Raststuga Långsjön
The place
Raststuga Långsjön ("Långsjön rest cabin, long lake") in Dalarna County, Malung/Mora sector (Värmland-adjacent taiga forests of Dalarna, Sweden), at a true elevation of ~350 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous), boreal taiga. Continuous Sweden Dalarna cluster (batches 260-406). Raststuga, a forest rest cabin used by a snowmobile club (Malung, pop. 5,000, and Mora, pop. 10,000, historic home of the Vasaloppet ski race + Långsjön, "long lake" place name + Dalarna, central region + Siljan, 355 km² meteorite-crater lake, 377 million years old, iconic) + heritage of the Dalarna Swedes (Scandinavian people, 300,000, Dalecarlian Swedish dialect, endangered Elfdalian dialect, UNESCO) + iconic Vasa heritage: the Vasa dynasty, 1521, Gustav I Vasa's flight through Dalarna and raising of an army against Danish rule, iconic independence story + Vasaloppet, 90 km Mora-Sälen race, established 1922, iconic ski event, 15,000 skiers commemorating Gustav's 1521 flight + iconic Dalarna horse, the Dala horse, painted Falu red, iconic folk art + iconic Falun, UNESCO site since 2001, copper mine active for 1,000 years, the world's oldest continuously worked mine + iconic Anders Zorn, 1860-1920, painter from Mora + Carl Larsson, 1853-1919, iconic watercolorist + iconic ABBA, 1972-1982, Björn (Ulvaeus) and Anni-Frid Lyngstad connection + iconic 210 years of neutrality since 1814, ended with NATO membership on March 7, 2024.
The setting
Dalarna Malung/Mora Värmland-adjacent taiga forests of Dalarna Sweden elevation 0 m erroneous ~350 m actual boreal taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-406, raststuga forest rest cabin snowmobile club + Malung 5,000 + Mora 10,000 Vasaloppet + Långsjön long lake + Dalarna central + Siljan 355 km² meteorite crater 377 million years old iconic, Dalarna Swedes Scandinavian 300,000 Dalecarlian Elfdalian endangered UNESCO + Vasa 1521 Gustav I flight through Dalarna raising of army iconic independence + Vasaloppet 90 km Mora-Sälen 1922 iconic ski race 15,000 skiers commemorating 1521 + Dala horse painted Falu red iconic folk art + Falun UNESCO 2001 copper 1,000 years world's oldest continuously worked mine + Zorn 1860-1920 Mora painter iconic + Larsson 1853-1919 watercolorist + ABBA 1972-1982 Ulvaeus Lyngstad iconic + neutrality 1814 210 years NATO March 7 2024 ended.
