Hamra vadmalsstamp

About the museum

Hamra vadmalsstamp is a 19th-century farm where, during the 1800s and the first part of the 1900s, people lived a self-sufficient existence from what was produced on the site. Besides the fulling mill (vadmalsstamp), where wool was pounded into homespun cloth (vadmal), there was a grinding mill, a sawmill and a stick planer (stickhyvel) for making roof shingles. Everything was driven by water power, and there was also a smithy.

Today there is a demonstration fulling mill with a water wheel, which is started during guided tours. The farm lies in the forest about 15 km south-west of Ekshärad in Hagfors municipality.

Highlights

• Demonstration fulling mill with water wheel
• Water-powered grinding mill, saw and shingle planer
• Farm smithy
• Farm from the 1800s in the middle of the forest

Permanent exhibition

• Vadmalsstampen och gårdens vattendrivna verksamhet – Farm with a fulling mill, grinding mill, sawmill, stick planer and smithy showing the working life of the self-sufficient household in the 1800s.

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Getting there & parking

About 15 km south-west of Ekshärad. From road 62 at Edebäck the farm is signposted as Hamra Vadmalsstamp; from road 239 towards Torsby it is signposted with a tourist sign. From the south: road 63 from Karlstad; at Molkom take road 240 north towards Hagfors, then follow the signs towards Brukshundsklubben and LEWA, about 500 m.

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