Ransäters bruksherrgård

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Ransäters bruksherrgård, also called Geijersgården, is the mansion where Erik Gustaf Geijer was born, located in Ransäter in Värmland, Sweden. There is a currently a museum in the main building of the mansion.Earlier, Ransäter was an ironworks. It was built in the 17th century by mayor Johan Börjesson, who later also built Munkfors work. The ironworks had three bar iron hammers, which were closed in the end of the 19th century. 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. Later, Fredrik August Dahlgren got married to a niece of Erik Gustaf Geijer.Geijersgården was sold to Forshaga sulfit AB, but in 1907 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 is a museum devoted to Erik Gustaf Geijer, Fredrik August Dahlgren and the painter Uno Troili.Sveriges Television's "Saint Lucy's Day morning" program aired from here in 1999.SourcesNordisk familjebok (Read "Ransäter")Official website