Dufweholms Herrgård

About the museum

Dufweholms Herrgård (Dufweholm Manor) lies by Lake Dufweholm just outside Katrineholm and traces its history back to 1485. Over the centuries the estate has had 22 owners, and the stories about it include family feuds and years of crop failure, as well as great banquets and weddings. In the small summer house by the manor, Albert Engström and Anders Zorn painted illustrations that can still be seen.

Today the manor is run as a hotel, restaurant and spa by the Åström family as part of Svenska Kulturpärlor. Around the estate the family's museums and collections are shown. There is a folk museum (allmogemuseum) with, among other things, a printing works, a hairdresser's salon, a pharmacy, a shoemaker's and a peasant home, a hundred-year-old village shop, and a collection of about 3,000 corkscrews, described as the country's largest.

The Åström family also owns one of Sweden's largest collections of Swedish product advertising, with enamel and tin signs, some of which are shown at the manor. In the converted wine cellar, champagne more than a hundred years old rests in large aquariums. The bottles come from the ship Jönköping, which sank off the Finnish coast in 1916 on its way to Russia, and whose cargo was salvaged after just over 80 years on the seabed.

Highlights

• Folk museum with a printing works, hairdresser's salon, pharmacy and shoemaker's
• Corkscrew collection described as Sweden's largest, with about 3,000 corkscrews
• Century-old village shop
• Champagne cellar with wreck champagne from the ship Jönköping
• Summer house with illustrations by Albert Engström and Zorn

Permanent exhibitions

• Allmogemuseet och lanthandeln – Folk museum with a printing works, hairdresser's salon, pharmacy, shoemaker's and a peasant home, and a century-old village shop, with parts of the family's product advertising.
• Sveriges största korkskruvssamling – About 3,000 corkscrews, from large and inventive ones to purely decorative ones.
• Champagnekällaren med vrakchampagne – More than a hundred-year-old champagne from the ship Jönköping, stored in aquariums of water.

Operated by

Svenska Kulturpärlor (familjen Åström)

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Wheelchair-friendly entrance with a ramp; staff help with opening doors. Accessible hotel rooms and a disabled parking space near the entrance, with the option of getting in and out just outside. Space for a wheelchair at the tables in the restaurant. No information is available about the museum parts themselves.

Kids & families

Board games and toys for indoor and outdoor use are available for younger guests. A walking loop of about 2.5 km goes around Lake Dufweholm.

Getting there & parking

About 5 minutes by car from Katrineholm town centre, signposted from road 55.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Restaurant with historic salons and outdoor seating (Bryggan), afternoon tea on Saturdays, a champagne cellar, and a village shop selling marmalade, juice and sweets. Hotel, B&B and spa (Rosenbadet) are on the estate. Electric car charging points are available (SEK 400 per charge).

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Conference, party and wedding rooms in the manor.

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