Särdals livräddningsstation
Museum of lifesaving, seafaring and fishing in an old sea rescue station on Busör in Särdal, with the lifeboat Otto Stenberg.
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About the museum
Särdal's lifesaving station was built in 1908 on the initiative of Sveriges allmänna sjöfartsförening (the Swedish General Seafarers' Association) and was paid for with donations. The background was the September storm of 1903, when twenty merchant sailing vessels (skutor) were wrecked between Vinga and Ängelholm and sixty seamen drowned. The station was equipped with the rowing lifeboat Otto Stenberg and inaugurated on 28 October 1908 at a major exercise with the station's volunteer crew.
In time the station became outdated and was closed in 1957, when Svenska Sällskapet för Räddning af Skeppsbrutne (the Swedish Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked Persons) donated the facility to Harplinge hembygdsförening (Harplinge local heritage society). The society made it into a museum of lifesaving, seafaring and fishing.
The museum shows the lifeboat Otto Stenberg, the rocket apparatus and other rescue equipment, various fishing gear and screen exhibitions with old photographs. There is also a model of the lifeboat at a scale of 1:20. The building was renovated in 2026, with new windows and facades.
Highlights
- Rowing lifeboat Otto Stenberg from 1908
- Rocket apparatus and rescue equipment
- Fishing gear and old photographs
- Audio guide via QR code on the wall of the building
Permanent exhibition
- Livräddning, sjöfart och fiske – The lifeboat Otto Stenberg, the rocket apparatus and other rescue equipment are shown together with fishing gear and a screen exhibition of old photographs.
- Founded
- 1957
- Operated by
- Harplinge hembygdsförening
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Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Parking area just before the station.
From Kustvägen between Haverdal and Steninge, turn off on Lundslättsvägen towards the sea. The turn-off lies about 1–1.5 km from Särdals kvarn and from Steninge respectively; from there it is about 1.5 km on Lundslättsvägen until the red station comes into view.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (SV) |
| Good to know | An audio guide with a short story in words and pictures can be opened on your mobile phone via the QR code on the wall of the building. Guided tours are booked by text message, May–October. |
