In the beautiful surroundings there are fine walking areas with memories of Melderstein's industrial history. In the 1600s a large ore deposit was discovered in Gällivare-Malmberget. It is the same ore deposit that is still being mined today. Officer Carl-Johan Thingwall was the first to be granted the right to mine ore in Malmberget. In the 1740s he formed a company together with Jonas Meldercreutz and Abraham Steinholtz. They started an ironworks called Melderstein Verk. The name Melderstein came from the two main owners' names, Melder(creutz) and Stein(holtz). I, who run Melderstein, am called Katarina Thingvall and am a direct descendant of Carl-Johan Thingwall. I took over the business from my father and uncle in 2018. Together they had run Melderstein for 25 years. Now I live in the manor house with my family, and together we keep the history of the Thingvall family alive at Melderstein.
The ironworks era lasted until 1892, after which Melderstein Herrgård was run, among other things, as a manor estate, a school home, and as a youth recreation centre by the Swedish Mission Covenant Church (Svenska Missionsförbundet). Melderstein Herrgård was bought back into the Thingvall family in 1995. We have carried out an extensive renovation and refurbishment of the old manor house and its surrounding buildings.