Fredrika

Björnlandet

The national park was established in 1991 and enlarged in 2017 to 2 369 hectares. It protects one of the country's most valuable old-growth pine forests: trees over 450 years old, fire scars in the trunks from the great fire of 1831, and a forest that has never been logged in modern times. From Björnbergsutsikten you look out over all of it. Eleven hundred insect species and nearly two hundred lichens have been counted here.

Six trail loops from 2.6 to 12 kilometres, two timber overnight cabins with six beds each, a lean-to shelter and a dry toilet at lake Angsjön. Svärmorsleden is usually called the most impressive. Snow-free roughly June to September. Reindeer herding goes on in the area all year round.

Buddharama

On a hill by the village stands a Thai temple. It began when the monk Phramaha Boonthin Taosiri decided in the winter of 2004 to build here. The municipality brought in water, sewerage and broadband the following year, in 2006 a four-and-a-half-metre statue of Luang Pu Thuat was raised under a roof, and in 2007 to 2008 came two buildings, an eight-metre Buddha and marble elephants. A temporary temple is housed in an older building next to it. Everyone is welcome to visit the site.

Where to stay and eat

Fredrika Hotell in the middle of the village has ten double rooms and nine single rooms, a restaurant and bar, sauna and gym, with hunting and fishing as its speciality. Fredrika Camping lies on lake Viskasjön next to the Sandudden bathing spot, with sixteen pitches with electricity, space for tents, a service building and a summer café. Fredrika Cottage & Fishing lets cabins all year round. All with contact details on the accommodation page.

Around Fredrika

Viskasjön is known for its sunsets and starry skies, and the villagers themselves point to the fishing, the hunting, the cloudberry bogs and the lingonberry forest. What is happening in the village is gathered in the Facebook group Allt som händer i Fredrika, and the village's own site is visitfredrika.se.