Kulosaari Manor

Kulosaari Manor
Kulosaari Manor
	Kulosaaren kartano; Brändö gård
General information
Type	Manor house, mansion
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Location	Kulosaari
Town or city	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Coordinates	60°11′35″N 25°00′52″E
Estimated completion	c. 1810 (current building)
Client	Jägerhorn af Storby family
Owner	City of Helsinki (current)
Design and construction
Architect	Carl Ludvig Engel

Kulosaari Manor (Finnish: Kulosaaren kartano, Swedish: Brändö gård) is a manor house and mansion located near[note 1] the Kulosaari neighbourhood of Helsinki.

The manor was designed in the neoclassical style by architect Carl Ludvig Engel around 1810.[1] Its first owners were the noble fi:Jägerhorn af Storby family.

The current main building may be partly based on an earlier 18th-century house commissioned by Count Augustin Ehrensvärd. The history of the actual manor (rather than the manor house itself) dates even further back to the 16th-century, its earliest known owner having been Erik Filpusson, from 1540 to 1587.

The manor has been owned by the City of Helsinki since 1927.[1] It is currently (until 2020) leased to JHL, the Trade Union for Public and Welfare Sectors, and mainly used for their and their members' events and recreational purposes.[2]

Notes

Despite its name, the manor is not actually located on the island of Kulosaari, but instead on the mainland in the Kivinokka area of Herttoniemi, across the narrow Naurissalmi strait from Kulosaari.

References

"Manor Houses in Finland". Muuka.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
"Helsingissä mietitään kartanoiden kohtaloa" [The future of manor houses in Helsinki under consideration]. YLE. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

External links

Website of the local chapter of JHL, the manor's current tenants (in Finnish)

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[1] Despite its name, the manor is not actually located on the island of Kulosaari, but instead on the mainland in the Kivinokka area of Herttoniemi, across the narrow Naurissalmi strait from Kulosaari.

[muuka-2] "Manor Houses in Finland". Muuka.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[3] "Helsingissä mietitään kartanoiden kohtaloa" [The future of manor houses in Helsinki under consideration]. YLE. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.