Kungsgården: Church, Printing Museum and Swimming Spot

Kungsgården offers something for a range of interests: Ovansjö Kyrka represents architectural history and medieval wood art, the Rosenlöfs Printing Museum features printing presses, and Korsikabadet is a swimming spot on Storsjön. Other highlights include the exhibitions at Åttersta Hytta and the baking methods of Berglunds Bakery. You can tailor your stay around culture, water or food production.

Ovansjö Kyrka: Architectural History and Wood Art

Ovansjö Kyrka is located in Kungsgården. Some parts of the church date from the 13th century; the present church was completed in 1762. These dates describe different aspects: early structural elements on the one hand, and the completion of the present church building on the other. One architectural feature is the church’s striking brick barrel vault. The vault adds a distinctive detail of the building’s design to its historical context.

The church’s furnishings include a collection of medieval wooden sculptures. These include a Madonna and Child on a throne from the mid-13th century. The same church thus brings together medieval structural elements and religious art with the form of the building completed in 1762. You can consider the building’s history, its vault and its sculptures as different aspects of the site.

Rosenlöfs Printing Museum and Åttersta Hytta

The Rosenlöfs Printing Museum in Kungsgården, Gästrikland, is a working museum. Its machines and other equipment have been preserved in the condition they were in when operations ceased on 5 July 1974. This date is a different historical reference point from the construction phases of Ovansjö Kyrka: here, the focus is on the condition of a printing works at the end of its operations, while individual structural elements and the collection of wooden sculptures at the church reach back to the Middle Ages. These cultural themes therefore differ both in subject matter and in their historical timeframes.

Åttersta Hytta has a gallery with exhibitions in the building beside the smelting furnace. The gallery adds an exhibition-related attraction distinct from church architecture and preserved printing presses. Call ahead for information before visiting; no regular opening hours are listed.

Korsikabadet and the Baking Methods of Berglunds Bakery

With Korsikabadet, the focus shifts to water and landscape. This natural swimming spot with a grassy beach is in a bay on Storsjön in Kungsgården. The combination of a bay, lake and grassy beach sets it apart from the historically themed attractions. If you would like to include a swimming spot among your interests alongside architectural and industrial history, Korsikabadet is a specific place to consider.

Food production is another subject of interest. Berglunds Bakery bakes with organically grown flour that is freshly milled in its own farm mill. This way of baking brings growing, milling and using the flour together in a clear process. It adds another dimension to church art, printing presses and the swimming spot. If you are interested in food production as well as culture and landscape, you can take this into account when choosing the themes for your stay.

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