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Farmhouses
of Hälsingland
By Erik Nordin
This pamphlet, published by Gävleborg County Administrative Board,
describes and explains something of Hälsingland's fine building culture.
The type of construction in focus is that of the first half of the 19th
century. The photographs are all from ordinary farms, not from Heritage
Centres or museums. Most buildings are part of farms or homes. Text, drawings
and photographs by Erik Nordin, County Supervisor of Ancient Buildings
and Monuments, County Administrative Board.
Porches
of Pride
By Hilding Mickelsson
Hälsingland's variety of porches, saddle roofs, portals and doors in their varying forms and colours is chronicled in words and pictures. Photograph and Honorary Dr. Hilding Mickelsson took the photographs.
The extensive picture material was taken from Mickelsson's own archives, built up under his lifelong documentation of the cultural heritage of Hälsingland. Lars Stackell, of Gothenburg University, has a text about the history of the porches. The book is published by Ekeströms Förlag and is available in a new edition.
Ystegårn
in Hillsta
By Ingalill Tengvall
Here is a presentation of one of the most geniune Hälsingland farms
- Ystegårn in the village of Hillsta, Forsa parish. Glimpses of
the farm's history, and the sights worth seeing here, are presented in
words and pictures.
The author is Ingalill Tengvall, project leader of the Farmhouses of
Hälsingland project. Ystegårn is one of the Hälsingland
farms which is open to visitors during the summer. The book is published
by Hillsta gård in
co-operation with the Framhouses of Hälsingland project.
Maj-Britt
Andersson's doctoral thesis in History of Art at the Unviersity of Uppsala,
"Allmogemålaren Anders Ädel", is available
in bookshops, published by Prisma.
In the mid-19th century, the soldier Anders Ädel (1809-1888) was employed in Ljusdal to decorate farms in north-west Hälsingland. He gave the name "Ädel painting" to a remarkable, Ljusdal-Gustavian style of decorative painting which had developed among the ordinary people of the Ljusdal area. This artist was previously only known through oral tradition.
In Andersson's investigation, the story of Ädel's life is reconstructed,
and several new facts are presented about his times and the surroundings
in which he lived and worked. The book is richly illustrated and has a
summary in English.
Fore more information about these titles,
please contact;
Hälsinglands museum
Storgatan 31
S-824 30 Hudiksvall
Sweden
Tel: +46 650 196 00
Fax: +46 650 381 86
E-mail
Länsmuseet Gävleborg
Södra Strandgatan 20
S-801 28 Gävle
Sweden
Tel: +46 26 655 600
Fax: +46 26 65 56 29
E-mail