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Svartsjö circuit (red track on the map)

1. Bäviksplatån. Here is one of the many dance floors of the district.

2. Bosserud. A subject of dispute between Bävik and Prästbol already in the 17th century.

3. Myra i Smedsby. Here the medieval gold ring was found. The original is in the historical museum.

4. Smedsby Skola. A former school, today the Alma Löv museum, one more sight in Östra Ämtervik.

5. Östmansby saw. One more industrial plant from times gone by. In the worker’s barrack of his brother’s saw Ludwig Nordkvist had his place to live untill his brother died. He was a litle bit mentally retarded due to a sicknes at a tender age. He was aware of that he was retarded. His nicknamne was „Stôll-Ludvig“ (crazy Ludvig).
But Ludvig was a very upright man. He was a postman. He went with the post bag between the villages in the western part of the parish. At this time the post came over lake Fryken to Schullström’s store in Prästbol. Then the post bags were carried out to the many other stores in the district. Ludvigs greatest passion was tobacco.

6. Fölsviks brygga. One of the many landing-stages which was frequently used when the boat traffic on Fryken was going on.

7. Fölsvik. Here was the old school house.

8. Rudsviken. Selma Lagerlöf’s grandmother saw here the evil spirit of the water in form of a white horse.

9. Grana. An industry for charcoal-burning was here. Its era of greatness was during the second world war when the demand for producer gas coal was great.

10. Kvarnar. At this place at the river Fölsjöälven the farms Rud and Fölsvik had their mills.

11. Vargkleva. This place was a sojourn and living place for woolfs in old times. Nice view over the lakes Fölsjön and Fryken.

12. Skacksjödalen. Here was a dam, which should prevent the water from Skacksjöns to flow out to the south when the water level was too high. Due to the inadequate water access plans were made to lead the water of Fölsjöns to Skacksjön.

13. Fölsjötorpen. At the beginning of the 20th century so many people lived here that the area around the lake was called „Fölsjöstan“ (Fölsjö city).

14. Sönner Högda. In this crofter a masculine woman lived who got done the most. She was called „Gris-Kristin“ (pig Kristin).

15. Ragnar in Vålby. Here somewhere Greta from Brôten and Anna from Jal should unveil Ragnar for cruelty to animals. With a borrowed horse Ragnar had undertaken to drive away wood from the forest. He was a very loud man who often seasoned his language with all sorts of swearwords, in rhymes, too.
This did not stop him from being a nice man and he had a good hand with horses. This was unknown to the ladies however. They went to the forest and realy they heard the swearing and shouting of Ragnar from far away. When they came nearer they heard him roar „I kill you, you devil“. They hastened off forward under cover of some trees. First they could see the horse eating hay from the compulsory hay sack which always was brought along. A little way away Ragnar hauled wood swearing and roaring like he used to do. The surprised ladies crept back at home taken aback.

16. Visteruds dance-floors. Here in this area were two dance-floors.

17. Ravåsen. Here it used to haunt on the east side of Kvarnvägen. It is „Ravåskkärnga“ who appears as a ghost and scares horses to bolt.

18. Kvarntorpsälven. A river where mills and other small industries were ever since the Middle Ages. Here, too, was a power station untill1953.

19. Lerbråten. A village which had a bad reputation all the time. Here lived all kinds of people and everything what could happen happened. But this we are not talking about here.

20. Knussbacken. A sojourn for ghosts and murderers along the old country road.

21. The real Skrolöcka. Here Jan Nilsson lived during several years. The „Skrolöcka“ in the literature was further away in Gårdsjön.

22. Mellastôga in Högberg. On April 20th 1811 Jan Nilsson was born, the model for „Jan i Skrolöcka“in the literature. He died on July 2nd 1898.

23. Hörn i Västmyr. Right east of the farm is the geographical centre of Värmland.

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