{"id":11667,"date":"2024-01-25T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vildmark.se\/?page_id=11667"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:01:11","slug":"log-driving-on-klaralven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vildmark.se\/en\/experiences\/log-driving-on-klaralven\/","title":{"rendered":"Log driving on Klar\u00e4lven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-container block-acf-hero\"><div class=\"block is-acf-block acf-hero\"><div class=\"hero hero--design-3 wp-block-acf-hero\">\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t<div class=\"hero-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<picture><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bild-fran-Tarje-Paulsson-omgjord-2379x1350-c-center.webp 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bild-fran-Tarje-Paulsson-omgjord-360x640-c-center.webp 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><img srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bild-fran-Tarje-Paulsson-omgjord-2379x1350-c-center.webp\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hero-content-wrapper gradient-2 row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 order-2 order-md-1 no-margin-padding\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-fade-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"block-container block-acf-breadcrumbs has-link-color\"><div class=\"block is-acf-block acf-breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"wp-block-acf-breadcrumbs wp-elements-d4fcec70fc3e0ce86e3f3764d95792f8\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs d-flex\">\n\t \n\t<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item has-white-color has-text-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vildmark.se\/en\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t \n\t<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item has-white-color has-text-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"breadcrumbs__item__active\">Log driving on Klar\u00e4lven<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-container block-core-heading alignleft\"><div class=\"block is-wp-block core-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:43px\"><strong>Log driving on Klar\u00e4lven<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-container block-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"block is-wp-block core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Log driving on the river Klar\u00e4lven ceased in 1991, but Vildmark i V\u00e4rmland takes the tradition further. Today you are able to experience the old floating route, Klar\u00e4lven, from your own raft which you build from logs and ropes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-container block-acf-cards\"><div class=\"block is-acf-block acf-cards\"><div class=\"wp-block-acf-cards\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"Bogerud h\u00f6gvatten 1924\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bogerud-hogvatten-1924-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Log driving on Klar\u00e4lven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>The major forested areas were usually inland, whilst industries and of course shipping ports were on the coast. The watercourses were appropriate transport routes, and we know that timber for ships\u2019 masts was driven in the lower stretches of the river Klar\u00e4lven as early as in the 17th century. Large scale log driving goes hand in hand with the development of sawmills and pulp mills in the 19th century. Wood \u2013 first timber and from about 1870 also pulpwood \u2013 was driven on rivers and across lakes. To start with, many owners\u2019 wood was mixed. To organise handling, in around 1830 an association was formed called the \u201cGentlemen timber handlers on the River Clara and watercourses flowing into it\u201d. This organisation gave rise to the formation of Klar\u00e4lvens Flottningsf\u00f6rening (KFF) [Klar\u00e4lven Log Driving Association] in 1893. In the heyday in the 1950s, over 1,800 people were employed in log driving on Klar\u00e4lven, led by the legendary log driving manager Bo Lund\u00e9n, active 1952\u20131980. The record year 1957 saw the driving of an amount of wood equivalent to the cargo of 26,700 timber trucks with trailers. KFF was the country\u2019s last active log driving association. 1991 definitively saw the end of all log driving in Sweden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"span18 sptablet24 package-content\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper order-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-750x463-c-center.jpeg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-1500x926-c-center.jpeg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-492x304-c-center.jpeg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-984x608-c-center.jpeg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"Flottnin i fors\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Flottnin-i-fors-750x463-c-center.jpeg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Trysil\u00e4lven \u2013 Klar\u00e4lven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>In V\u00e4rmland, the rivers Trysil\u00e4lven and Klar\u00e4lven made up the biggest log-driving route, with a total length of over 400 km. Log driving across the Swedish-Norwegian border was regulated by ordinance back in 1766. From 1959 to 1991 log driving was also administrated on the Norwegian side by KFF. During the final years, by and large all the logs came from Engerdalen in the Trysil area. Klar\u00e4lven is a relatively easy river for log driving \u2013 it has a small drop in height, with few rapids and falls on the Swedish side. In 1962 H\u00f6ljes Power Station made log driving easier, partly through H\u00f6ljessj\u00f6n, a lake which came to be a holding site for the logs from Norway. KFF had rights to a certain amount of \u201cdriving water\u201d, which the power company released to guarantee sufficient water in the river so the logs could float easily. At the final clear-up in the autumn the team sought out all the wood which had got stuck on land. Everything had to be cleared up by the time the season was over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"Skilje i L\u00f6ved 1938-2\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Skilje-i-Loved-1938-2-scaled-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>At the sorting site there were just &#8220;Eksh\u00e4ringer&#8221;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>Log