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The view we had from the balcony outside our bedroom at the B&B farmhouse we stayed at for a night.
It was quiet and peaceful. All you could hear was the cowbells and birdsong. Some would call it idyllic ;-)
Trollhättan was founded on the river Göta älv, at the Trollhättan Falls. The site was first mentioned in literature from 1413. For centuries, Trollhättan was an obstacle for boats travelling the river, until a lock system was completed in the 19th century.
On the 7th of August 1857, Trollhättan became its own parish stated in a decree by the king. This occurred at a time when the town by the notorious falls showed signs of a rapid development, mainly because of the building of the Trollhätte Canal. Now there was a start of use of the power of the waterfalls and so factory plants where built there. Trollhättan church’s origin was rather peculiar. The church is a gift from “The new Trollhättan Canal Company”. The manager of the company, lord Nils Ericsson, mostly famous for his railway engineering, was the promoter of the building of the church as well as the start of the parish. The location of the church was chosen by the preacher Per Gustav Lundblad.
In November 1858 the blueprints for the church made ready by the architect Adolf Wilhelm Edelswärd. In 1860 the building of the church was started. The church was built on an island in the Göta River in the middle of the canal system, in the neo-Gothic style, popular at that time. It was inaugurated by the bishop of Skara, J. A. Butsch on 14th Sept. 1862. Electric light was not installed until 1894.
In 1962, the coloured windows in the church were installed, made by the artist Ralph Bergholtz. The window with the subject “The Sheperds’ Adoration”, now situated on the western wall, was placed in the chancel 1896 – 1962.
The proportions of the church according to the blueprints are: 36,5 m of length and 14 m of width outwards More facts from 150 years ago: “There are 482 seats in the main church, in the gallery there are 60 seats. 122 persons can be standing in the church, 18 persons can be standing in the gallery, and 18 persons can be standing in the tower, which gives a total of 700 persons.” Today 330 persons are allowed to be in the church, which includes seats in the gallery, according to safety regulations.
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Before Gustafsberg became a popular seaside resort, it was the spring water that was the reason people visited. Lameness, hysteria and rickets were some of the diseases that were considered to be cured by the mineral-rich water. At the beginning of the 18th century, it had become modern to drink the spring water. In 1729 the municipal doctor of Gothenburg, Jacob Boëthius, was commissioned to examine the water quality in Baggetofta, which Gustafsberg was called at the time, and he found it “strong of minerals and excellent”. By drinking a glass of the natural spring water every fifteen minutes or half an hour, depending on the condition and the severity, one would recover from the disease that the spring water was considered to help against.
For an extra health-absorbing effect, in the 1780s, drinking the water began to be combined with salty baths and Gustafsberg can thereby be considered Sweden's first sea resort. Here it was leafy, hilly and right by the salty sea, which meant that the place became much sought after. The true boost for Gustafsberg began, however, when King Gustaf IV Adolf and Queen Fredrika let their seedy little son Gustav visit the town of 1804. The fragile crown prince sparkled after the salty baths and people started to pilgrim here. By the 1830s, Gustafsberg was the beach resort everyone wanted to travel to and a series of celebrities of the past, such as Lars Hierta, Fredrika Bremer, Esaias Tegnér and Carl von Linné can be found in the guestbook.
Until the 1850s Gustafsberg was Sweden's most luxurious seaside resort, and in addition to healthy baths, the days were spent walking in the park and conversations. In the evenings, the visitors enjoyed themselves in the grand hall savouring music arrays, theatrical performances and nifty proms. Many of the visitors were the mothers of married-grown daughters hoping to find a suitable future son-in-law.
The yellow bath house is now a hostel.