Skåpafors Servetthistoria

About the museum

Skåpafors Servetthistoria is an association that documents napkin manufacturing at Duni in Skåpafors as an industrial era in Bengtsfors Municipality. Production started in 1953, developed into one of Europe’s leading producers of soft paper, and was closed on 1 June 2005. The disappointment among the employees became the starting point for a project to preserve the history, under the motto “Without history, no future” (Utan historia ingen framtid).

Since July 2005 a small group has researched newspaper clippings, interviewed former employees and gathered material. The association has held exhibitions at Bengtsfors konsthall (art hall) and at Dalsland Center in Håverud, and in 2017 it published the book Vi satte färg på tillvaron (We Brought Colour to Life), in which former employees describe working life at Duni. Older museum guides describe a permanent exhibition in the former Learfabriken on Industrigatan in Bengtsfors, with napkins and tablecloths from several decades and Sweden’s first pleat-folding machine (plisséböjarmaskin), which came into Duni AB’s possession in 1949.

Duni, today Rexcell, still makes soft paper and airlaid in Skåpafors. According to NAV, the exhibition can be visited by arrangement.

Highlights

• Napkins and tablecloths from several decades
• Sweden’s first pleat-folding machine (in Duni AB’s possession from 1949)
• Interviews and documentation about working life at Duni in Skåpafors
• The book Vi satte färg på tillvaron (2017)

Permanent exhibition

• Servettillverkningen vid Duni i Skåpafors – Napkins, tablecloths and machines that tell the story of manufacturing at Duni in Skåpafors between 1953 and 2005.

Operated by

Föreningen Skåpafors Servetthistoria

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
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• Accessible restroom
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• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
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According to NAV, the museum is adapted for wheelchair users and has an accessible toilet nearby.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Parking is available next to the museum.

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