Mats Wik, Utanmyra, spoke a few weeks ago at the Local History Association's event in Lundgården about the old fäbod system. Gesunda soon became the first mainland fäbod to serve the farms on Sollerön. When the pasture was not enough, the animals were transported by large boats from the island to the mainland. In 1840, there were 75 farms in Gesunda. Gradually, Gesunda gained a permanent population and was registered as its own village in 1919. Many fäbod farms remained until the Second World War, but the only one that remains today, largely untouched, is Lundgården. The farm has its origins in the 18th century with a newer dwelling house from 1830. At that time, timber buildings were moved to the farm. The roofs used to consist of shavings and boards but were replaced in the 1960s with sheet metal to protect the timber from moisture and rot. Between Siljan and Lundgården ran the "dritgatu", the path that the animals walked from the boat transport up to the pasture.
Lundgården is owned and managed by Hembygdsföreningen.
More about the interesting story of Lundgården can be found in Sool-Öen 2001.
Lundgården in Gesunda – Sollerö local history association (sollero-hembygd.se)
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