Julita gård och trädgårdar
Manor environment of the Nordiska museet (Nordic Museum) by Lake Öljaren, with the Stora huset (Main House), the open-air museum Julita skans and culture-historical gardens.
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About the museum
Julita gård lies by Lake Öljaren, about 25 kilometres from Katrineholm in western Södermanland, and has a history stretching back more than a thousand years: monastery, royal estate, gunsmithing works (styckebruk), noble estate and manor house. The last private owner, Lieutenant Arthur Bäckström, bequeathed the farm to the Nordiska museet in 1941, and since then the museum has preserved the environments as they looked around 1900. The Stora huset was built in the first half of the 1730s and mainly shows Arthur Bäckström's private home and possessions. On the farm's grounds there are close to 360 buildings, including stables, cattle sheds, a brickworks, a fire station, a dairy, crofts (torp) and state-worker dwellings (statarbostäder).
Julita skans is Bäckström's own open-air museum, named after Skansen in Stockholm. It consists of the Skansenmuseet, the Skansen cottages (Skansenstugorna) and the Skansen church (Skansenkyrkan). Bäckström rebuilt cottages that he moved to the farm in the national romantic style, and the collection grew to about 7,500 objects. The Skansenmuseet was completed in 1930, and the Skansen church was added two years later. Sveriges lantbruksmuseum (Sweden's Agricultural Museum) was also located here, showing parts of the Nordiska museet's agricultural history collections in the old cattle-shed buildings.
The manor area includes an extensive park with kitchen, fruit, hop and style gardens, where the Nordiska museet cares for living collections of cultivated plants, including clone archives for apple and hops and collections of peonies and pelargoniums. During the summer, guided tours, a large family area with play environments, a shop, a café and an inn are offered.
Highlights
- Stora huset with Arthur Bäckström's home and guided tours
- Julita skans: Skansenmuseet, the Skansen cottages and the Skansen church
- Culture-historical gardens with clone archives for apple and hops, and collections of peonies and pelargoniums
- Farm environment with brickworks, dairy and fire station
- Large family area with play landscape, Pettsongården (Pettson's Farm) and Lekstugan (Play Cottage)
- Park open all year round
Permanent exhibitions
- Julita skans: Skansenmuseet, Skansenstugorna och Skansenkyrkan – Arthur Bäckström's open-air museum with period environments from the 18th and 19th centuries, cottages furnished in the national romantic style and a small parish church.
- Stora huset och herrgårdsområdet – Guided tours of the manor's preserved environments: Arthur Bäckström's home, the manor kitchen, the livestock stable, the carriage wing, the farm office and the automobile.
- Trädgårdar och levande samlingar – Manor park, kitchen, fruit, hop and peony gardens, as well as the clone archive and pelargonium collection with the Nordiska museet's cultivated plants.
- Founded
- 1941
- Operated by
- Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Admission & discounts
| Nordiska museet annual pass 2026 (free admission to all five visitor sites) | SEK 400Personal card valid for one year from the date of purchase; gives 10% discount in the museum shops at Djurgården and Julita. |
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In the low season (October–May) the park and gardens are free to visit. In summer, the daily guided tours are included in the entrance ticket as far as places allow; ticket prices for the summer are not stated in the text of the website.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- 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
A parking space for people with reduced mobility is located near the entrance building.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
- Playground / play area
Large family area with an outdoor play landscape (opened 2023), Pettsongården (Pettson's Farm) at 2/3 scale, Lekstugan (Play Cottage) with a croft, a general store and climbing areas, and family visits in the Stora huset during the summer. Visitors can also row the boat on Böljaren.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Julita gård entré
Train to Eskilstuna or Katrineholm, then bus to the stop Julita gård/Julita gård entré. In the low season the nearest stop is Äsköping, about 1.5 km from the farm.
By car
Paid parking
Two visitor car parks at the farm with two charging points. Payment is made with the app EasyPark or Smart Park.
- Accessible parking
Julita gård lies by Lake Öljaren, 25 km outside Katrineholm.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Restaurant
- Museum shop
Café, bistro and inn during the season, and museum shop with rural sustainable living as its theme. Overnight stays in the manor environment can be booked.
Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
- Weddings / ceremonies
Weddings in the Rosenträdgården (Rose Garden) or by the jetty can be booked (SEK 5,000 excluding VAT).
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 45 min |
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| Good to know | In summer, guided tours of the original environments, buildings and gardens are held (for example Stora huset and Herrskap och tjänstefolk (Masters and Servants), each about 45 minutes, and a tour of the kitchen garden). A film about Lieutenant Bäckström (about 10 minutes) is shown in the Skansenmuseet. Group visits can be booked. |
