Koivulan Kartano

History

From Siuntio's Suitia Erik Fleming bought in 1540 from village Karnainen 7 domains, which were merged 1644.
1540-1638 Suitia's Manor owned by genus of Fleming.
1638-1643 Per Banér, 1644-1660 Klas Banér, 1661-1676 Nils Skunck, 1677- 1680 Karl Skunck,
1681-1695 Ebba Christina de la Chapelle.
Swedish nobility, did not live at Koivula.
The manor was called “Court”.
1712-1744 Hans Jürgen Dahl, a sergeant major.
1734 the domain appointed Koivula ( a Finnish word koivu means in english birch tree and Koivula is proper noun derived from the word koivu ( birch ) which can mean a place where there is a lots of birch trees.)
1745-1822 The offspring of Dahl.
1823-1872 Berndt Wilhelm Nordberg, a surveyor.
Participated in community causes, but objected to the establishment of municipal government in the 1860s.
Named Manor as Wilhelmsdal in the 1830s.
Gustavian main building, built in 1832.
1873-1874 Gabriel Wilhelm Nordberg, a surveyor, previous owner's son.
1875-1877 Ivar Heribert Hannelius, a surveyor, previous owner's son.
1877-1892 Johan Fredrik Forsström, a churchwarden.
Work in numerous positions of trust, inter alia, the municipal board (local board) Chairman.
1868-1892 and as churchwarden 1871-1892.
1898-1918 Oskar Teodor Forsström (Karnakoski).
Changed his last name from Swedish to Finnish name 1900.
Murdered by the Reds 4.2.1918 at Lohja Station during Finnish Civil War (link to wikipedia).
Manor area peaked at about 550 hectares.
1918-1982 The offspring of Karnakoski.
The main building was changed in the early 1950s.
1986- Yrjö Aho, an engineer, bought the manor.
The main building was renovated 1988.