The Årsunda Viking project was initiated by the city of Sandviken in 1993 as an act to create job opportunities in Årsunda.

The reason why the Viking theme was picked is due to the high amount of ancient remains from the Viking Age and the rest of the Iron Age.

The projekt was built on three cornerstones that would complement each other:

• A full-scale reconstruction of a Viking Age farm with animals, gardenings etc.
• Preservation of ancient monuments in Årsunda.
• Viking Expo - a building with Gästrikland´s Viking Age as a theme.

A project was started by the city of Sandviken with the aim to create a tourist attraction.

An exhibition was created in a small hall in central Årsunda, then plans were made for a real museum. Those plans came to life in the Summer of 1998, when the Viking Museum was inaugurated.

In 1996 work began building the Viking Farm. Today it consist of a longhouse, smithy, cooking house, cattlehouse and storehouse among others.

At the end of 2000 the city of Sandviken wanted to finish their involvment in the Årsunda Viking project. This unfortunately led to the museum being closed in the Summer of 2003.
After many debates back and forth it was eventually decided that the Viking Association Fafner would continue running the Viking Farm.

Since then we have went through with various things like an art project and a Viking market.

Our goal is to continue to develop the farm and the activities in the best way possible and have a "living history museum" where visitors will experience ancient times with all their senses. A place where we also protect and care about enviroment, traditions and old techniques and put Årsunda and Gästrikland on the map!

We welcome all of you to pay us a visit or join the association and help us out with the work at the farm! Read more about the association here.