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Ingmarsö krog is open April-October - here you can sit down for a coffee, lunch, drink, or a whole evening with dinner in the company of good friends.
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The earliest mention of Ingmarsö is in the urbarium from the year 1539; the islands four farms - Norrgård, Södergård, Västergård and Nästergård - where required to pay tax, including half a barrel of cod, to the king. The islanders of the 19th century subsisted for the most part on fishing and agriculture. As the population increased, a large part of the hay meadows were cultivated. Today, agriculture is run by grazing sheep and horses and mowing winter fodder.
There are several theories about how the island got its name. According to one of them, the name has sprung from all the lakes and inlets, "inmar" in older swedish, that once existed on the island when the sea level was several meters higher than today. Inmarsö has been transformed into Ingmarsö, which is still a lake-rich island with Storträsk, Lillträsk, Bergmar and Maren. The schoolhouse was inaugurated in 1901 and the store was opened in 1887. The school and the store are still open all year round and today the island's youngest children go to preschool in the schoolhouse.
The mission house was built by the islanders in 1904 and is still used today.
The earliest mention of Ingmarsö is in the urbarium from the year 1539; the islands four farms - Norrgård, Södergård, Västergård and Nästergård - where required to pay tax, including half a barrel of cod, to the king. The islanders of the 19th century subsisted for the most part on fishing and agriculture. As the population increased, a large part of the hay meadows were cultivated. Today, agriculture is run by grazing sheep and horses and mowing winter fodder.
There are several theories about how the island got its name. According to one of them, the name has sprung from all the lakes and inlets, "inmar" in older swedish, that once existed on the island when the sea level was several meters higher than today. Inmarsö has been transformed into Ingmarsö, which is still a lake-rich island with Storträsk, Lillträsk, Bergmar and Maren. The schoolhouse was inaugurated in 1901 and the store was opened in 1887. The school and the store are still open all year round and today the island's youngest children go to preschool in the schoolhouse.
The mission house was built by the islanders in 1904 and is still used today.
Ingmarsö has a genuine archipelago environment with archipelago villages, harbor bays and older cultural landscapes. The village of Norrgården is located in the middle of the island and is a traditional archipelago settlement. The property, of about 30 hectares, is one of Ingmarsö's largest. Norrgården's nature and cultural environment is well preserved and there are fields that have been used for more than 400 years and an inviting courtyard. Viktoria and August Johansson, born around 1880, were the last to live on Norrgården's land. Today, the farm is owned by a foundation whose purpose is to preserve cultural environments, natural values and landscape.
On Norrgården's lands there are beautiful hiking trails, which among other things lead around the source lake Storträsk and to a bathing place at Femsund. The forests are stroll-friendly and consist of Hällmarks pine forest, old coniferous forest and lush deciduous forest. Lillträsk is a forest star surrounded by pine moss and really magical natural forest in the spirit of John Bauer, so here Princess Tuvstarr has a home. There also grows silage hair and squat frame, and in the forest the orchid is rooted. In autumn, the bog shines red with cranberries. Farthest east on Ingmarsö you will find a completely undeveloped part of the island called Kålgårdsön. Here is a marked hiking trail and a boat trail that continues all the way to Finnhamn's nature reserve. Kålgårdsön has such great value for the active outdoor life that the county administrative board has designated it as a nature reserve.
On the way from central Ingmarsö to Kålgårdsön you pass restored pastures at Femsund. If you walk through the pasture in May, you will be met by hundreds of flowering Adam and Eve. Like all other orchids, it is protected. The vast Blötängen at Stora Kastet is usually grazed by gut sheep. Then the path goes past some lovely slabs at the water's edge. Where the path passes the outlet to the small lake Päran, there is a small but very species-rich beach meadow, where both the rare marsh sprout and the meadow flower bloom in June. The path on Kålgårdsön is varied and goes through Hällmarkstallskog, former arable land, past Bockviken's bathing cliffs and through dense forest. The path leads to a well-hidden
The island can be discovered in many ways, there are wide walking and cycling paths, hiking trails, and the waters around the island are suitable for kayaking. Farthest east on Ingmarsö is an undeveloped part of the island, the nature reserve Kålgårdsön. Here is a marked hiking trail that continues all the way to Finnhamn's nature reserve. The trail is called the boat hobo trail because you can, via Kålgårdsön, take the rowing boat over to Finnhamn.
Fine cycling and hiking tours are also available from southern Ingmarsö west through Brottö's cultural landscape. At Norrgården you will find Ingmarsö-Brottö local history museum where you can learn more about the island's history from the 10th century until today. Here you can read diaries and newspaper articles about Ingmarsö in the past. Cycle or walk to the bath in Femsund, to the east. On the way you pass Bygdegården Lurkan.
Back in the guest harbor you can use the sauna. At the school there are swings, a football pitch and a slide for children with legs that are full of running. Swings are also available at Bygdegården Lurkan. Kayak rental is available on Norra Ingmarsö.
