page_title: Fittja gård
section_title: Ragnar Sellberg and municipal ownership
hierarchical_section_title: Fittja gård / History / Ragnar Sellberg and municipal ownership
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context_page_description: Fittja gård is a former manor, coaching inn and station for post riders in Fittja, Botkyrka Municipality, Stockholm County, east-central Sweden. Fittja Värdshus, attached to it, was one of the largest travellers' hostels in Sweden during the 17th and 18th centuries. From 1660 to 1916 the Tingsrätt for the Svartlösa Hundred was located on the estate, and the present Fittja gård dates to 1812. According to the Stockholm County Museum, the buildings are well-preserved and valued as a cultural heritage. Fittja gård is the headquarters of a mångkulturellt centrum founded in 1987.
context_section_description: Carlsson died in 1950, and his widow was allowed to continue living there until her death in 1974. In 1955, after his estate was settled, Fittja gård was bought by businessman Ragnar Sellberg. Although at first Sellberg invested a great deal of money to develop a garden city centred on the estate, he was unable to realise his vision and lost interest. He let the estate fall into decay, and in 1967 sold the main buildings to the Stockholm Municipality and the outlying land to builder Ernst Ehn. AB Ehn and Company and the architectural firm Höjer and Ljungqvist then developed much of modern Botkyrka. After the last tenants left in 1983, the buildings were renovated; the flanking buildings became a daycare centre, and the main house a People's House.
caption: Aerial view of Fittja gård in 1967; in the foreground are the now-demolished stables.
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