Hello again! Now you’re standing next to the Puttbo miner’s estate. Let me tell you more about this place. Up here on the hills among the extensive forests there are many farms with names ending with –bo which means “to live” in Swedish. These settlements served as summer dairy farms long time ago. Some of them were later expanded and transformed into miner’s estates, surrounded by larger arable fields and stunning gardens. Puttbo was one of those farms. However, it stood empty for a decent period of time until it was sold to a wealthy finance inspector – Eric Sohlberg and his wife in the end of the 17th century. Shortly after the purchase was made, he invested in it and reconstructed the simple farm as it was into the grand estate with its graceful garden. The new estate consisted of a main building with 2 wings and about 30 more buildings with different functions built around. Some of the house foundations and stone wall remains can still be seen north of the farm up to this day. Behind the main building there was a lovely garden surrounded by a stone wall and divided into two terraces.  In the years 1733 and 1734 Puttbo estate had a very special guest. Being a good friend and a fellow classmate of Eric Sohlberg’s son, a famous botanist and a physician of his time Carl Linnaeus paid his visit to the estate and stayed there over a year. He was amazed by the beauty of Puttbo’s garden and praised it in his writings saying that this garden has a grace and elegance he has never seen before.