Västerbottens län
Pit systems are found on the other side of the stream where the road ends at a parking lot. The first pit is found on the hill beyond the bog about 100 m due west of the bridge. The system has a length of 90 m with the pits at 18-40 meters distance from eac…
Wild reindeer and elk used to be caught in trapping pits. The oldest pits are dated to 5000 BC. The trapping method was then used until the 1st century AD. Here in Solberg there are 24 trapping pits that are easily accessible from Laisholmsvägen. Dry fine p…
At the end of the village of Laisholm, a road turns down to Gammställnäset. At the far end of the isthmus, a 120 m long settlement from the Stone Age has been investigated. In total, about 150 finds have been recovered. The most remarkable finds are the asb…
In Umasjö there is an unusual house built of logs by Fredrik Stenmark in the 1880s. The outer walls are constructed of round logs of mountain birch, which have been stacked as in a woodpile, with layers of clay in between to fill the cavities. Between the r…
A collection of water-powered grinding stones can be found 100 meters above Berglunds Järn in Hemavan. The foundation of Hemavan's prosperity was laid by mowing the meadows around the Ume River and Ahasjön, which were flooded by the spring flood, and the gr…
It was Ernst Manker who in the 1950s invented the name stalotomter to fit his theory that this type of ancient remains originated from the stalos in the Sami sagas. Today, however, there is nothing to support Manker's theory about the stalotomts. They are p…
A beautiful plateau in the middle of the mountains where there are several remains of Stalo sites. The Stalo plots are located on this plateau. A so-called stalotomte (hut site) right next to the path was excavated in 1978. It was unusually large, 15 x 13 m…
The small islet in the middle of Tängvattnet outside Rönäs village is described in Egil Skallagrimson's saga. According to this, King Torulf Kveldulfson, from Norwegian Hågoland on the coast, would have traded with the Sami on this islet as early as 880 AD.…
A soapstone quarry at the southeastern tip of Sörtjärnen is reached via 200 m of fine path that begins 100 m after the asphalt road ends. Soapstone and the particularly fine variety of steatite found here, which is clearly dark green, has very distinctive p…
The mills remain in their original condition, but the sawmill and the dam building for the upper mill have disappeared. During the 1970s, the mills and the mill dam were restored and a timber hut, which had been on the site for the mill staff, was rebuilt.…
A walk in the footsteps of Jonas Nensén The priest Nensén made daily walks up Oxhornberget, popularly known as Prästhällan.
A frozen priest who dislikes fish and germs Priest Nensén had a lot of ideas about what he liked and didn't like... Read more at www.lapplandssydport.se
At Prästhällan, sermons were created. Jonas Nensén came to Prästhällan when he wanted a moment of peace and reflection. Here he looked out over Bergvattensjön and down towards the village of Dorotea, which had been his home and fixed point for a total of 50…
Dramatic private life with joy and great sadness. Jonas Nensén took his priestly studies in stride. After seven years in Uppsala, he was still not ready. He then wrote directly to the king and asked for dispensation. He was needed as a priest in Lapland bec…
