{"id":106,"date":"2009-08-16T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/08\/stockholm-iv-skansen\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:49","slug":"stockholm-iv-skansen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2009\/08\/stockholm-iv-skansen\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockholm IV – Skansen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final set of pictures is from Skansen<\/a>, an open air museum on the island of Djurg\u00e5rden dedicated to traditional pre-industrial life in Sweden.\u00a0 Like the local Beamish museum<\/a>, it features reconstructed buildings and period-dressed “interpreters”.\u00a0 As it was off-season only a small number of the exhibits were open and staffed, and the entrance free was much reduced.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenWindmills\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SkansenMiniWindmill\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Windmills.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenPoorFarmstead\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hornborga cottage<\/a> is the farmstead of a relatively poor family.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenAlvrosFarmstead\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Alvros farmstead<\/a> – an early 19th century farm from northern Sweden.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenManorHouse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At top end of the scale, an 18th century manor house<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenChurch\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Seglora Church<\/a> is apparently a popular choice for weddings.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenMissionHut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapel<\/a> for a Protestant church independent of the official Swedish Lutheran church.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenBelfry\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This odd structure is a belfry without an associated church!<\/p>\n

\"SkansenReindeer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A small zoo section houses animals native to Sweden, such as reindeer.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenSamiCamp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Camp<\/a> of the Sami<\/a> people, for whom reindeer were a vital resource.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenPostOffice\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Post office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenHardwareStore\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The ironmongers.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenWorkshop\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The engineering works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SkansenWoodworking\"<\/a> \"SkansenClampingWheel\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The furniture factory<\/a>.\u00a0 The wheel looks at first sight like some torture instrument, but is presumably a compact way to hold different pieces of work being clamped while joins set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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