Näs a hundred years ago
More than a hundred years ago, a girl named Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson was born on Näs farm in Vimmerby. One hundred years is a long time. Much has changed in Sweden during these years and much has changed at Näs. A hundred years ago, Näs was a vicarage farm, one on many in Sweden. Today, visitors from all over the world come here to the tiny, tiny place in the world that in 1907 saw the birth of one of the world’s greatest and most beloved authors.
About the exhibition
Through the exhibition ‘Näs a hundred years ago’, we hope to show a part of Sweden that is changing and being forgotten. We also want to show what the childhood environment that meant so much to Astrid Lindgren looked like. But all stories start at the beginning… so we begin the saga of Näs with the first known written document preserved about the farm: priest Johan Mörske’s original deed of gift from 1411 can be seen here in the exhibition.
