The Grill's estates at the village of Godegård, the manor and the ironworks, dominated the community during the 18th century.
Mining had been done in the area as early as in the Middle Ages, and by the early 17th century, an ironworks was already established at Godegård.
The ironworks was bought by Louis De Geer in 1618.
He improved and expanded the factories and recruited skilled Walloons iron workers to teach the Swedes how to use a finery forge.
When he died, the ironworks and the first manor passed on to his son Jean De Geer.
After a fire in 1719, the new manor was built.
It was completed in 1725.

Settling down in Sweden after his profitable journeys to China, Jean Abraham was looking for something to invest in.
He started negotiations for the purchase of land, manor and factory at Godegård, at that time the largest ironworks in Östergötland, and bought them all in 1775.
Jean Abraham continued the expansion of the ironworks and made significant restoration of the manor.
He also built an English garden, designed by Fredrik Magnus Piper, with several gazebos in a Chinese style.
The ironworks was closed in 1896, but the manor remained in the Grill family until 1980.
It became a listed building in 1977.
Jean Abraham collected all of his letters, accounts and notes in an archive at Godegård, now known as the Godegård Archive.
As of 2003, the archive, containing over 7,000 document, is in the Nordic Museum.
It has been digitized and is available on line as result of a request from the Macau Historical Archives in 2003.
The Grill's estates at the village of Godegård, the manor and the ironworks, dominated the community during the 18th century. Mining had been done in the area as early as in the Middle Ages, and by the early 17th century, an ironworks was already established at Godegård. The ironworks was bought by Louis De Geer in 1618. He improved and expanded the factories and recruited skilled Walloons iron workers to teach the Swedes how to use a finery forge. When he died, the ironworks and the first manor passed on to his son Jean De Geer. After a fire in 1719, the new manor was built. It was completed in 1725.
Settling down in Sweden after his profitable journeys to China, Jean Abraham was looking for something to invest in. He started negotiations for the purchase of land, manor and factory at Godegård, at that time the largest ironworks in Östergötland, and bought them all in 1775. Jean Abraham continued the expansion of the ironworks and made significant restoration of the manor. He also built an English garden, designed by Fredrik Magnus Piper, with several gazebos in a Chinese style. The ironworks was closed in 1896, but the manor remained in the Grill family until 1980. It became a listed building in 1977. Jean Abraham collected all of his letters, accounts and notes in an archive at Godegård, now known as the Godegård Archive. As of 2003, the archive, containing over 7,000 document, is in the Nordic Museum. It has been digitized and is available on line as result of a request from the Macau Historical Archives in 2003.
Grill family