Jamtli
Ostersund's open-air museum, where the Overhogdal tapestries of about 1100 are kept in the indoor galleries.
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Jamtli combines an outdoor museum of relocated Jamtland buildings - farms, a shieling, a schoolhouse, workers' housing - with an indoor county museum, and in summer the outdoor part is staffed by people working the buildings in period, which is aimed largely at families. The object that matters most is indoors: the Overhogdal tapestries, woven wall hangings found in a church storeroom in 1909 and dated to around the year 1100, showing animals, ships, buildings and figures in a style that sits between Norse and early Christian imagery. They are among the oldest surviving textiles of their kind in Europe. The indoor galleries also cover Sami history in the region.
What you actually see
- The Overhogdal tapestries - woven around the year 1100.
- Relocated Jamtland buildings - farms, shieling, schoolhouse.
- Costumed working in summer - the outdoor museum staffed.
- Sami history in the region - in the indoor galleries.
When to go
June to August for the outdoor part; galleries year round. Three hours.
Honest expectations
The outdoor museum is largely closed and unstaffed outside summer. The living-history approach is aimed at children. Ticket prices are higher in season. The tapestry room is small and dim by necessity.
Nearby
Froson is across the bridge; Storsjon spreads around.
What to pack for Jamtli
Chosen from what this place is for. Tap a kit for the full checklist.
Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
