Our sites and facilities: Bråfors bergsmansby

The Bråfors homestead village


Opening times:
Self-guided tour. For a guided tour around
the Brate homestead, please contact the
family Brate directly +46 (0)223-570 27.
For information contact Norberg tourism
+46 (0)223 291 30.
Information: Norberg tourism.

Old farm, Old village, Cultural landscape, Iron, Blast furnice memory, Sheep

Since 2006 the Brate homestead at Bråfors is a cultural reserve. The homestead is
privately owned an run by the same family, now in its sixth generation .

The homestead has a well preserved iron maker´s house and many old outhouses
are still standing. Farm fields and not least the woods constitute an important part of
the household The supply of timber and charcoal wood were essential in the
production of iron and steel.

There are plenty remains of ancient iron making . Archaeological investigations
prove that already in the 13th century iron was produced here The oldest documents
related to the homestead are from 1354.

Bråfors, one of the few protected iron makers´ villages, demonstrates the
development of a village in Bergslagen from the 13th century until the beginning of
the1900s. Most of the farmland cultivated in the 17th century is still in use.