Rensjösäterns jaktvilla, Late 19th-century hunting lodge in Åre Municipality, Sweden
Rensjösäterns jaktvilla is a late 19th-century hunting lodge in Åre Municipality designed with about 28 meters (92 feet) of length and soft pink exterior walls arranged in a modular layout of 9x9 meters (30x30 feet). The complex includes three outbuildings, a kitchen area, stables, an ice house, and a boathouse positioned near Lake Norder-Rensjön.
Baron Oscar Dickson commissioned architect Adrian C. Peterson in 1884 to design the structure, with construction completed in 1890 using materials from Dickson's sawmill. The building was prefabricated in components and transported by rail and horse-drawn sleigh to reach its remote location.
The central dining room preserves original features such as paneled walls, pine doors, and window frames painted in brown-red oil paint from the 1890s. These details show how the rooms were designed and how people lived here at that time.
The location near Lake Norder-Rensjön offers a natural setting that allows visitors to understand the relationship between the lodge and its landscape. Access requires some planning since the site sits in a rural and relatively remote area.
The entire building arrived in prefabricated components by train to Fridhems station, then was transported by horse across snow-covered terrain to its final location. This unusual delivery method made it possible to build a lodge of this style in such a remote place.
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