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Oviken

Administrative history

The parish of Oviken has medieval origins.

At the municipal reform in 1862, responsibility for ecclesiastical matters was transferred to Oviken parish and for civil matters to Oviken county municipality. The rural municipality was expanded in 1952 and became part of Bergs municipality in 1971[2] The parish became Oviken-Myssjö parish in 2010[3].

On January 1, 2016, the district of Oviken was established, with the same scope as the parish had in 1999/2000.

The parish has belonged to fögderier, tingslag and domsagor as described in the article Jämtland. The enlisted soldiers belonged to the Jämtland Field Hunter Regiment and the Jämtland Horse Hunter Corps[4].

Geography

Kusbölehelvetet.

Oviken parish extends from Storsjöns Bergsvik in the east and with Oviksfjällen in the north and west. The parish has farmland closest to the lake and is otherwise a marshy forest area.

From the 18th century, the farms of Oviken parish had farms along a route through the mountains west towards (western) Galåbodarna and up towards Arådalen. In the southern part of Oviksfjällen there are about 30 huts. Two cattle sheds, Östra Arådalen and Långbodarna, are still in operation. Östra Arådalen was awarded the international Europa Nostra Prize for construction in 1991. The more famous farmhouses along (or near) the Fäbodvägen are, from Persåsen towards Arådalen: Landsombodarna, Fittjebodarna, Långbodarna, Svedjebodarna, (western) Galåbodarna, Nybodarna, Valskaftet, Prästbodarna, Östra Arådalens fäbodar and Västra Arådalens fäbodar. The farm road from Kövra to Arådalen was built between 1964 and 1965. There was a well-developed communication network between the villages and the various pasture valleys, with roads and paths, many of which are still fully visible. Across the many marshes you can sometimes find the remains of rolling bridges. Nature in the area still bears the mark of having been used by people and grazing animals for several hundred years.

The virtually uninhabited area between the western Storsjö district and the Oviksfjällen mountains was formerly a pasture for farmers from the southern Storsjö parishes. The area consists of mountainous forests, mountains and large marshlands and was of great importance to farmers until the 20th century due to the availability of rich forest and mountain pastures and good opportunities for marshland grazing. Ödesbölet Takåsen, with fossil arable land, crop circles and several house foundations, is located in woodland high above the current agricultural settlement.

For many years, the festival site Fröjdholmen, surrounded by Storsjön, hosted a large midsummer celebration. There was dancing on two dance floors and Northern Europe's longest water ski race: Fröjdholmsloppet. The midsummer celebration on Fröjdholmen died out in the 1980s.

Geographical demarcation[edit | edit wikitext]

Oviken parish is bounded in the east by Sannsundet, where in the northeast it borders Sunne parish in Östersund municipality. In the southeast, the parish borders Hackås parish and meets Myssjö parish at the height of Käringviken in Sannsundet. The villages of Sölvbacken and Svensåsen belong to the parish. The parish boundary passes the bay Myrviken and falls into Västnåran at Västnårs kvarn and goes up to Fjösåsberget. The villages of Gisselåsen, Kinderåsen and Fjösåsen are in the parish. The border goes west just north of Västertaket and coincides with the so-called Fäbodvägen. The border runs north of Landsombodarna in Myssjö parish and turns south just east of Gamla Fittjebodarna. In this area is the Marntallsåsen nature reserve and the Jämt-Norgevägen hiking trail passes through. The parish boundary goes south of Fittjebodarna, Långbodarna and Svedjebodarna and passes Galån. In the vicinity of Galberget, the border meets Åsarne parish and turns to the northwest, passes north of Stavbrännan and then follows Arån to the north. The border turns to the west south of Busjöfjället and reaches Storsjö parish in the area of Lill-Lövsjön, passes Tossåsfjället and has its westernmost point in Lunndörren. Lunndörrspasset in Lunndörrsfjällen is the westernmost part of Oviken parish. The three parishes of Oviken, Storsjö and Undersåker meet here.

