Hallands län
Trollberget is a lovely hill where on a sunny day you can see all the way to Hallandsåsen and out over Laholmsbukten. The mountain gets its name from the trolls who, according to folklore, lived here. It is said that the trolls left a trace of a troll's foo…
The Crown Distillery was built in 1776-1778. Gustav III had banned domestic distilling in order to provide the Crown with more income. Brandy was produced here until 1787, after which it was used as a granary, nail factory and art school. The building is Ha…
Örnäsudden is known for the Battle of Nissan, one of the biggest sea battles of the Viking Age. The battle was fought on August 10, 1062 between Norway's King Harald Hårdråde and Denmark's King Sven Estridesen. The Danish fleet of 300 sailing ships was defe…
Koleraepidemier spred på 1800-talet stor skräck. I Sverige avled under en 40-årsperiod drygt 37 000 personer till följd av denna bakteriella tarmsjukdom. I mitten av 1800-talet kom koleran till Gunnarsjö, den skördade fem personers liv. De är begravda på en…
Kungsäter's old church, today a church ruin, was built in the 12th century. It was a rectangular nave with a three-sided ending in the east. The grey stone walls were one and a half meters thick and the church was more than twenty meters long. There was a b…
This is where the Bockstensmannen was found in 1936, a moss corpse from the mid-14th century with a uniquely preserved medieval costume. The entire find is on display at the Halland Museum of Cultural History in Varberg, which is conducting research on the…
There is a barbecue area here. Behind Tjärby church, the Örelid burial ground stands out on the horizon, located on a beach embankment from the end of the Ice Age. There are 36 standing stones and 4 mounds from the Bronze Age. Up on the embankment you have…
Gammelgården in Hishult is a four-length 18th-century farmhouse with a South Gothic-style cottage. The cottage was built around 1730 in Östra Karup parish, more specifically in Eskilstorp village at the foot of Hallandsås north side. Around 1900, the roof o…
Until 1645, Knäred was a border village between Sweden and Denmark. In 1613, the town became widely known through the peace that ended the Kalmar War. The peace negotiations were held in Sjöared near the Småland border, and there now stands a memorial stone…
On a headland in Lake Oxhultasjön lie the remains of the Sjöboholm manor, which has its roots in the Middle Ages. In the 15th century and most of the 16th century, it was the main farm for Itzholte County, the Danish Bergslagen region of the time, with rich…
UNIQUE BRONZE AGE GRAVE IN HASSLÖV Lugnarohögen in Hasslöv is a burial mound from the Late Bronze Age (around 800-600 BC) that became a minor sensation when it was excavated in 1926. The grave was found to contain a stone in the shape of a ship, which was t…
Our homestead Snogge is located near Frillesås church. The farm is very old, one of the oldest documented in the parish. For a few centuries, Snogge was a manor house, about one acre, owned by various noble families, including von Döbeln and Eriksson (Vasa)…
You’ll find this 11-metre high waterfall directly west of Torup on the left-hand side of the Falkenberg road. There was a working foundry here until the start of the 1930s. There are some beautiful walks around here and a barbecue area. Toilet. Latitud: 56.…
The Nässja hike is a three-kilometer-long hiking path that winds through varied and magnificent nature. It begins at the farm closest to Nässja Point at the far western end. From there, it passes through pasturelands until the trail reaches the lakeshore, w…
Restored saw, mill and wood planer from the18th and 19th centuries. The sawmill is theonly one of its kind in Halland county.The mill is in a beautiful area next to LakeKroksjön, outside Unnaryd. Latitude: 56.98186, Longitude: 13.54052
