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Årjängstravet

The only museum of its kind in Northern Europe. The Nordic Trot Museum is beautifully situated inside the Årjängstravets public area just along the E18 east of Årjäng. The basic exhibitions focus on the horse's and trot's history. The museum also contains a well-attended library of trot sport literature. Temporary exhibitions are shown at the Nordic Trotting Museum a few times a year. These can be with or without horse attachments. More information about current exhibitions can be found on their website. For the horse enthusiast there is also a lot to choose from in the museum shop. The Nordic Trot Museum is also an ATG representative, which means that anyone who wishes can both play on trot and watch the races live. Conference There are conference rooms of different sizes with modern technology and in a cozy atmosphere. Restaurant The museum's restaurant is well known for its good food and Monday-Friday 11.00-14.30 is served the day's lunch. Open on weekdays 11.00-16.00 and in addition when ordering. For the kids In the museum there are our popular wooden horses that can be replaced. For the smallest children there is a play corner in the museum. Årjängstravets playground is in close proximity to the museum.

Årjängstravet

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The only museum of its kind in Northern Europe. The Nordic Trot Museum is beautifully situated inside the Årjängstravets public area just along the E18 east of Årjäng. The basic exhibitions focus on the horse's and trot's history. The museum also contains a well-attended library of trot sport literature. Temporary exhibitions are shown at the Nordic Trotting Museum a few times a year. These can be with or without horse attachments. More information about current exhibitions can be found on their website. For the horse enthusiast there is also a lot to choose from in the museum shop. The Nordic Trot Museum is also an ATG representative, which means that anyone who wishes can both play on trot and watch the races live. Conference There are conference rooms of different sizes with modern technology and in a cozy atmosphere. Restaurant The museum's restaurant is well known for its good food and Monday-Friday 11.00-14.30 is served the day's lunch. Open on weekdays 11.00-16.00 and in addition when ordering. For the kids In the museum there are our popular wooden horses that can be replaced. For the smallest children there is a play corner in the museum. Årjängstravets playground is in close proximity to the museum.

Lennartsfors station

The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 m. Just above the lock staircase crosses the Dalsland canal by a highway bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. The Lennartsfors lock staircase is the most impressive in Dalsland's canal after Håveruds. The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 meters. Just above the lock staircase, the canal is crossed by a road bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. When you arrive at the upper lock from the north (from the lake Foxen) you enter a long, narrow fairway. The trail is separated from the flowing water down to the power plant by a narrow stone pier. In the water area above the stone pier there is usually strong current supply, especially when the water level is high. Boats coming from the north moor at the waiting bridge. Here is a so-called "call station" with written information on how to contact the lock guard. For boats coming from the south, a green buoy marks the part of the waiting bridge that does not have a depth of 1.8 m. Already in the 16th century there was a water mill here at Ränkforsen. Something that can be called a real society, however, was not until 1839 when Lennartsfors Bruk was founded and the town got its name after the owner Lennart Uggla. The mill manufactured everything from boats to spotty cups and to facilitate the transports to and from Lennartsfors, the lock staircase was built. The mill was abandoned in 1877 and instead a wooden grinding mill was established in Lennartsfors. In 1948, the next industrial era started when Lennartsfors Mekaniska Verkstad, in collaboration with Facit in Åtvidaberg, began to manufacture duplicators and counting spools. The company remains and the business is today focused on small-scale forestry. Smaller sawmills and the so-called Iron Horse belong to the product range. One more thing about Lennartsfors. From here comes the "Sack". We mean of course the ski king Thomas Wassberg.

Lennartsfors station

The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 m. Just above the lock staircase crosses the Dalsland canal by a highway bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. The Lennartsfors lock staircase is the most impressive in Dalsland's canal after Håveruds. The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 meters. Just above the lock staircase, the canal is crossed by a road bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. When you arrive at the upper lock from the north (from the lake Foxen) you enter a long, narrow fairway. The trail is separated from the flowing water down to the power plant by a narrow stone pier. In the water area above the stone pier there is usually strong current supply, especially when the water level is high. Boats coming from the north moor at the waiting bridge. Here is a so-called "call station" with written information on how to contact the lock guard. For boats coming from the south, a green buoy marks the part of the waiting bridge that does not have a depth of 1.8 m. Already in the 16th century there was a water mill here at Ränkforsen. Something that can be called a real society, however, was not until 1839 when Lennartsfors Bruk was founded and the town got its name after the owner Lennart Uggla. The mill manufactured everything from boats to spotty cups and to facilitate the transports to and from Lennartsfors, the lock staircase was built. The mill was abandoned in 1877 and instead a wooden grinding mill was established in Lennartsfors. In 1948, the next industrial era started when Lennartsfors Mekaniska Verkstad, in collaboration with Facit in Åtvidaberg, began to manufacture duplicators and counting spools. The company remains and the business is today focused on small-scale forestry. Smaller sawmills and the so-called Iron Horse belong to the product range. One more thing about Lennartsfors. From here comes the "Sack". We mean of course the ski king Thomas Wassberg.

