The historical intertwining of Laukko Manor and the Finnish noble family called Kurki begun in early 1400s when Jeppe Kurki, a lawspeaker, came to live in Laukko village on the borderlands of the old counties of Satakunta and Häme.
The most famous of the medieval lords of Laukko is Klaus Kurki, the tragic protagonist of the ballad The Killing of Elina. In reality, the ballad seems to have been merely a story: Klau’s son Arvid Kurki did not die as an infant but became the last bishop of Catholic times in Finland. To make their power and wealth known, the Kurki family built a stony manor castle in Laukko in the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Manor was at its largest in the first part of the 17th century. It was then hosted by the most powerful man in Finland, Councillor of the Realm Jöns Kurki. His son Gabriel Kurki followed suit by bringing the lifestyles of European Baroque into Laukko, complete with cooks and butlers.
The Kurki family’s and Laukko’s journey together came to an end in 1817, when Clas Kurki sold the Manor of his fathers to Archiater Johan Agapetus Törngren.