Showing posts with label fridhem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fridhem. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Torklada

Torklada
The old drying barn, (known as a torklada), at Fridhem in Krigslida. For many years there was a laundry here. This barn was built by timber from the USA. Back in the 1920s cars imported from North America were transported in wooden containers. Anyone who wanted could get the timber from the containers and the buildings seen here were built with that wood.

Monday, November 14, 2011

An apple a day...

The Apple Thief

I need to buy a larger camera bag so that I can bring the old canon with the zoom lens with me. This moose was thinking about eating a few apples at Fridhem when I spotted it yesterday.

Monday, December 06, 2010

Winter Sky

Winter In Sweden

This is Fridhem in Tungelsta. One of the places I often return to with a camera. One reason for that is that the house was built by my grandfather Oskar Andersson back in 1922. You can read more about that in my post American Timber. Another reason is that the house always looks good on a photo. The name Fridhem means peaceful home, but chances are that it will not stay peaceful for very much longer. Fridhem was sold last year and I think the developers are planning to build a bunch of big houses on the fields surrounding the old house.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

American Timber

Fridhem

American Timber

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This is Fridhem. A property at Lida. It was built back in 1922. The builder was my maternal grandfather, Oskar Andersson, who never lived here himself. Fridhem has an interesting story. When the rail-road to Stockholm opened a little over a century ago, many new businesses came with it. In Tungelsta that meant a number of new laundries. Fridhem was one of them. Here is the interesting part. Back in the 1920s cars imported from North America were transported in wooden containers. Anyone who wanted could get the timber from the containers for free, at the harbour in Stockholm, as long as they paid for the transportation. And all the buildings seen here (except for the modern garage), was built with that wood. If you look closely on the second photo that I took inside the big laundry barn you can still read what was written on the wooden containers. On the third photo you can see the wringer building. The laundry closed many years ago. Since the 1930s someone from the Björklund family has always lived here, and once every year, Karl Gustaf Björklund usually has a big yard sale here. Earlier this summer I visited what turned out to be the last sale. Because just a few weeks ago Karl Gustaf, who is in his eighties, moved out after selling the property to a developer. So it is very likely that all the buildings, except for the house soon will be gone. And with it a part of Tungelsta history. I have talked to a few members of the historical association and hopefully they can perhaps save one of the buildings. If not I have at least been there on two occasions lately to document it all.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Same Place Different Time

Winter Landscape

Same Place Different Time is the name of a flickr group that I post many photos to. I enjoy seeing what a difference a few months can do to a landscape. This is the same house I photographed earlier this week, the one my grandfather built. Looks a bit different today I think. Bigger photo.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape

My grandfather Oskar Andersson built this house on Tungelsta Road 118 many years ago. I don't know the Björklund family that lives here today. In the summer time they often have garage sales here. Looks good in the snow I think. The color used is called Falurödfärg.


Same place another winter.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Fridhem

Fridhem

The first photo of three in this zooming sequence. The man in red is Utta. His family has lived here at Fridhem for many years.

Zooming in...

Looks like he has a tractor behind the garage.

Utta

A carriage filled with what looks like spruce branches. Utta is getting ready to drive away with his tractor at Tungelsta Road 116.

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Fridhem

Flea Market


Winter Landscape

If you recognize this house, it's because of this cool Winter Landscape shot. The house is on Tungelsta Road around 2 km from where I live. There is a Garage Sale here later today. But we call it a loppis. Or loppmarknad, or flea market if you like. They were not open when I took this shot in the early morning. May go back later today.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Summer Landscape

Summer Landscape

Winter Landscape

This house was built by my grandfather on my mothers side of the family. He died when my mother was eight years old.I didnt know about that hje had built the house until I took a winter photo a few months ago. My mother saw the photo on flickr and said "my dad built this!" I don't know the people that live here. It's an older couple is all I know. But I like this place.