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closed in 1989. Ore deposits
extended beneath the
settle ment, and in places
buildings had to be abandoned
to allow mining to continue.
The ore was taken by railway to
Oxelösund on the Baltic coast.
Grängesbergs Lokmuseum
(the Locomotive Museum)
contains the world’s only
operational steam turbine
Stjärnsunds Slott, home of Gustaf, the 19th-century “singing prince” locomotive.
Skattlösberg 35 km (22 miles)
9 Askersund it is considered to contain northwest of Ludvika, is where
Sweden’s finest mid-19th- Dan Andersson, “poet of the
Närke. * 4,000. £ @ n Rådhuset,
0583-810 88. _ Trad Jazz Festival century interiors. forests”, was born in 1888. It is
(2nd week in Jun), Golf Week (2nd typical of the villages created by
week in Jul), All Car and Bike Meet E Stjernsunds Slott immigrant Finns in the 17th and
(end of Jul). ∑ askersund.se 4 km (2 miles) S of Askersund. 18th centuries. Luossa-stugan,
Tel 0583-100 04. House: Open 15 May– where Andersson used to
On the north shore of Lake 31 Aug: daily; other times: by appt. write, is now a memorial to
Vättern lies Askersund, the & 8 oblig. - Park: Open daily. the much loved poet.
main town of southern Närke,
offering easy access to the 0 Örebro E Ludvika Gammelgård
forests of Tiveden and islands och Gruvmuseum
on the lake. Askersund received See pp242–3. Ludvika. Tel 0240-100 19. Open 16
a mention in a Papal letter Jun–17 Aug: daily; 1–15 Jun & 18–31
dated 1314. A devastating fire Aug: Mon–Fri. & 8 -
struck the town in 1776, but q Ludvika E Grängesbergs Lokmuseum
many wooden buildings Grängesberg. Tel 0240-207 35.
constructed since then have Dalarna. Road 50. * 14,000. £ @ Open mid-Jun–mid-Aug: daily.
been preserved. ~ n Bergslagsgatan 10, 0771-62 62 Closed Midsummer’s Eve. & 8
The brick-built church, 62. _ Dan Andersson Week (last - =
Landskyrkan, designed by week in Jul), Dragon Boat Festival E Luossa-stugan
(May/Jun), Ludvika Festival (1st week
Jean de la Vallé in 1670, in Jul). ∑ visitsodradalarna.se Skattlösberg. Open Jun–Aug: daily.
survived the fire. It is one of & 8
the most splendid religious The western part of Bergs lagen
buildings from Sweden’s Age has foundries, mines and mining
of Greatness (see pp42–3), magnates’ estates around every w Hedemora
with its magnificent Baroque corner. The industry has also left Dalarna. Road 70. * 16,000. £ @
pulpit and altarpiece. The its mark on the main town, n Railway station, 0225-343 48.
Oxenstierna-Soopska chapel Ludvika. Ludvika Gammelgård _ Hedemora Market (mid-May).
designed by Erik Dahlbergh och Gruvmuseum offers a good
contains a tin sarcophagus. impression of mining as it was This small Dalarna town is the
in bygone times as does the oldest in the province with a
Environs surrounding countryside. charter dating from 1446. The
Lake Vättern’s northern 13th-century church and the
archipelago comprises Environs pharmacy built in 1779 are
around 50 islands, most of For many years Grängesberg, among the few buildings
which are a nature reserve. 16 km (10 miles) southwest of which survived a major fire in
The islands can be reached by Ludvika, was central Sweden’s 1849. Another survivor is
boat from Askersund. Plying largest iron ore mine. It was Theaterladan from the 1820s.
the route is the S/S Motala
Express, which entered service
in 1895 and is known as “the
prisoner of Vättern” as she is
too large to leave the lake via
the Göta Canal.
Stjernsunds Slott 4 km
(2 miles) south of Askersund was
the home of the “singing prince”
Gustaf (1827–52), the song-
writing son of Oscar I. It was
so lavishly decorated that today Hedemora, Dalarna’s oldest town, granted a town charter in 1459
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p288 and pp299–300

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