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What was left was saved dur<strong>in</strong>g the 1830s.<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g the excavation of the ru<strong>in</strong>s at that time<br />

they found barrels with beer <strong>in</strong> the cellar that<br />

was still possible <strong>to</strong> dr<strong>in</strong>k. Religious free<br />

movements among people floated around<br />

s<strong>in</strong>ce the Call out movement dur<strong>in</strong>g the 1840ies.<br />

Patron Hedengren at Riseberga saw the light<br />

and built a mission hall <strong>in</strong> his park, the oldest<br />

<strong>in</strong> Sweden that is still stand<strong>in</strong>g. He founded<br />

also an agricultural college. At Riseberga, the<br />

crofter Olof Jansson och his children had work<br />

and earned <strong>in</strong>come dur<strong>in</strong>g these hard times.<br />

To the left, the ru<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> 1870, above <strong>in</strong> 2010<br />

Riseberga Mission Chapel<br />

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