From Lunndörren the parish boundary goes east. To the north is now Undersåker parish in Åre municipality. The border runs through Dörrsjön and south of the Anaris mountains. It follows the stream Blankan and reaches Hanasjön. It then follows Storån (border with Hallens parish) through Hosjön, south of Hosjöbottnarna Sami camp, and turns south at Storfallet, which is west of Höglekardalen. The border passes Lekarån and falls into the Oviksfjällen. The mountain Drommen with Dromskåran is located in Oviken parish. At Koberget the border leaves the mountains and goes east. In this area is Gräftåvallen with Gräftåvallen Airport and Häggsåsen. To the north is Marby parish in Åre municipality. The parish boundary runs between Västeråsen in Oviken and Möckelåsen in Marby. Önsta is in the parish of Oviken. The border crosses County Road 321 between Månsåsen in Marby and Bölåsen in Oviken. Via Svarttjärnen the border goes out into Sannsundet just south of Bruksviken in Marby parish. The villages Hackåsen, Vattjom and Åbbåsen are located in the parish.

Ancient remains

Some settlements from the Stone Age have been found. There are some burial mounds from the Iron Age. There is plenty of low-tech iron slag from the Iron Age and the Middle Ages. At the islet west of Fröjdholmen is one of the iron production sites. There are also around 170 trapping pits. From the Middle Ages there are a few abandoned farms and the cellar of the Koborgshus fortress. There are remains of Sami culture in the mountains.

War events

In 1677, a battle between Sweden and Denmark-Norway took place at Oviken Church, which the latter won. The Jämtians in the Swedish army surrendered and deserted to the Norwegians, while the Swedish soldiers and officers were taken as prisoners of war.

The name

The name (1344 Owik) comes from a bay in Storsjön, now Myrviken. The interpretation of the prefix is unclear[9][6].

People from the village

Provost Erik Andersson (died 1563), Jämtland's reformer.

Astronomy professor Johan Bredman (1770-1859) at Uppsala University.

The artist Lapp-Lisa (Lisa Thomasson) (1878-1932).

Journalist Daniel Viklund (1908-1996), who covered EU issues for many years in Dagens Nyheter.

Writer Elsa Wallén (1922-2001), best known for her poems in Jämtian (Ovik language).

Literature about Oviken

Oviken was marked on Olaus Magnus Carta Marina from 1539.

Jämtmål writer Anders Backman was born in Önsta, Oviken, on June 22, 1858. He trained as a teacher, was employed in Myssjö in 1875 and settled in Kövra. When he joined the Baptist church some ten years later, he was removed from his position as a teacher. He then began his work as a preacher. He also published several books, including a small book of "Jämtmålsberättelser" in Jämtian in 1892 under the pseudonym Anders Jämte. Together with another Jämtmål writer, Erik "Äcke" Olsson, he started the annual journal Jämten in 1906, which is still published. In 1919, Backman presented his handwritten dictionary of the Myssjö language to the Carolina Rediviva University Library in Uppsala. It contains 453 words with translations. The dictionary is now included in the database of the project Ordbok över jamskan. A selection of the words is also printed in "Orlboka, ordbok över jamskan" (Jengel förlag, 2001). Anders Backman died at his home in Kövra on 15 December 1922. It was he who had the "Backmanshuset" built close to the tourist station in Arådalen. Anders Backman was devoted to Oviksfjällen and especially Arådalen.

Anders Backman's daughter, the author Stina (Jämte) Backman has written about life on the mountain farms in Oviksfjällen. These include 'Det gryr över fjällen', 1938, 'Västra Årådalen' and 'Stängda grindar och öppna hjärtan'.

In Selma Lagerlöf's textbook, Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey through Sweden, it is said that "high mountain geese" flew with Nils. The geese included Viisi from Oviksfjällen.

Olaus Magnus, in his Historia from 1539, says that in mid-March a market was held on the ice at a place called Oviken, located in the province of Jämtland in the mountains on the border between Sweden and Norway.

Lajla Johansson describes the mountainous area in her collection of poems Doft av näver och ene (ISBN 91-631-2772-5). Johansson is South Sami and grew up in the Glens Sami village.

Jöns, Lars-Göran and Anders Larsson's book Börtnan - fiskebyn i fäbodriket on Jengel förlag 2019 deals with, among other things, Oviken's parish's farms, fäbodar and lands closest to Ljungan and Oviksfjällen such as Galberget, Lövdalen, Vävelsberget, Glen and others[10].