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This house is the old main building of Bodom manor locating close to the eastern bank of Bodom lake
in Espoo. Now it is used as a Golf club restaurant and a conference and party centre.

The present main building was built in 1793. The current appearance is from the reconstruction in 1885 and 1929-1930. Bodomin Ratsutila (Bodom Cavalry Estate) was established in ca. 1540 when three estates Bodom, Kneppens and Jork were united due to marriages and inheritances. Later on, a fourth estate, Smeds, was also incorporated. Olof Johansson can be regarded as having been the first landowner of Bodom; his ownership can be seen in the local parish register already in 1492. According to the heritage, the Bodom Manor received its name from outbuildings located in its lake shore areas. People travelled along the shores of the lake to Espoo Church and they had to travel past (in Swedish, om) the outbuildings (in Swedish, bodar).

The main building itself was constructed by Major-General Karl Johan Jägersköld in the 1790s. Finished in 1797, the manor is of late Gustavian style and its original outlook has been preserved up until our days. After several owners in the early days, the manor received its first long-term owners when the family Heimbürger acquired its ownership in 1881. The manor was their home until the year 2001, seeing and experiencing many changes as the estate was transformed from a cattle farm to an agricultural farm and a market garden and finally to a golf course. Gunnar Heimbürger decided to establish a golf course on his lands in order to be able to utilise the land areas after having given up agriculture. In the 1980s, Master Golf Course purchased the first pieces of land from and the circle was closed when the manor as a whole was transferred under the ownership of Master Golf Course.

In WS is a view from a hill over the golf course and the lake on the background.

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