Norrtälje 400 years English
Join us on a historic walk through Norrtälje city, from the humble beginnings when the city was founded, all the way to the present day expansion. From the western edge to the eastern, where the Norrtälje bay starts. For each of the four centuries, specific places and people of importance to the development of the city are introduced. You might recognise some, while others are less known, but they all carry interesting and perhaps unexpected details and stories. English
s/s Norrtelje (återkomsten) - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
The steamboat Norrtelje has been used as a restaurant in the Norrälje harbor since 1968, when she was saved from being scrapped by a group of enthusiasts. s/s Norrtelje (återkomsten) vaktas inte av någon ännu, ladda ner GeoStory-appen och bli ägare/vä...
The harbor in Norrtälje - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
What we today call the harbor is quite a new phenomenon. It was established in the 1880’s and had largely played out its role a hundred years later. As such it was only a parenthesis in the history of the city. The harbor in Norrtälje vaktas inte av n...
20th century -
It’s the start of 1970ies and from the Norrtälje harbor you can see the tractor crews emptying their loads into the huge silo towers. That’s where the grain is dried and stored until it’s carried off by boat
Augusta Andersson - Bather - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
My name is Augusta Andersson. I have been a bather for 18 years and had several famous people come through our bath facility. The bath season lasts from June 10th until the start of September. Augusta Andersson - Bather vaktas inte av någon ännu, ladda...
The wool factory - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
On this parking lot once stood a factory for making wool fabric. As it was the beginning of the 1800’s, it was one of Sweden’s first fully mechanized wool spinning mills. The wool factory vaktas inte av någon ännu, ladda ner GeoStory-appen och bli äga...
The Community park in Norrtälje - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
The community park was established in the mid 1850’s under the suggestion of city doctor Pehr Georg Palmgren. Norrtälje lacked a suitable place for walking - a place for recreation and entertainment. The Community park in Norrtälje vaktas inte av någon...
Pigs are no longer allowed to roam the city streets freely -
The pigs of Norrtälje can no longer wander freely on the city streets! The authorities have banned them from dwelling in the gutters, staircases and alleys. Norrtälje might have been the last city where pigs could freely roam around. From now on Norrtä...
Laur Franzon - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
Franzon was born 1890 in Borås and came to Norrtälje 1810 as a cabinet maker. He was involved in the cooperative movement of the city early on, and served as assistant and cashier in the cooperation starting in 1914. Laur Franzon vaktas inte av någon ...
18th century -
You have arrived in Norrtälje in the end of 1721. The 21 year long and extensive Nordic war is finally over. Around you are only rushly built wooden houses, since Russians burnt the city down in 1719.
19th century -
It’s summer in the 1860ies and you can see all the visitors arriving by the steamboat. They are probably here to try out the famous Norrtälje mud. It is said to do wonders for joint pain and other ailments.
Can the woolfactory silence its steam whistle -
In a letter to the newspaper editor, a writer complains about the loud steam whistle in the wool factory. It scares his horses that he normally parks nearby. Both the horses and citizens are by now more used to the music from the bathing community’s mu...
The tanneries - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
Besides the rifle factory there were also many tanneries in Norrtälje in the 1700’s. This was where hides from slaughtered cattle were made into leather pelts. Some of the tanneries were centrally located in the middle of the city, like this one by Tul...
Heinrich Jancken in Norrtälje - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
German Heinrich Jancken was initially hired for Swedish service in Mecklenburg. In May 1622 Gustav Adolf the 2nd agreed to let him have the tax income from the Ortala Mill and Lyhundra precinct as well as Bro, Frötun, Väddö and Häverö ship districts, i...
The rifle factory has become a loss-making business -
Many of the rafle factory’s weapons have to be discarded and the war guild has sent out captain Carl Knutenberg to investigate further. He seems to think that it’s due to many of the employees being useless bunglers. No sooner has a farm help learnt to...
Sven Strandberg in Norrtälje - Norrtälje Norrtälje kommun
Merchant Sven Strandberg was one of the most influential people in Norrtälje in the 1700-hundreds. He was born in Färila parish in Hälsingland, where his father was a vicar. Strandberg came to Norrtälje in the start of the 1720ies, when the city had no...
Conflict between Swedes and Germans -
Councilmen in Norrtälje have written a letter to the king in an attempt to prevent the German immigrants from becoming councilmen and gain influence in the city. A representative for the German population is in turn calling the Swedes a sad bunch of pe...
