What we have here are the remains of a steam powered saw mill, “ångsågverk” in Swedish. It was constructed in the late 1800s as one of the first businesses in this rural community located in northern Uppland. Besides sawing there was a carpentry shop as well as steam powered planers.
During the mill's life the Swedish pavilion for the 1929 World Exhibition in Barcelona was manufactured here. The pavilion's quirky tower (in fact a kind of beacon) was constructed in modules, then shipped to Barcelona and erected on location. Later on – quite possibly after steam had gone out of fashion – a small scale manufacturing of wood products took place here. Among the products were wooden Venetian blinds.
Today the mill rests quietly and is slowly being engulfed by the forest.