On August 23, 1956, the farmhouse on Lunnabacken was inaugurated. The building was moved from Odensvallahult in Urshult’s parish. The manor house is the oldest parish house in Urshult. It was built in 1709. Builder was Mikael Skog, 2nd lieutenant at the King’s mother’s regiment. Later on, Mikael Skog became lieutenant. In 1719 he was knighted, and he adopted the name Silfverschough. For many years Odensvallahult’s manor was inhabited of officers and noble families.

Jonas Israel Aspelin was born in 1780. His family held the manor until 1861 when they deprived it for 27.000 Swedish dalers in silver coins. The property had some other owners before Carl Månsson bought the yard in 1868 at auction. At that time Odensvallahult changed from a smaller manor to a significant mansion. In the 1870s, Carl Månsson's son-in-law Sven Olsson takes over the mansion, and his son Olof Svensson takes over the farm in 1876, leaving his parents “in exception”.

Olof Svensson dies in 1892, leaving a wife and three minor children behind. The wife's brother, Johan Gustav Nikolausson, purchases the yard in November 17, 1894. This transaction initiates the final chapter of the farmer history of Odensvallahult. Johan Gustav Nikolausson’s son, Sven Alfred Johansson, was aware of the cultural and historical value which rested in the old manor house and what is collected within these walls. Therefore, this house was donated to the parish’s homestead association along with the storehouse on the same plot.

 

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