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Mertha Helena Reenstierna (the actor) beside the stream running beside the house, down into the bay.

Actors playing the roles of Henrik von Schnell & Mertha Helena Reenstierna who lived in the house at the 18 and 19 century. This is at the guiding tour.

Today it was open house at the Årsta residence. There were people dressed in clothes from the 18-19 century and guides telling the history of the house and the surroundings.

Where Olof Palme was shot.

New pictures in the Gallery.

Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery), Stockholm, Sweden.

Built between 1917-1920. From an international competition in 1915 the design of the two architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz was selected. It is surrounded by a 4600 meter long stone wall. The crematorium, with Faith, Hope, and Holy Cross Chapels was Gunnar Asplund’s final work of architecture. Skogskyrkogården is listed as number 558 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

At Saltsjöbaden, outside Stockholm, Sweden. Built 1911-13, architect Ferdinand Boberg, a friend of the famous sculptor Carl Milles. This is also the place with most artwork by Carl Milles.

The founder of Stockholm.

In the 18th century Ekermans farm was one of the big farms owned by nobles and merchants lying in Stockholm. This is what’s left of the farm today. It did have a huge garden once, but it was pulled down when the railroad was built in front of the house. You can read more about the farm (Swedish) here

I wonder if the mill will go through a restoring as well?

This is the avenue to the former Valla farm. It has grown wild so it’s hard to see. There are plans of restoring the avenue and plant new trees.

These fruit trees are what’s left from the garden of former Valla farm. A farm with a history back from the 14th century until the 1960’s when it was teared down in front of the building of the suburb Årsta. I don’t know much about the farms history but I will update the post if I find some information.

between Hammarby lake & Mälaren lake. Important route for the Vikings when they were travelling by sea.

These are the ruins of an old mill belonging to the Årsta farm. There was a stream in front of the mill for many years ago. There are plans on letting water flow here again.

Enskede farm is named in the history as early as 1325 but had it’s most famous period in the 19th century when it was owned and driven by Axel Odelberg. He introduced some new farming methods and had a good reputation all over Europe.

This is the family grave of Märta Helena Reenstierna and her husband Henrik Christian von Schnell and their children. The family grave had its place inside Brännkyrka church from the beginning but was moved with their buried children in 1802 to its present position. It was quite hard to locate the grave but I had some help from visitors at the cemetery with knowledge about the history and the family grave.

The trees surrounding the graveyard was donated to the church by Märta Helena Reenstierna (The Årsta lady). She was a frequent visitor of the church and a good friend of the priest in that time. She was very concerned about the pigs walking freely around near the church since they could destroy the tree plants. She wrote three letters to the priest about the plants to make sure of they were taken care of and didn’t get damaged.

Brännkyka church has gone through some renovations and rebuilding through the years, mostly because of fires. There’s a note in King Karl XII:s bible kept in the church that says the church did burn for the fourth time in 1723. There’s also a plate on the church that says King Gustaf IV Adolph did a renewal and expansion of the church in 1802. In 1975 the church got the look it has today in a big renovation and expansion.

Following Göta country road on the new road, which is pretty much following the route of the old road, you will reach Brännkyrka church after about 20 minutes. Translated to English it would be something like “TheBurntChurch” church and it’s in the parish of “TheBurntChurch”. The church is very old, from the 12′th century and it has been on fire a few times through the years. It must have got the name from a fire before 1425 AC since the parish is named so in kept sources for the first time at that time.

If you follow Göta country road crossing The Årsta field you will walk over this bridge from the 18′th century. The bridge crosses Valla stream. There’s not much water in it nowadays but for about 100 years ago it was quite a good stream. There were even plans transporting timber in the stream but Märta Helena Reenstierna (the Årsta lady) didn’t like those plans so she stopped them.

This cemetery is called “the forgotten cemetery” or “the cholera cemetery”. It is from 1809 and was last used in 1901. It lays quite invisible near a busy traffic route. It was mainly used during the cholera epidemics.