Gunnarhögs Gård
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Hammenhög, Sweden
- Industries
- Arable farming, Food ingredients & products, Alternative proteins, Animal feed, Direct to consumer, Shortening supply chain, Food safety & quality
- Domains
- Rapeseed, Plant based primary products
- Technologies
- Extraction, Physical modification, Processing
About Gunnarhögs Gård
Gunnarshögs Gård is a family-owned farm and food company in Hammenhög on Österlen, run by Erik, Anja and Lisbeth Nilsson. The farm has belonged to the Nilsson family since 1897, and today it combines agriculture, food processing and direct sales with a strong focus on cold-pressed rapeseed oil.
The company grows rapeseed on its own land or very close by, presses the oil on the farm and sells it through its farm shop, farm kiosk and retailers across Sweden. It positions itself as a local, quality-driven producer that keeps control over the full chain from seed to bottle, while also contributing to rural vitality and more sustainable food production.
Core Values
- Quality: The company emphasizes careful raw-material handling, gentle cold pressing and filtration to deliver oil with natural colour, flavour and good shelf life.
- Sustainability: Gunnarshögs Gård highlights fossil-free heating, solar power, reuse of by-products and ongoing work to reduce climate impact across the business.
- Local production: The farm stresses Swedish, nearby sourcing and production on the farm itself, with close relationships to local growers and the surrounding countryside.
- Responsibility and transparency: By controlling the process from seed to bottle and working with certifications and policies, the company presents itself as a responsible producer with clear standards.
Unique Aspects
- Family farm with long heritage: The Nilsson family has owned and developed Gunnarshögs Gård since 1897, giving the business a strong multi-generation identity.
- Full control from seed to bottle: Rapeseed is grown on the farm or nearby, then dried, cleaned, pressed, filtered and bottled on site, allowing tight quality control throughout production.
- Circular energy use: By-products such as weed seeds, straw and off-spec oil are used to heat the premises and provide hot water, supporting fossil-free operation.
- Solar-powered operations: The farm has installed 480 solar panels on five south-facing roofs, producing about 150,000 kWh per year, or roughly 20% of its annual electricity needs.
- Broad certification base: The company states that it is certified according to FSSC 22000, ISO 14001, KRAV and ISO 28000, underlining its food-safety, environmental and supply-chain standards.
- Research and development partnerships: Gunnarshögs Gård participates in projects with Lund University, SLU, KTH, NSR and Lantmännen on rapeseed protein, future crop breeding, green binders and resource-stream innovation.