Once you enter Jamtli History Land anything can happen!
A few steps could take you between the 18th, 19th and 20th century,
and the people you meet might come from eras other than our.
Role-playing is used to show how people lived and worked, how they
cooked, looked after their animals or ran business.
Welcome to another land - Jamtli History Land!

The Lillhärdal farm 1785

Sheriff Kjell Herdell and his family live on a farm in Lillhärdal in Härjedalen.
Self-sufficiency is the order of the day, and the family produces everything it needs. It´s a precarious existence, and the harvest has falled in recent years.
What will happen this year?

Östersund 1895

Welcome to a city that is growing a quite a pace! The railway has just reached the city, and in the store Gulleboden, goods from the four corners of the world are sold.
At Jemtlands läns Sparbank you can change your Swedish kronor into the special "cultural currency" the Jamtli-krona, which can be spent at Jamtli. The rate is favourable! Open monday to friday. Going to the bank is a serious business. The clerks are smartly dressed and the interiors ar sober. Not all of Östersund´s citizens have any business here.
In the alley that leads towards the lake, day-labourers and artisans live in cramped conditions, working hard to make ends meet. If you are a bit better off, pop by at photographer Oscar Olsson’s recently opened studio. If you want to, you can have your portrait taken, 1895-style...
Book a photo session at +46 070-673 92 32, June – August.

The Näsgården farm 1895

The farmer Jöns-O´rs and his family live in Ålsta in the parish of Näs. These are exiting times with many new inventions and ideas. Separators and harvesters facilitate work, while the temperance movement has becoming an important factor of social life.

The Mountain farm 1895

During summer, the animals of Näsgården are herded to the rich pastures in the mountains, while the fields close to the farm are being cultivated. The summer pastures are situated far from the farm, and herding the animals there can take days.
Normally, it is the women who spend summer here. They enjoy more freedom than on the farm, but on the other hand, they work from before sunrise to late at night. It is important to produce as much cheese and butter as possible before winter sets in. If you want to, you are welcome to lend a helping hand.

Hackåsgården farm 1895
- especially for small children

An entire farm for children of all ages, with everything children liked to do in the old days. In fact, to play shop, jump in the hay, and play with wooden animals in the cowshed is a hit even amongst today’s youngsters.
Every day during summer, a time-travel starts in Hackåsgården at 14:00. Together with our staff, the children (and a parent) depart for a journey through time and space. Maybe they end up in the Petrol Station 1956, or maybe in the Näsgården farm 1895. Join us!

The croft - Per-Albintorpet 1942

Astrid and Sture Zetterström have borrowed money from the own-your-own home movement to build a croft of their own. But the outbreak of war has changed everything. Rationing has been introduced, there is threat of war, and Sture has been called up. Astrid has to manage the farm with the help of the children. When Sture comes home on leave, the farm overflows with happiness.

The Petrol station 1956

A trip down memory lane with a petrol pump, car, bicycle and motorbike workshops, a car showroom and a kiosk. There is even a driving school, open to children aged 6 to 12. Applications are made in the kiosk. Against a small fee, the children can attend a theory lesson to lern the basic rules and signs of traffic. Then they are ready to practise, in pedal cars from the 1950s! As a proof of having passed the Jamtli driving school test, the young drivers receive a driver´s licence.