LM Ericssons minnesgård

About the museum

The farm Nordtomten in Vegerbol in Värmskog is the childhood home of Lars Magnus Ericsson, founder of the Swedish telephone industry. He was born here on 5 May 1846 and grew up on the farm. He died in 1926 at Hågelby farm in Tumba.

The farm had stood empty for several years when Värmskogs fornminnes- och hembygdsförening (Värmskog ancient monuments and local heritage society), led by parish curate (komminister) John Engvall, bought it in spring 1956. Nordtomta was renovated, supplemented in 1960 with a smaller outbuilding, and the residential house was furnished as a telephone museum. On 20 August 1961 the farm was inaugurated as a homestead and memorial farm, with a bronze bust of Lars Magnus Ericsson donated by the telephone company.

The memorial farm displays an exhibition of telephones and other equipment from Ericsson's early production, together with the company's history and the life of Lars Magnus Ericsson. The farm is also furnished as a simple 19th-century farmhouse. Next to it is a mineral museum with minerals from the district's mines, and Vegerbol silver mine, where Ericsson worked as a young man, lies within walking distance, about 1.3 km away.

Highlights

• Childhood home of Lars Magnus Ericsson
• Exhibition with early Ericsson telephones
• Mineral museum with minerals from the district's mines
• Farmhouse from 19th-century Värmskog
• Vegerbol silver mine within walking distance

Permanent exhibitions

• Telefonmuseet och minnesgården – Telephones and other equipment from Ericsson's early production, the company's history and the life of Lars Magnus Ericsson, in a furnished farmhouse.
• Mineralmuseet – Minerals from the district's mines.

Founded

1961

Operated by

Värmskogs hembygdsförening

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Getting there & parking

From Grums: drive towards Värmskog and follow the sign to the right about 1.5 km west of Värmskog church; then about 2.5 km on a village road. From Arvika: take road 175 towards Säffle, turn left towards Avelsbol after about 20 km and follow the signs for about 13 km. The Silver Trail (Silverleden) from Värmskog church or the parish house (sockenstuga) also leads there (about 2.7 km of gravel road, not recommended by car).

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