Gamla Staberg, a flourishing mine-owner’s estate

Welcome to Gamla Staberg – one of the best-preserved mine-owner’s estates in Kopparbergslagen. Here the visitors will find both red-painted timber buildings from the end of the 17th century and a newly restored baroque garden. Gamla Staberg gives an unusually good all-round picture of how a prominent mine-owning family was able to manifest its status at the end of the 17th century and in the 18th century by shaping its estate in the baroque style of the Caroline era.

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Gamla Staberg with the dwelling houses in the background. The garden slopes towards the south in the terraces, planted with fruit trees. In the foreground is the kitchen garden, laid out in accordance with the 18th century model, and the two carp ponds. 

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Gamla Staberg´s baroque garden was restored to its 18th century appearance in 1997-1999, in collaboration with the Vika-Hosjö Local History Society, the County Labour Board, Star Building Training, the Studiefrämjandet adult education, the Cultural Heritage Department of the County Administration and by the owners of Nya Staberg, Lotta and Ivan Örtendahl. The fruit trees were planted in collaboration with the Nordic Gene Bank, with the intention that Gamla Staberg will be a cloning archive varieties of fruit.

The Garden, which is administered and maintained jointly by the Vika-Hosjö Local History Society and the owners of Nya Staberg, Lotta and Ivan Örtendahl, is open to visitors, both individually and in groups. 

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