Andersons Family History: Bogg/Spjut sites - Asen, Trängslet, Navardalen, Karin's

ANDERSON/BOGG FAMILY SITES:

ÅSEN:

Tuesday, August 3rd. We met 10am at Bogg Farm and the caravan made its way to Åsen where there is a unique historic wooden church from 1729. It is a beautiful building and a tribute to the faith of the people in this area and their desire to have a worthy place of worship. To quote from the brochure on the chapel: "In its unpretending shape the chapel is a reflection of the time when the people of Åsen were poorly off and only in hardship could harvest what the poor land might yield".

The old church

Lena and Sheldon in front of old rectory

TRANGSLET:

We drove up Trängslet gorge to the dam and lake where we stopped for a look. The dam is one of the world's largest earth filled structures. It is used to produce hydro power. The gorge is very rugged and beautiful.

Trängslet gorge

Tina - Ulla - Karin on top of the dam

NAVARDALEN:

Next stop was Navardalen, a fäbod which has been in the Bogg family since the 1800's. The cottage is comfortable and has been beautifully restored by Sigge.

It was quite a long drive for the Bogg family to move the cows from Gåsvarv to Navardalen, taking two days, with an overnight stop along the way. Mona describes this in her history of the Bogg family in bogghistory.blogspot.com.

This fäbod is located deep within the forest and is very quiet - a wonderful place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the world. We were served a delicious lunch and just relaxed and visited. Navardalen is owned by Karen Bogg who rents it out when she is not there with her family.

Lunch at Navardalen. Wyoma, Larry, Legrand, Dianne, Karin, Ulla, Sheldon, Bengt, Christine, Rosalie, Vern, Mary

Karin, Maria in front of old stable

Maria, Karin, Sigge

Larry inside the remodeled stuga

Fireplace and mantle

RAMMA:

We were invited to dinner at Karen Sten's summer cottage, another fäbod which was moved from somewhere else and restored. It is a lovely cottage by the side of a lake with a great gazebo in the garden. As we approached, we were greeted by beautiful cello music floating from the gazebo. The music was played by Ztina, who had come to Sweden from Hungary. She is a friend of Rebeka's. She played Bach and popular melodies from memory. Connor, Abigail and Izaak caught a few trout from the lake.