Favourite of the nobles, royalty and financiers. This is how
architect Ferdinand Boberg (1860 - 1946) is described, the man
behind buildings such as the Post House, Rosenbad, NK department
store and Prince Eugene's palace at Waldemarsudde in Stockholm -
and Bjertorp Slott. At first, Boberg deems it absurd to think he
should preoccupy himself with a private home on the plain of Vara
and declines the offer. It is only when Knut Henrik Littorin and
their mutual friend Knut Wallenberg make it clear that there is no
limit to the budget that Boberg accepts the commission…
