Lomkällan – Särna skogs- och försvarsmuseum

About the museum

Lomkällan in Särna is a forestry and defence museum that shows the district's natural and cultural heritage and life on the borderland with Norway. The museum is run by Särna Local Heritage Society and lies by Riksväg 70 (national road 70), a few kilometres north of Särna towards Idre.

The open-air museum shows huts from the whole era of forest workers up to mechanisation in the 1960s and 1970s. The site also contains a fully preserved battalion redoubt from the Second World War, Skans 211, with larger models of defensive and combat obstacles. In the exhibition hall Skogshalla there are exhibitions on, among other things, Sweden's wartime emergency years (beredskapstiden) and the railway era, and a newer exhibition is about Joles Pelle.

Visitors can watch films about the ski star Särna-Hedlund, the district's strongman Stor-Per Svensa and the wartime emergency years in Särna. There is also a café on the site.

Highlights

• Open-air museum with huts from the forest workers' era
• Fully preserved battalion redoubt from the Second World War (Skans 211)
• Exhibitions in the Skogshalla on the wartime emergency years and the railway era
• Films about Särna-Hedlund, Stor-Per Svensa and the wartime years
• Café with waffles and homemade baked goods

Permanent exhibitions

• Skogsarbetarnas kojor – The open-air museum shows huts from the whole forest workers' era up to mechanisation in the 1960s and 1970s.
• Skans 211 – A fully preserved battalion redoubt from the Second World War, with larger models of defensive and combat obstacles.
• Skogshalla – Exhibitions on, among other things, the wartime emergency years and the railway era, and a newer exhibition about Joles Pelle.

Operated by

Särna hembygdsförening

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is at Särnavägen 200, about 5 km north of Särna towards Idre along Riksväg 70.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Café with coffee, waffles, open sandwiches, ice cream, homemade baked goods and simple meals.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

The premises can be booked for meetings and conferences; contact by telephone on +46 253 100 49.

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