Illustration of a mountain-town Christmas market with timber chalets, snowy peaks and shoppers carrying a tree (Knistad Herrgård Christmas Market)

Knistad Herrgård Christmas Market

Visitors can wander across the courtyard past crackling fire pits and explore thirty exhibitors offering handcrafted ceramics, textiles, door wreaths, and regional delicacies like smoked meats and homemade ostkaka. The manor pavilion serves warm glögg, light bites, and festive fika, while a lunch buffet is offered inside the manor house. Children can head to the elves' smithy to do crafts, get their faces painted, play, join a quiz walk, and meet Santa.

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Plan Your Visit

When

Hours

Saturday 12:00–19:00; Sunday 10:00–15:00.

Ages

All ages

Food & Drink

Buy regional delicacies and treats from exhibitors, enjoy warm glögg, Christmas fika and light meals in the pavilion, or have the lunch buffet inside the manor; child-friendly food and fika are served in Nissarnas julsmedja.

Going?

Location

Knistad Herrgård · Knistad 1, 549 99 Skövde, Skövde, Västra Götalands län 549 99 Get Directions

Local Insight & Ratings

Family Friendly

🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 (5/5)

Best For

Families with children and christmas-market shoppers

Vibe

Rustic and festive

Energy Level

Moderate

Photo Friendly

High

Weather Sensitivity

Moderate

Tips & Advice

  • Bring a basket or bag for food shopping, since stalls sell smoked meats, hot-smoked rainbow trout, ostkaka, mustard and honey for the Christmas table.
  • Do some Christmas gift shopping while you're here, with thirty exhibitors selling hand-thrown ceramics, handmade textiles, jewelry, door wreaths and local delicacies.
  • Dress for the cold, because the market stretches across the outdoor courtyard, though the fire pits there give off some warmth.
  • Take the kids to the elves' smithy, Nissarnas julsmedja, where they can meet Santa, get their faces painted, do crafts and join the quiz walk.
  • Plan a meal at the market, either the lunch buffet inside the manor house or Christmas fika and lighter food at the pavilion.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can I buy at the market?

Thirty exhibitors sell food and crafts. Food includes sauna-smoked meat, smoked sausages, hot-smoked rainbow trout, candied apples, soft toffee, chocolate almonds, homemade ostkaka, kalvdans, mustard, honey and Italian delicacies. Crafts include door wreaths, Christmas trees in zinc buckets, felted pieces, concrete items, hand-thrown ceramics, handmade textiles, children's clothes, crocheted hats and tomtar, jewelry, and tin and steel decorations.

What is there for kids?

The elves' Christmas smithy, Nissarnas julsmedja, is set up for families. Kids can meet Santa, get their faces painted, play, do crafts and go on a quiz walk. There are balloons too.

Where can we eat?

The pavilion serves Christmas fika and lighter food, and there's a lunch buffet inside the manor house. The elves' smithy always serves food kids like, plus Christmas fika. Warm glögg is on offer too.

Is there anywhere to warm up?

Yes. Fire pits crackle in the courtyard, and you can head inside the manor house for the lunch buffet.

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