Pilgrimstad is a
locality
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situated in
Bräcke Municipality
Bräcke Municipality () is a municipality in Jämtland County
Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or ''län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Häls ...
,
Jämtland County
Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or '' län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of ...
,
Sweden
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with 386 inhabitants in 2010.
It is mostly known for the small micro-brewery,
Jämtlands Bryggeri
Jämtlands Bryggeri is a microbrewery located in the small village of Pilgrimstad located in the Municipality of Bräcke in Jämtland, in north western part Sweden.
The brewery started brewing beer in January 1996 and is one of Sweden’s small ...
that is located in the village.
Historically, Pilgrimstad has an old history. The village is named after a water well where pilgrims stopped on their pilgrimage travels to
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. Yet to this day, the inhabitants of the village get their water from this well.
References
External links
Pilgrimstad- Official site
Bräcke
Populated places in Bräcke Municipality
Jämtland
Former Norwegian populated places
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