Värmlands län
At Kristinehamn's homestead there are several bench tables where you can take a quiet break in the leafy environment. There are several old wooden buildings and a mill from the 18th to the 20th century. Small groves of trees are scattered around and a small…
Discover the Hyttruinen in Borgvik and learn more about its history as one of Värmland’s significant ironworks. The Hyttruinen in Borgvik Borgvik has a long history as an ironworking community. Iron production began as early as the beginning of the 17th cen…
Thorsby ironworks was granted its privileges in 1693 but was probably started before that and continued until 1879. There were also forges and a paper factory here.
En plats där historia, kultur och gemenskap möts. Hammarö Skärgårdsmuseum Hammarö Skärgårdsmuseum ligger vid Hammars udde och berättar om livet i Vänerns skärgård genom utställningar om fiske, båtliv, sjöfart och lokal historia. Museet bygger på samlingar f…
In 1871, the entire north-western main line between Stockholm and Christiania (Oslo) was inaugurated with a celebration in Arvika. The station building, designed by SJ's chief architect Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd, was completed in 1867, at the same time as the…
If the street network is the skeleton of the city, the square is its heart! The railway station is the backdrop and at the other end of Torggatan you can see the Trinity Church on the hill. Before the railway was built, the square had direct contact with th…
One building that is often mentioned as Arvika's most beautiful is "L. P. Svenssonhuset" on Storgatan 26. It was built by Lars Petter Svensson and designed by architect Svante Dyhlén. It is a stately four-storey building crowned by towers with onion domes a…
"Hedenskogshuset" was built by Anders Gustaf Hedenskog in 1925. He was the initiator of Västra Värmlands Fornminnesförening, which started Såguddens Friluftsmuseum in the early 1900s. Here, on the ground floor of the house, Hedenskog had his art and antique…
"A modern furniture department store with no equivalent in the Swedish countryside" was written in 1946 when the new building for KP-möbler was completed. The owner Jenny Nilsson had been in Stockholm where she was inspired by NK and other modern department…
At Magasinsgatan 19 is a beautiful villa from 1902 that shows off Arvika's skill in craftsmanship. There is a beautiful sun-shaped panel on the front fireplace and wrought-iron work in the ridge tiles, wing and balcony railing. In Arvika we can see many roo…
Östra Esplanaden är en allé från 1880 som utgjorde gränsen mellan den gamla stadskärnan i väster och ett nytt område som utvidgade staden åt öster. Esplanader skulle vid den här tiden planteras i alla landets städer för att utgöra en barriär som hindrade st…
At Hamnplan are two warehouses from the 1850s that are among Arvika's oldest buildings. Tall and stately, they tell the story of the merchants Mebius and Sandelin's businesses. Goods were stored here that were to be shipped out or that had arrived at the po…
Up on the hill is Minnebergsskolan, which is a secondary school from 2021 with room for 900 students. The architectural firm Brunnberg & Forshed designed it for Arvika Fastighets AB and the main contractor was Serneke. The building consists of five building…
Juvelen area, ”Wermlandsbanken / The Bank of Wermland” - Torggatan 29 The golden age of bank architecture began in the 1890s. Over a span of 30 years, 150 bank buildings were constructed in Swedish cities. Banks chose the most prominent locations, positioni…
Juvelen area, ”EPA-huset / The EPA dept. store” - Storgatan 32 During the 1960s and 70s, a wave of demolitions swept through the city centers of almost all Swedish towns. The aim was to replace cramped wooden and stone buildings with expanded spaces for hou…
