About Ransäters bruksherrgård
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Ransäters bruksherrgård, also called Geijersgården, is the mansion where Erik Gustaf Geijer was born, located in Ransäter in Värmland, Sweden. There is a currently a museum in the main building of the mansion.
Earlier, Ransäter was an ironworks. It was built in the 17th century by mayor Johan Börjesson, who later also built Munkfors work. The ironworks had three bar iron hammers, which were closed in the end of the 19th century. It was bought by Erik Gustaf Geijer's grandfather, and later it was sold by his younger brother Emanuel in 1817 to Barthold Dahlgren, the father of the author Fredrik August Dahlgren. Later, Fredrik August Dahlgren got married to a niece of Erik Gustaf Geijer.
