Book release of Norrbotten Museum's yearbook 2025

The museum's yearbook Norrbotten 2025 has the theme "care and social care". The articles describe the county's social history and focus on the vulnerability of individuals in various situations such as poverty, illness and disability.

The book contains a wide selection of articles that describe, among other things:

• how healthcare facilities were established during the 1800th century
• a sanatorium in Antnäs
• Spanish flu in Arjeplog 1920
• Furunäset Mental Hospital in Piteå
• how the special needs school and preschool activities developed
• the story of a child who contracted polio and his stay in an insane asylum in the early 1950s
• What life was like for unmarried mothers at Karlsvik's maternity and infant home in the 1930s
• What life was like for the little ones at the Salvation Army orphanage in Malmberget
• a deaf-mute boy from Överkalix in the early 1800th century and his unusual educational journey
• Poverty during the crop failures of the 1800th century, with examples from Piteå and Tornedalen

Lecture with slide show

Kerstin Cunelius is one of the authors of the yearbook, and she will show a slideshow in connection with the book launch. The slideshow shows the history of the Salvation Army orphanage Solgården set in its contemporary context. The orphanage was located in Malmberget.

At the turn of the last century, Malmberget was a community characterized by a great housing shortage and widespread alcohol abuse. The slideshow highlights women's history through the work of the slum sisters. Kerstin's father Frans Cunelius lived at the orphanage from 1916 to 1930.

Buy the yearbook

During the book release, the yearbook can be purchased at Ebeneser. The book costs 250 SEK and paid on site with Swish.

After December 10, the book can be purchased here:

• Norrbotten Archives Center, Höstvägen 7, Luleå (same building as Björkskatan Health Center, entrance through the main entrance). You can find the Archive Center's opening hours here.
• The Defence Museum in Boden
• Piteå museum
• Museum Days at Ebeneser, held once a month (see upcoming museum days in calendar)
• Archive cafes at Arkivcentrum Norrbotten, every other Thursday (see upcoming archive cafes in calendar)

You can also contact Norrbotten Museum to purchase the book, by emailing norrbottens.museum@norrbotten.se If you want us to send the book, you need to provide your full name, address, social security number and telephone number! Postage will be added to the shipping costs.