Stensjö by is a hamlet located about 10 kilometers north of

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chang ...

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. The hamlet and the surrounding landscape are well preserved from the 18th and 19th centuries.

General information

Stensjö by is owned by the

Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities also called simply the Royal Academy of Letters or Vitterhetsakademin abbreviated KVHAA ( sv, Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien Historie och Antikvitets Akademien or or ) is the Swedish royal ...

since 1960. The aim is to preserve the hamlet and its lands in its state from the early 1900s. The hamlet itself consists of a cluster of old wooden buildings painted in red. The surrounding landscape also has an important cultural value. It is well preserved with

pastures Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep, or swine ...

surrounded by

roundpole fence The roundpole fence is a wooden fence typical to the countryside in Sweden (in Swedish: ''gärdesgård''), Norway (in Norwegian: ''skigard''), Finland (in Finnish: ''riukuaita'', ''risuaita'' or ''pistoaita'') and Estonia (in Estonian: ''roigas ...

s. Here cows, sheep and pigs are still grazing. Stensjö by was the film site for many of the scenes in the filmed version of

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

’s

The Six Bullerby Children Books by Astrid Lindgren featuring the Six Bullerby Children (in the US released as ''The Children of Noisy Village''): * ''All About the Bullerby Children'' * ''Cherry Time at Bullerby'' * ''Six Bullerby Children'' * ''Springtime at Bullerby'' ...

, as well as in the film

Emil i Lönneberga ''Emil of Lönneberga'' (from Swedish: ''Emil i Lönneberga'') is a series of children's novels, written by Astrid Lindgren in 1963, 1966 and 1970 respectively, about the prankster Emil Svensson who lives on a farm in the Lönneberga village of ...

Photo gallery

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External links

Stensjö by, at Vitterhetsakad.se
Populated places in Kalmar County Astrid Lindgren Tourist attractions in Kalmar County {{Kalmar-geo-stub