Björklidens gårdsmuseum

Björklidens gårdsmuseum is a small local heritage museum located at Björkliden near Åsättra, on the northern part of Ljusterö in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden. It is run as a seasonal visitor attraction and presents the everyday life and work of a self-sufficient archipelago household in the early decades of the 20th century. The museum is organized into two main sections: a farmstead museum (gårdsmuseum) and a telecommunications section (teleavdelning). The farmstead section recreates a self-sufficient island home from the early 1900s, with objects that belonged to the family that in 1943 moved from a small isolated island between Ljusterö and Ingmarsö to what is now the museum site. The displays cover fishing, poultry keeping and agriculture, illustrating both the domestic life and the working life of the period. The museum also sells Elsie Wikström's archipelago book "Jäntongen på Örhn". The telecommunications section displays telephone exchanges from the early 20th century through to the more "modern" exchanges of the 1980s. Most of the exchanges are kept in working order so that visitors can make test calls and see what happens. The collection also includes a handful of computers and a functioning small cinema with 13 seats, equipped with technology from the 1940s and 1950s. The museum is open seasonally. For summer 2026 it is scheduled to be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30 to 16:30, from 27 June until 2 August. Visits on other days can be arranged by telephone or email. The museum's website provides practical information including directions and a payment slip ("Nalog za uplatu"). As a small volunteer-run or locally operated heritage site, Björklidens gårdsmuseum does not have widely published corporate ownership, founding year or executive information. Its significance lies in preserving the material culture of the Stockholm archipelago and the history of Swedish telecommunications for a local and visiting audience.

Björklidens gårdsmuseum is located at Björkliden near Åsättra on the northern part of Ljusterö in the Stockholm archipelago. The museum's farmstead section is built around the home of a family that in 1943 moved from a small isolated island between Ljusterö and Ingmarsö to the site that is now the museum. The displays present a self-sufficient archipelago household from the early 20th century, with objects relating to fishing, poultry keeping and agriculture, and illustrate both the domestic life and the working life of the people of the period. Over time the site developed a second, distinctive section devoted to telecommunications. This teleavdelning displays telephone exchanges from the early 20th century up to the more "modern" exchanges of the 1980s. Most of the exchanges are kept in working order so that visitors can make test calls and observe the equipment in operation. The collection also includes a handful of computers and a functioning small cinema with 13 seats, using technology from the 1940s and 1950s. The museum operates seasonally. Its website lists opening hours for summer 2026 as Saturdays and Sundays 11:30–16:30 from 27 June to 2 August, and invites visitors to telephone or email to arrange visits on other days. The site also provides directions and sells Elsie Wikström's archipelago book "Jäntongen på Örhn". As a small local heritage museum, Björklidens gårdsmuseum has limited published corporate history; its story is primarily one of preserving and displaying the material culture of the Stockholm archipelago and of Swedish telephone technology for the public.

• 2026

  Museum scheduled to be open Saturdays and Sundays 11:30–16:30 from 27 June to 2 August.

• 1943

  A family moves from a small isolated island between Ljusterö and Ingmarsö to the site that is now the museum.

Small, locally rooted seasonal heritage museum focused on Stockholm archipelago everyday life and Swedish telecommunications history.

• Gårdsmuseum (farmstead museum) displays

  Objects from fishing, poultry keeping and agriculture illustrating a self-sufficient archipelago home in the early 20th century.

• Teleavdelning (telecommunications section)

  Telephone exchanges from the early 20th century to the 1980s, most in working order, plus a handful of computers.

• Small cinema

  A functioning 13-seat cinema with technology from the 1940s and 1950s.

• Book sales

  Elsie Wikström's archipelago book "Jäntongen på Örhn".

1. 1Björklidens gårdsmuseum - Hembjorklidensgardsmuseum.se
2. 2Björklidens gårdsmuseumsv.wikipedia.org
3. 3Björklidens gårdsmuseumwikidata.org