In modern times, the household got here from northern France, arriving in Sweden with King Jean Baptiste Bernadotte in the early nineteenth century. Alexandre Vangeersad was a soldier and now not personally acquainted with the king, but he had amazing himself as the capable head of a garrison. In 1818 he was once given the Hedeby estate as a reward for his service. Alexandre Vangeersad additionally had his very own fortune, which he used to buy vast sections of forested land in Norrland. His son, Adrian, was born in France, however at his father's request he moved to Hedeby in that far flung region of Norrland, some distance from the salons of Paris, to take over the administration of the estate. He took up farming and forestry, the use of new methods imported from Europe, and he headquart
