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Spots of Interest

Bollnäs Finnskog


  • Byss-Olle’s homestead museum, Belsbo
  • Höstbodarna, mill and water-powered saw, etc.
  • Slåttsjön, lake- and marsh preserve
  • Ö Öjungsbo – Kanalberget at Finnskogsleden
  • Gryssjön – Sågtjärn, wilderness section of Finnskogsleden, cultural/historical milieu
  • Rimetkojan, “eldpallkoja” (hut with open fire), country road on boulder ridge
  • Vittsjön, wildflower meadow
  • Sjösvedens Finnbygds- museum, also meadow care
  • Vålsjöbo-Långsjön, intact watermill, lake system
  • Gruvberget, Staffanskyrkan, Carl-David Othzén’s vicarage, kiln
  • Katrineberg, village, old ironworks and chapel

Hanebo Finnskog


  • Stugubacken, wildflower meadow, oaks 325 m above s. l.
  • Bobakssågen, water-powered saw

Alfta Finnskog


  • Gullberg, nationally registered Finnish village on high ground and “wooden castle”
  • Finnskogsmuseet, Skräddrabo, museum - focused on Scandinavia
  • Skålsjögården, “eldpallkoja”, charcoal kiln, Finlander’s cot, sauna, hiking trails
  • Tulpans, Skålsjön, nationally registered meadow- and homestead
  • Brattskure, nationally registered pastureland
  • Mållångstuga, former hostelry village near lake system (Hälsingskogen), nationally registered meadowland with “Smörbollar” (Trollius europaeus), wolf lichen (Litharia vulpina),
  • Mållångstuboene – Vargatjärshällene, wolf lichen-covered barn, barren rock area with clefts, geologically interesting.
  • Flätsbo gruva, old zinc mine in wilderness milieu and wilderness museum
  • Svabensverk, ironworks village with museum, chapel and boulder ridge
  • Getryggen, border village at boulder ridge, old burial ground
  • Nybo fäb., fäbodmiljö, pastureland, “stors” (cook-house, Alfta’s oldest building), a Svabensverk vicar, his memorabilia
  • Ruben Gustafssons tusculum project
  • Häsbo, Lake Häsbo (lake with char-fish), drying sauna, Häsbodalen and boulder ridge Egga geologically interesting and nationally registered, hiking trails

Envikens socken


  • Gårdviksbo, pitfall trap system for game
  • Björnås, Finlander’s churchyard, pilgrim’s trail
  • Grejsan, living "fäbod"
  • Nysjön, living "fäbod", wide pastures
  • Rotbodarna, Dalarna’s bggest fir-tre
  • Våckelberget, southern slope with varied flora

Rättviks Finnmark


  • Bingsjö, nationally registered Finn village, chapel, Danielsgården and typical Dalecarlia naïve paintings, old kilns
  • Finnbacka, Finn village on high ground, wide view from community hall
  • Dådran, iron works village and chapel, skittle alley
  • Prfästbodarna, living "fäbod"
  • Dalstuga, close village centre at Amungen, former hostelry on travel route

Svartnäs Finnmark


  • Svartnäs, iron works village and church
  • Vintjfärn, mining village
  • Högsveden, reserve with “tooth ache” pine
  • Falkåsen, Svärdsjö’s largest farm, remnants

Ockelbo Finnmark


  • Åmot, Bunges Kapell (exhibitions), tour of iron works village
  • Jädraås, narrow gage railway, in traffic; iron works milieu
  • Ulvtorp, Finn village on beautiful location
  • Rönnbacken, Finn village on beautiful location

Järbo socken


  • Kungsberget, natural reserve, Gästrikland’s biggest mountain
  • Järbo hembygdsgård, local kiln
  • Hälltjärn, rebuilt blast furnace

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