The Camp

History

Orsa Finnmark in Dalarna has a somewhat different cultural background. Finland was during the 1600:s a part of Sweden. The area consists of app 5000 km2. The Swedish King wanted the region habitated and offered all presumptive settlers a 6-year tax-free period. Finns, mainly from the regions of Tavastland and Savolax in Finland decided to migrate and came to this area in the early years of the 17^th century. These Finns were the first settlers and gave name to lakes, creeks and villages, names that still remain to this day.

Today the area has less then 700 inhabitants, which are living in one of the 16 villages there is. The largest is Hamra with about 150 people. The smallest is Abborsjöknoppen, near Pilkalampinoppi, which boasts with just 2 inhabitants. Previously there were 3 people there, the local joke is that the village suffered from heavy migration when almost half the population left.

Noppikoski:

with 7 inhabitants is situated in the middle of Orsa Finnmark, Years later this village became the furthermost outpost for the logging industry, serving the loggers with food and necessities. Today Noppikoski has a petrol station, a small shop and restaurant and is still the local provider of necessities for the villages around.

The housing :

We use the original genuine houses for lodging.

The houses were previously used as housing for the staff within the logging-industry.

Toilet and shower in the hallway on every floor.

Every house has a fully equipped kitchen.

There are a total of 40 beds, divided among 4 houses.

The restaurant and servicestation/minishop:

The restaurant is the only "new" building at the Camp. It was built 20 years ago on top of the old petrol station originating from 1959.

The restaurant itself is covered with photographs and paraphenelia from the era of logging and building of the inland railway about 100 years ago. There are totally about 60 seats in the restaurant.

The village lies easy accessible along the Inland highway, E45. We strive for preparing foods from the region. It feels good to minimize the transportation and to be able to easier control the quality of the product and the animal handling.