At Nääs Castle, there are works by the English-Swedish artist family Montalba. Anthony Rubens Montalba, born Salomon in Karlskrona in 1810, became a businessman and artist in England. Four of

Sophie Elkan and Selma Lagerlöf spent many summers at Nääs, where they wrote, walked, and socialized with course participants. Nääs became an important place for their friendship and for women’s

Euphrosyne Leman was born in Stockholm on 24 March 1836. Her parents were the merchant John Leman and Emma Jacobson, who were Jews of German origin. Euphrosyne became an opera

August Abrahamson is the last private owner of the Nääs estate. He was born to German-Jewish parents in Karlskrona on 29 December 1817. Abrahamson became a very wealthy merchant with