Sagomuséet
Amazing fairytales and legends about goblins and trolls, the Neck and fauns, hags and ghosts has always entertained and frightened people. The stories passed from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation.

The museum of Fairytales in Ljungby is situated in a district with remarkable storytellers and many legendary places. The museum wich is fun and exciting for both children and adults makes the tradition of storytelling lifelike in our country.

Discover the museum by Yourself or join a guide who will show You around and tell You all the exciting stories. You can also take a trip into the Fairytail district and visit all the legendary places. You can listen to stories in the tenement soldier´s smallholding at the old square in Ljungby and at other places all through the summer.

Sagomuséet, Märta Ljungbergsvägen 1, SE-341 35 Ljungby, Sweden
Phone: +46(0)37214855, E-mail: berattarnatet.kronoberg@telia.com
Homepage: http://www.sagobygden.se/

Sven Ljungbergmuséet
Sven Ljungberg and AnnMargret Dahlqvist-Ljungberg has builed a museum and formed a foundation. They have transfered the museum and a large part of their artistic work to the foundation.

An organisation called "Ljungbergmuséets vänner" has been started in purpose to cooperate with the foundation in showing the collection to the public in general for all future to come.

Sven Ljungberg and AnnMargret Dahlqvist-Ljungbergs lives and work as artists, writers and critics of the society is a valuable asset that should be passed on to the next generation.

You are very wellcome to visit the museum situated by the river Lagan in the centre of Ljungby.

Ljungbergmuséet, Strandgatan 5, S-341 30 Ljungby, Sweden
Phone:+46(0)37262036, E-mail: info@ljungbergmuseet.se
Homepage: http://ljungbergmuseet.se

The Kingdom of Crystal
Enjoy a close-up view of skilled glassblowers transforming the syrupy molten glass into beautiful works of art. The sparks fly and there is a distinctive hissing sound as the hot molten glass is shaped by skilled hands using only wet newspaper.

T here are 15 glassworks in the Kingdom of Crystal, all located in a short distance of each other in Kronoberg. These include several of the most famous glassworks of the world.

But the Kingdom of Crystal has more to offer: small studio glassworks, the Emigrant region, music festivals and a long and proud culinary tradition.

En smakbit av Ljungbys historia
From time immemorial people travelled past Ljungby alongside Lagan river. It was as early as in the 11th century, that two Vikings decided to settle down in the heatherclad flat country. These two Vikings were Astrad and his son Götrad, who are standing statue on Stora Torget (The Big Square in front of Terraza) in Ljungby.

-Here! said Astrad to Götrad, here we will settle down. There is a large game stock and game birds and in the river a lot of salmons. Let us build our own village (sv. by) here and since here is a lot of heather (sv. Ljung) let us call it Ljungby.

The two Vikings cultivated the land and become widely knpwn agriculturists. When Astrad died, his son erected a runic stone as a memory of his father. Today this stone is famouse as "Replösa stenen".

But there are other who claims, that the history of Ljungby does not begin until late in the 17th century, when a market place, court-house and a hostelry was built here. The latter was managed by the well known Märta Ljungberg (1657-1741) who offered food and lodging to those, who passed Ljungby. She managed the hostelry for 55 years and become a very rich woman. She made large donations to the poor and needy and after her death the fortune was left to them. A scolarship was founded in her name. Her generosity and devoution has been honored in several places in the town; amongst others there is a street named after her and her hostelry is still in excistence at the old square. There one can feel a touch of the old environment where Märta Ljungberg welcomed everybody with openness and sincerity to Ljungby.

It was also at the old square on a market day in 1857, that a few of the rich people in Ljungby, observed a young girl with a beautiful singing-voice. They were so deeply affected by her voice, that they decided to pay for her education. The girl was Kristina Nilsson and she became in time a very famous operasinger. A statue was erected in the park by the station and a scolarship was founded in her memory. This scolarship is given to a "prominent" musician or singer every year.

Do yo want to know more? Go for a stroll in the center of Ljungby and visit these places, where can get more details about the rich history of Ljungby.

Homepage of Ljungby: http://www.ljungby.se