Riseberga

Riseberga was a Cistercian convent in western Närke, founded in the late twelfth century with estates given by Earl Birger Brosa. Its sisters acquired property across several provinces, making the house an important landowner as well as a religious community. The Reformation under Gustav Vasa ended its monastic life, and a major fire in 1546 destroyed its buildings. The once wealthy convent was left to decay, its lands and stones passing into other hands.