Bruksvägen

Gustavsfors lock is a single lock with a height difference of 2.8 m. . Above the lock, the canal is crossed by a fixed bridge with an 11.75 m clearance and a 4.2 m passage width. Gustavsfors Mill was founded in 1747 by Nils and Jöns Koch, brothers and wealthy townsmen from Uddevalla. The mill began its life as an ironworks, but in the early 19th century, the legendary Gustaf Ekman became interested in the company. Ekman, the man behind the development of the iron industry and thereby Sweden’s prosperity, introduced Lancashire hearth iron processing in Gustavsfors. By 1873, however, the mill was transformed into one of the country’s first paper pulp mills, and continued so until just after World War II, when the mill was finally closed down. Today, tourism is the main source of income for Gustavsfors. It is in the summer that this idyllic community springs to life. But now and then, other things happen here, too. Sometimes film-makers drop in. Parts of the Danish-Swedish film Midsommar with Tova Novotny in one of the lead roles was filmed in Gustavsfors to take just one example. If you peek over the long, narrow Lake Lelång, you’ll see Torrskog Church, beautifully situated on a promontory right on the water. And if you stop by the church, you can visit the tree-trunk-shaped gravestone that Selma Lagerlöf had erected in memory of her sister Anna who died, far too young, at Gustavsfors Manor.

Bruksvägen

Gustavsfors lock is a single lock with a height difference of 2.8 m. . Above the lock, the canal is crossed by a fixed bridge with an 11.75 m clearance and a 4.2 m passage width. Gustavsfors Mill was founded in 1747 by Nils and Jöns Koch, brothers and wealthy townsmen from Uddevalla. The mill began its life as an ironworks, but in the early 19th century, the legendary Gustaf Ekman became interested in the company. Ekman, the man behind the development of the iron industry and thereby Sweden’s prosperity, introduced Lancashire hearth iron processing in Gustavsfors. By 1873, however, the mill was transformed into one of the country’s first paper pulp mills, and continued so until just after World War II, when the mill was finally closed down. Today, tourism is the main source of income for Gustavsfors. It is in the summer that this idyllic community springs to life. But now and then, other things happen here, too. Sometimes film-makers drop in. Parts of the Danish-Swedish film Midsommar with Tova Novotny in one of the lead roles was filmed in Gustavsfors to take just one example. If you peek over the long, narrow Lake Lelång, you’ll see Torrskog Church, beautifully situated on a promontory right on the water. And if you stop by the church, you can visit the tree-trunk-shaped gravestone that Selma Lagerlöf had erected in memory of her sister Anna who died, far too young, at Gustavsfors Manor.

Årjäng

The oldest preserved cout house in Sweden. The countrys oldest preserved court house is in Långelanda. At a district-court session in January 1800 it was decided that a new court house should be built. It was finished in 1802 and used until 1936, when one started to use a more modern court house in the town of Årjäng. In Långelanda there are three buildings, a custody, an archive and the court house, which are historic monuments. The custody is built of the old court house and the archive was built in the beginning of the 20th century. The court house has a fine exterior but it is the interior that is especially intresting. The bar in the sessions hall is formed as a stone circle. Inside there is room for 12 jurors facing towards the judge and with their back towards the public. The judge and the assistant judge sat at the bench facing the listeners. Långelanda, where the court house is situated, is a row village where the houses are placed after a long village street. The village is one of the most well preserved row villages in Värmland. The oldest houses are built during the 19th century. Back in the days there was a stage and an inn. The judge and the jurors stayed at the farms in the village during the weeks when there was a session. There is a book about the hundred of Nordmark and the court house of Långelanda. It is written by Anna-Lena Nordström. In 1865 a trial, that was noticed both in Sweden and abroad, was held. The defendant was the vicar Anders Lindbäck. He stood in the dock, prosecuted for having murdered several parishioners by adding arsenic to the communal wine, as he visited the poor an ill. The reason was mercy, according to vicar Lindbäck. The real reason was that vicar Linbäck felt that the parish had to great expenses for poor relief. He was sentenced to death for having murdered an unusual number of his parishioners. He later commited suicide in the county prison in Karlstad. Before there has been a country play about a trial at Långelanda but now a newly written drama of five acts has been played at the community centre in Silbodal. It is written by Gösta Karlsson from Årjäng and holds the titel "First, order on earth" after an utterance from vicar Lindbäck. The country play is also about the person who could testify against vicar Lindbäck and have him convicted, Daniel in Huken. Several times he was served the poisoned communal wine but could not swallow it. Nevertheless Daniels mother became a victim of vicar Lindbäck.

