The current manor house is a simple one-and-a-half-story building with a broken gable roof, likely built in the 18th century. It is located on Ektorp, a former manor and entailed estate in the Västerhaninge parish of Haninge municipality. You see it right here. But it has seen much more history than its simple appearance would suggest. Ektorp, also known as Borgmästartorp, was once owned by a man named Olof Gregersson, a mayor in Stockholm. He received the property in 1594 from King Charles IX, as a reward for “well-performed services.” Today, the Ektorp manor is a part of the vast “Rikstens Nationalpark,” a nature reserve purchased by the city of Stockholm in 1997. This vast reserve represents most of the Ektorp estate and, in its northernmost reaches, even includes the Karr Lake. So, you stand here, on the southern edge of this nature reserve, looking at the old manor house that was once the center of a much larger estate.
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