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82 Kil (51 M.) Kil (352 ft.; Jernvägs Hotel, R. 1½, B ½ kr.,
well spoken of), the junction for the Gothenburg and Falun railway
(R. 49), and of a short branch-line to Fryksta or Frykstad (9 min.),
on the Nedre Fryken Lake (195 ft.).
From Frykstad a pleasant excursion may be taken to the three *Fryken
Lakes (Nedre, Mellan, and Öfvre Fryken). A steamboat leaves Frykstad
three times a week, in connection with the train from Kil, for Torsby-Bruk,
at the N. end of the highest of the lakes, which it reaches in 5 hrs., returning
on the following day. — The Fryksdal, a valley 80-90 Kil. (50-55 Engl. M.)
in length , is one of the most beautiful in Sweden, but the long
steamboat-journey to Torsby and back is rather fatiguing. It is preferable
to land at Rottneros Bruk between the central and the upper lake, visit the
Fall of the Rottna-Elf, and proceed to Sunne (Hotel), another pretty place,
where Anders Fryxell (d. 1881 at Stockholm), the author of an important
history of Sweden and of the poem ‘Vermlandsvisa’, was once pastor. —
In the vicinity are several large iron-works, some of which belong to
the Edsvalla Bruks Bolag. — The scenery of Öfvre or Norra Fryken is
grander than that of the lower lakes.
The next station is (95 Kil.) Skåre. Then —
102 Kil. (63 M.) Karlstad (*Stads-Hotellet, R. and B. 3½ kr.;
Hôtel Kristiania; Rail. Restaurant; restaurant and music at the
Trädgårdsförening; Åttkanten, a favourite resort to the S.E. of the
town; post and telegraph-office at the town-hall, in the Stora
Torg), the capital of Vermland, with 8100 inhab., entirely rebuilt
after a fire in July 1865, is picturesquely situated on the Tingvallaö,
at the influx into Lake Venern of the Klar-Elf, which descends
from the Norwegian mountains. This is a commercial place of
considerable importance. The broad streets are flanked with
handsome houses, and some of them are planted with trees. Among the
chief buildings are the Gymnasium, the Frimurarloge, and the
Stadshotel. Pleasant promenades in the environs. Steamboat thrice
weekly to the principal places on Lake Venern, and to Gothenburg
viâ Venersborg.
From Karlstad or from Kil a visit may be paid to the Valley of the
Klar-Elf. The train may be taken to Deje (p. 365), a station on the Falun
Railway (Bergslagernas-Bana), 10 Engl. 31. above Kil, whence we proceed
to Ransäter (the birthplace of Geijer), and Uddeholm (p. 365), where the
Elfdal strictly so called begins. Beyond it the valley ascends into the most
sequestered districts of Vermland and to the grand mountain-chain which
separates Sweden from Norway. The last region in Sweden is the Finskog
(‘forest of the Finns’), inhabited by Finns who were established here in the
reign of Charles IX., and who still differ from the Swedes in customs
and physique. — Beyond the frontier the scenery becomes even wilder and
more desolate, especially in the neighbourhood of the Fæmund-Sjø (ca.
2300 ft.), the source of the Klar-Elf. which is at first called the
Fæmunds-Elv and afterwards the Tryssil. Comp. p. 211.
The train now skirts the N. bank of the vast Lake Venern
(p. 293), of which, however, little is seen, and passes over six long
bridges and a number of embankments, the construction of which
was very costly. 113 Kil. Skattkärr; 125 Kil. Väse; 134 Kil. Ölme.
142 Kil. (88 M.) Christinehamn (Jernvägs-Hotel; Stora Hotellet;
Hôtel Svea), a small trading town, with 5500 inhab., lies on the
Svartå and the Varnumsvik, a bay of Lake Venern.
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