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The oldest preserved cout house in Sweden. The countrys oldest preserved court house is in Långelanda. At a district-court session in January 1800 it was decided that a new court house should be built. It was finished in 1802 and used until 1936, when one started to use a more modern court house in the town of Årjäng. In Långelanda there are three buildings, a custody, an archive and the court house, which are historic monuments. The custody is built of the old court house and the archive was built in the beginning of the 20th century. The court house has a fine exterior but it is the interior that is especially intresting. The bar in the sessions hall is formed as a stone circle. Inside there is room for 12 jurors facing towards the judge and with their back towards the public. The judge and the assistant judge sat at the bench facing the listeners. Långelanda, where the court house is situated, is a row village where the houses are placed after a long village street. The village is one of the most well preserved row villages in Värmland. The oldest houses are built during the 19th century. Back in the days there was a stage and an inn. The judge and the jurors stayed at the farms in the village during the weeks when there was a session. There is a book about the hundred of Nordmark and the court house of Långelanda. It is written by Anna-Lena Nordström. In 1865 a trial, that was noticed both in Sweden and abroad, was held. The defendant was the vicar Anders Lindbäck. He stood in the dock, prosecuted for having murdered several parishioners by adding arsenic to the communal wine, as he visited the poor an ill. The reason was mercy, according to vicar Lindbäck. The real reason was that vicar Linbäck felt that the parish had to great expenses for poor relief. He was sentenced to death for having murdered an unusual number of his parishioners. He later commited suicide in the county prison in Karlstad. Before there has been a country play about a trial at Långelanda but now a newly written drama of five acts has been played at the community centre in Silbodal. It is written by Gösta Karlsson from Årjäng and holds the titel "First, order on earth" after an utterance from vicar Lindbäck. The country play is also about the person who could testify against vicar Lindbäck and have him convicted, Daniel in Huken. Several times he was served the poisoned communal wine but could not swallow it. Nevertheless Daniels mother became a victim of vicar Lindbäck.

Källtegen

A statue, built of rocks and the legend tells, that it was erected during wartimes in the 17 - 18 century, to make the enemies think there stands a real watchman. Is a statue, built of rocks, it looks like a man with a hat. The statue stands in Källtegen on a hill called Borgåsen. From a distance it looks like it is guarding the area. The origin is unknown, but the legend tells, that it was erected during wartimes in the 17 - 18 century, to make the enemies think there stands a real watchman. From the top of Borgåsen you have a magnificent view over the lake Västra Silen. A small track leads to the statue.

Källtegen

A statue, built of rocks and the legend tells, that it was erected during wartimes in the 17 - 18 century, to make the enemies think there stands a real watchman. Is a statue, built of rocks, it looks like a man with a hat. The statue stands in Källtegen on a hill called Borgåsen. From a distance it looks like it is guarding the area. The origin is unknown, but the legend tells, that it was erected during wartimes in the 17 - 18 century, to make the enemies think there stands a real watchman. From the top of Borgåsen you have a magnificent view over the lake Västra Silen. A small track leads to the statue.

Karlanda socken

The spring was formerly famous for its healthgiving water. West of Vännacka you can find a spring containing ferrous water. The spring is situated at the foot of a steep hill, the nature is wild, montainous and magnificent. In summertime open air services are held here. The old execution place for the Nordmark jurisdictional district is quite close. Signs show the way. Directions Drive road 172 towards " Arvika" after about 19 km turn left at a sign "Åmotsfors", at the next crossing turn left towards "Töcksfors". Continue about 3 km and turn right into a small gravel-road, and drive another 2 km.

Karlanda socken

The spring was formerly famous for its healthgiving water. West of Vännacka you can find a spring containing ferrous water. The spring is situated at the foot of a steep hill, the nature is wild, montainous and magnificent. In summertime open air services are held here. The old execution place for the Nordmark jurisdictional district is quite close. Signs show the way. Directions Drive road 172 towards " Arvika" after about 19 km turn left at a sign "Åmotsfors", at the next crossing turn left towards "Töcksfors". Continue about 3 km and turn right into a small gravel-road, and drive another 2 km.

Sjöänds Skans

The fortlet is a defense establishment from World War 2, situated in the Glaskogen nature reserve in the district of Årjäng. During the war many defense establishments were built near the Swedish border to prevent an eventual invasion. The establishment was to prevent a military advance towards Glafsfjorden. This fortlet is one of the largest and best preserved in Sweden. The fortlet enclosed about 30 000 m2 and all over there are wellpreserved satefy devices.

Sjöänds Skans

The fortlet is a defense establishment from World War 2, situated in the Glaskogen nature reserve in the district of Årjäng. During the war many defense establishments were built near the Swedish border to prevent an eventual invasion. The establishment was to prevent a military advance towards Glafsfjorden. This fortlet is one of the largest and best preserved in Sweden. The fortlet enclosed about 30 000 m2 and all over there are wellpreserved satefy devices.

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Årjängstravet

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Årjängstravet

Lennartsfors station

Bruksvägen

Årjäng

Källtegen

Karlanda socken

Sjöänds Skans