We currently have two cats of the Sacred Birman breed. When we're at home, our adult cats have the opportunity to be outdoors during daytime if they want to, and they often do if they think the weather suits. They stay in the garden – lies scouting on a rock or stretch out on the terrace, catches an occasional mouse or rushes up a tree when the spirit strikes.
The kittens are only indoors, except that we usually try to do a photo shoot outdoors if the season and the weather suit.
We have a small breeding of Birman cats since 2010. Birman is calm, friendly and beautiful with silky, medium coat. We have had Birman cats since 2003 and will continue to enjoy them for long! The most important thing for us is that the cats we have and deliver are calm and confident with a nice temperament.
Nellie has previously been used for breeding at us, now Penny has taken over. We aim to mate our females with males with good social qualities. We also make sure to follow the breed standard for Sacred Birman, to care about the breed's good development. Here you can get a look at the litters we've had so far.
To learn more about Sacred Birman, you can search for information at breeding ring Birmasällskapet, where we are members. We are also members of the cat club Spinneriet which is connected to SVERAK. Sweden's cat clubs Federation, SVERAK, has great information for cat owners and cat lovers.
Below you can click on the cats' names to get to their own page.
NELLIE
SE*Stensereds Nellie
Neutered female
Colour Sealtortie tabby pointed SBI g21
Born 2020-05-09
Father CH Freyr Adoration*RU , SBI a (blue pointed)
Mother SE*Stensereds Embla, SBI h21 (chocolatetortie tabby pointed)
Breeder Ourselves
Blood type A/A
Pedigree
Litters: O litter P litter R litter
Photos of Nellie
PENNY
SE*Stensered's Penny
Fertile female
Colour Seal pointed SBI n
Born 2023-05-05
Father (N)Tonefjellet’s Dirty Harry, SBI a21 (Blue tabby point)
Mother SE*Stensereds Nellie, SBI f21 (sealtoartie tabby point)
Breeder Ourselves
Blood type A (not carrier of blood group B)
Pedigree
Litters: S litter
Photos of Penny
Cats who have previously lived with us
Gulli
Gulli and Kajsa are both born with us here at Stensered. They are the daughter and granddaughter of Ellen. They were not so fond of that we had kittens here so we understood that they would be better off in another home. They stayed with us until they were almost five and two years old, then they both moved to Christina and Thomas in Lidköping. There they have a great home but we really miss them here with us! They were our companions, were always where we were.
SE*Stensereds Gulli
Colour Seal pointed SBI n
Born 2014-07-18
Litters I litter and K litter
Kajsa
SE*Stensereds Kajsa
Colour Chocolate pointed SBI b
Born 2017-07-01
Angels in our hearts
Our previous breeding females
Ellen
GIC DK*Oddenvejens Xs Elle
Bluepoint, SBI a
Lived a good life from March 2008 to April 2020
Since 2003 had we had Birman cats in our family, in June 2009 we felt ready to get our first breeding female. Ellen, who was then a young female of one year, moved to us from Monica and Harry Nielsen at Ellekärr on Orust. It was also from Monica that we had bought our first Birmor Yasmin and Mascot six years earlier. In August 2010 Ellen got her – and our – first litter, she was an amazing mother to A litter , B litter, D litter and G litter. Ellen was an absolutely wonderful cat, social and kind and she loved being where we were. Preferably outdoors, but anywhere in our lap on the couch! She had a particularly loving bond with our youngest daughter Ida and the two also lived together for periods after Ida moved away from home..
Tova
IC S*Stoneridge Teach me Tiger
Chocolate tabby point, SBI b21
Lived a good life from November 2010 to November 2020
Litters:
In February 2011 we brought little Tova home , 15 weeks, from Madeleine Högström at S*Stoneridge Birmor in Forshaga, Värmland. We had really longed for her! Tova became our second breeding female, she was a very good mother to C litter, E litter and F litter. Tova was so incredibly social, alert and curious. She wanted to be with us all her waking time, loved to be petted and combed. Tova could hear from the other side of the house when we opened the drawer where the comb is, then she came running and jumped up on the bench. She was a very close friend of our eldest daughter Matilda, Tova followed Matilda like a dog when Matilda came home.
Embla
SE*Stensereds Embla
Chocolatetoartietabbypoint, SBI h21
Lived a good life from February 2013 until May 2026
Litters: H litter J litter L litter M litter N litter
Embla was delivered by mother Tova in our E litter and with Embla for the first time we saved a female from our own breeding, it felt great! Embla was a wonderful cat, Strong in her body and curious and forward. In addition, she was social, fearless and happy to cuddle with us as soon as she got around. She was rather mischievous too! Embla was a fantastically good mother to H litter, J litter, L litter, M litter and N litter. In addition to being the mother of a total of five litters with us, she was also a very important and beloved family member here, which was always in the middle of the dices when we played yatzy.
Tessie
Neutered female
Colour Brown aguoti
Born 2009, probably around midsummer
Father Unknown
Mother Fine black and white female in the woods
Tessie came to us – wild, scared and small – in August 2009. Suddenly one day she was there outside the house, maybe two months old. Her mother had we seen now and then, too scared to get close. Tessie got food from us and we started surgery. Tessie was really scared of us humans, but we were more cunning than she. She kept all the time outside our house, and we gave her food and water and tried to get close. A few weeks after she came to us she purred for the first time in our arms and used the litter box, but it took several months before we could walk past her without her running inside and hid under a table or a couch. Eventually she became a safe, cute and loveable cat with us. When she was 13 year we had to put her to sleep, a great sadness for us.
Our very first Birman cats
Yasmin
SBI h (S*Sacred’s La Détaché)
and
Maskot
SBI c (S*Ellekärrs Kalmia).
None of them are any longer with us.
Yasmin was a wonderful chocolate tortie female, loved to be petted and cuddled with. She was the one who kept track of all of us in the family. In the evening she would preferably be a moment at each person in the family who went to bed, especially the daughters. She also loved the outdoors and to stroll in nature.
Maskot was an absolutely stunning lilac point neuter, calm as a bowl of curds and always so kind. As soon as we took Maskot in our arms, he lost all stability and control of his body – however we held him, he was totally relaxed. And he was really good at lounging on the couch watching TV: !
We often think of Yasmin and Maskot and miss them a lot.
Charlie
SE*Stensereds Charlie, 8 of March 2012 – 4 August 2012
Our wonderful, cute Charlie – everybody's friend, always with us where we were, a fantastic kitten.
Charlie only became five months old because of a bone injury. We had to take the worst of decisions – now he rests with the others in a secluded part of the plot. Charlie was really a pet in the truest sense, a joy to have in the family and so sociable with everyone who came to visit. More pictures of Charlie and his siblings you can watch at C litter's page.