Eldnäsets flottningsmuseum

About the museum

Ljunga Elfs Flottningsbolag started timber floating on the Ljungan in 1869, and it went on for almost a hundred years, until 1968. At Eldnäset the company established a floating station in the 19th century, with a factor's residence (faktorbostad), a smithy, a storehouse (magasin), a barn building and a quay. Floating was for a long time the easiest way to get timber to the large sawmills on the coast, until roads and railways made other transport more profitable.

In 1997–98 buildings, quay and jetty were repaired, and in summer 2000 the museum was inaugurated in the old storehouse. The museum shows documentation on timber floating, old photographs and the equipment that was used. Visitors can also see slide shows about the lives of the log drivers (flottarna), and outdoors a forest hut (skogskoja) and a charcoal kiln (kolmila).

Highlights

• Old storehouse from the floating station by the Ljungan
• Tools, black-and-white photographs and slide shows on the lives of the log drivers
• Lecture hall with old films from Haverö
• Forest hut and charcoal kiln
• Summer café and craft sales

Permanent exhibition

• Flottningsmuseet – Documentation, old photographs and floating equipment, as well as a lecture hall with old films from Haverö and a slide show about the lives of the log drivers.

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Follow the signs from road 315 at Kölsillre.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Summer café and craft sales on site.

Events & venue rental

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