th century was that the pink color of the mill buildings was consistently changed to today\u2019s ochre yellow color during the 1930s.<\/p>\n
Given that the buildings and facilities in Brevens Bruk have been classified by the County Administrative Board as having \u201cparticularly high cultural and historical value\u201d, large parts of Brevens Bruk have been declared a listed building.<\/p>\n
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History<\/h2>\n
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In 1676, Claes R\u00e5lamb (1622-1698) received permission from the Bergskollegium to start an ironworks business and then established, among other things, a bar iron forge with hammers at Lilla Breven. In order to further refine the iron, a knurled hammer (a hammer for weaker forgings than bar iron) was built. The availability of forest was the main reason that R\u00e5lamb received the permit, the condition was that he would take the charcoal for iron production from his own forest. At that time, the state had an ambition to decentralize iron handling to places outside Bergslagen due to the lack of forests in that area. Brevens Bruk had the natural conditions for ironworks operations with good access to hydroelectric power and large, relatively unaffected surrounding forests.<\/p>\n
His son Gustaf R\u00e5lamb (1675-1750) took over the mill after his father. He expanded the business and bought the mill at Stora Breven, half a kilometer below Lilla Breven. Stora Breven came to be called Nedre Bruket. Today, two 18th-century buildings have been preserved at the site of Nedre Bruket.<\/p>\n
During the mid-18th century, the price of bar iron rose and it became profitable to bring in ore from distant places such as Ut\u00f6 in the Stockholm archipelago. From Ut\u00f6, the ore was transported on barges across M\u00e4laren and Hj\u00e4lmaren and on to Breven Bruk.<\/p>\n
After Gustaf R\u00e5lamb\u2019s death in 1765, the estate complex he had built up began to be dismantled. In 1774, the property was sold to the equestrian master David Henrik Hildebrand (1761-1808). He had significant financial assets and was the owner of, among other things, Ericsberg in S\u00f6dermanland. He made Bystad and Breven a trust in 1778.<\/p>\n
The trust was transferred to his niece Sophia Ulrika Bonde (1787-1867), who in 1815 married the adjutant general, Count Johan August Anckarsv\u00e4rd (1783-1874). They developed production and found new markets for the mill\u2019s various products, including by manufacturing components in castings for the machines that were then needed for the extensive mechanization of agriculture. A new blast furnace, roasting oven and a mechanical workshop were built in the 1820s. An approximately 300-meter-long straight canal was built from the current Herrg\u00e5rdsdammen to lead the water further past the Lower Mill; the canal is preserved in its entirety today.<\/p>\n
An important reason for the good development of the Breven Mill during the 19th century was the Western Main Line, which was completed in the 1850s. The main line was supplemented with a branch line from Hallsberg, which, among other things, made it possible to transport the ore all the way to Kilsmo station, half a mile north of Brevens Bruk. During the 1880s, a narrow-gauge railway was built between Kilsmo and Breven. The mill was responsible for the transports with its own steam locomotives. However, the track was removed in 1940 and the locomotive shed was later demolished.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was time for the mill to be modernised again. The blast furnace was rebuilt in 1903 and a completely new roasting oven was built in 1905.<\/p>\n
The declining iron business after the First World War led to a gradual winding down of the mill\u2019s operations. In 1917, the bar iron hammer was taken out of service and the blast furnace was shut down in 1933. However, the foundry operations continued until the 1980s. As late as 1976, a completely new foundry was built, but the business never became profitable and was gradually phased out, and in 1986 the business was closed down for good.<\/p>\n
The main industries for Brevens Bruk today are forestry, agriculture and property management.<\/p>\n
Since the fideicommissary system was abolished in Sweden in the 1960s, the property has been managed as a fideicommissary limited liability company within the Gripenstedt family. Johan Gripenstedt (1922-2009) was the last fideicommissary.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Our Team” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-9fa4a1b6-767d-41ca-984c-a6f10449c843″ collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-9fa4a1b6-767d-41ca-984c-a6f10449c843%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”bystad” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”1135b8a1-c43f-4ea0-83e4-9d9eba4f5814″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-11d3dbbb-f6dc-4fb8-929b-9d6994368d00%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22%93}”]<\/p>\n
Bystad Manor<\/h2>\n
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Bystad manor is located on the northern shore of Lake Sottern and dates back to the 14th century. The farm got its current appearance mainly during the 1720s and is today a well-preserved example of a late Carolingian facility.<\/p>\n
Bystad was a manor house as early as the 14th century and was inhabited by B\u00f6ghil van Hoo, who in 1380 was appointed district chief in \u00d6stra N\u00e4rke. The current farm facility was created by Governor Bror Andersson R\u00e5lamb at the turn of the century 1500-1600. His son Claes Brorsson R\u00e5lamb began building the Late Carolingian facility. The farm got its current design mainly in the 1720s.<\/p>\n
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The material not only gives a historical picture of an iron foundry during more than 300 years of operation, but also gives the equivalent picture of the extensive forestry and agriculture which was connected with the iron industry. The material also tells about the conditions of life for both owners and employees during several hundred years. 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<\/strong>During the 17th century, Brevens Bruk was incorporated into Bystad. In 1778, Bystad and Brevens Bruk became entailed estate. At the beginning of the 19th century, the property was run by Johan August Anckarsw\u00e4rd, who vigorously modernized both the mill and the farm. He was succeeded by his son-in-law, Johan August Gripenstedt.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Johan August Gripenstedt (1813\u20131874) was one of Sweden\u2019s most important personalities during his time. He married in 1842 Eva Sofia Charlotta Anckarsw\u00e4rd (1819\u20131887). Eva\u2019s family belonged to the liberal circles that worked for a modernization of Sweden, and Johan August thus became strongly politically involved. In 1848 he was given a seat in the government, and he was Minister of Finance from 1856 to 1866. He worked for free trade and was of crucial importance for the expansion of the main line network. He also made a significant contribution to the representation reform, when the county parliament was abolished in 1866. Johan August Gripenstedt\u2019s efforts during the 19th century to modernize the country, became crucial to Sweden\u2019s development into a welfare society later in the 20th century. While Johan August was involved in the country\u2019s management and lived in Stockholm for most of the year, it was Eva who took care of the day-to-day running of their properties.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The timbered main building is built on two floors. Most rooms have a well-preserved 18th-century d\u00e9cor with, among other things, rococo-tiled stoves on iron feet and parapet panels. In the lower and upper hall, the walls are decorated with paintings from the 18th century, made directly on the panel.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Many buildings at the manor have been preserved, including warehouses from the end of the 18th century, as well as stables, a laundry room and a driver\u2019s and manager\u2019s residence from the end of the 19th century. In the yard there is also a well-preserved store house from the late 16th or early 17th century. The type of building is extremely unusual and the store house at Bystad is the only one of its kind in the county. In the whole country there is only one direct equivalent, the store house at Bj\u00f6rkvik, \u00d6stra Ryds parish in \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland, which was built in 1893 as a copy at Skansen. Bystad manor is a well-preserved and complete Late Carolingian facility from the 1720s. The buildings in the central courtyard have a very high building and architectural value. Together they form a uniform and well-cohesive manor environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMagazine<\/h2>\n
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