driving in Scandinavia was often organised as loose driving, i.e. single logs flowing loose with the current down to a sorting site, where they were collected. In Forshaga municipality there were two sorting sites, one in L\u00f6ved and the other, larger one by Lake Lusten. At the sorting site the various owners\u2019 logs was sorted out, likewise the different selections. The wood was marked with the owners\u2019 marks at the end of the log, using marking axes. Later on, colour marking was also used. All logs with the same mark were separated off and put together to form long bundles which were then towed by boat to the industries. At the sorting site people from different parts of V\u00e4rmland gathered to work during the summer season. The Lusten sorting site had accommodation barracks and employed kitchen staff who prepared meals at least three times a day. Regardless of where they came from, they were all called &#8220;Eksh\u00e4ringer&#8221; [people of Eksh\u00e4rad].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper order-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"IMG_3634\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3634-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Spring comes with Lusten!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>From the sorting sites at Lusten and L\u00f6ved, the logs were towed in long rafts to the industries in Forshaga and by Lake V\u00e4nern. A towed log batch could be around 550 m long and contain around 10,000 logs. The towing boats were named after their home harbour by Lake Lusten, and were numbered in the order they were bought. It was a much longed-for and popular sign of spring when the green and white Lusten boats began pulling their long rafts on Klar\u00e4lven and through central Karlstad. In the 1930s a girl wrote in a school essay: \u201cNow spring has come, and with it the \u2018Lust boats\u2019\u201d! During the last ten years of log driving, all wood was owned by Stora Skog, and thus neither sorting sites nor towing boats were needed any longer. The Lusten sorting site was closed in 1982, and the Lusten boats stopped travelling the river. All logs were floated loose all the way from Norway to the Skoghall works in Karlstad, the only remaining pulp mill. Nowadays, all wood is conveyed by road or rail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"KFF\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KFF-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The last log has floated past\u2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>Autumn 1991 saw the end of an era, and a team of professionals ceased to exist. Log-driving on the river Trysil\u00e4lven\/Klar\u00e4lven was discontinued when Stora Skog decided to transport all logs by road and rail. Klar\u00e4lven ceased to be a general log-driving route on 27 November 1997 by government decree. Thus the rights to drive logs on the country\u2019s last log?driving route ceased. KFF [Klar\u00e4lven Log-Driving Association].was dissolved at the Annual General Meeting at Hedeg\u00e5rds Pensionat in Eksh\u00e4rad on 27 March 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper order-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"Museum\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Museum-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u2026but the memories remain!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>The old sorting site in L\u00f6ved, where KFF also had its workshop, is the site of Dyvelstens Flottningsmuseum [Dyvelsten Log-Driving Museum]. There, people who previously worked in the workshop were employed. An exhibition told the story of the logging era on the river Klar\u00e4lven, and at the dock lay several workboats, including \u201cLusten 8\u201d, which has a hit-and-miss engine. There was also a caf\u00e9 and a relocated old logger&#8217;s cabin. However, the museum is temporarily closed, and unfortunately, it is not possible to say if and when it will reopen. V\u00e4rmlands Museum in Karlstad has some material on logging. Vildmark i V\u00e4rmland also carries on the tradition by offering timber rafting trips on the river Klar\u00e4lven.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__item puff__item--1 \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 puff__img_wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__img\" data-link=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-750x463-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-1500x926-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-750x463-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-1500x926-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-492x304-c-center.webp 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-984x608-c-center.webp 2x\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-492x304-c-center.jpg 1x, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-984x608-c-center.jpg 2x\" \/><img class=\"\" alt=\"VLUU L100, M100  \/ Samsung L100, M100\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Minken-scaled-750x463-c-center.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>International log-driving festivals<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"puff__text\"><p>Most European countries used to practise log driving. It has been discontinued everywhere, but in many countries associations work to keep the memories and traditions alive. People from different countries meet at the international log-driving festivals. In 1993 Republiken Klar\u00e4lvdal\u2019n [Klar\u00e4lven Valley Republic] organised the 6th festival. Over 300 guests from eight European countries came to Bran\u00e4s, and for three days participated in log-driving activities on Klar\u00e4lven. Republiken Klar\u00e4lvdal\u2019n has since been represented at the festivals in Germany in 1994 and France in 1995. The 1997 festival was held in Norway, but was opened at Dyvelstens Flottningsmuseum and continued to Edeb\u00e4ck, where the participants were able to see a log driving boat at work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-container block-core-buttons\"><div class=\"block is-wp-block core-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vildmark.se\/en\/experiences\/\">back to experiences<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Log driving on the river Klar\u00e4lven ceased in 1991, but Vildmark i V\u00e4rmland takes the tradition further. 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