2008 Sweden - Tatras Trip

Laying one of the last bundles of åg on the ridge.

Taking down the extra ladders and slides, while the men on the peak finish packing the top layer of grass and whipping the surface with a loop of rope.

Several men whip the grass with a loop of rope, shaving off any excess or loose material and smoothing out the surface, while others finish packing grass on the ridge.

Not only was there lots of food and drink, traditional music was provided as well.

Placing the first hänglors on the grass. Hänglors are the long beams, held together with slotted planks across the peak of the roof, which help hold the roof in place. What you can't really make out here is that the peak of the roof is about two feet wide and flat, and the hänglors rest on a pair of similar beams running lengthwise along the edges of this flat area. As the roofing material settles over time, it will slide down the roof a bit, and more can then be added to the peak to make up for it.

Placing the first hänglors on the grass. Hänglors are the long beams, held together with slotted planks across the peak of the roof, which help hold the roof in place. What you can't really make out here is that the peak of the roof is about two feet wide and flat, and the hänglors rest on a pair of similar beams running lengthwise along the edges of this flat area. As the roofing material settles over time, it will slide down the roof a bit, and more can then be added to the peak to make up for it.

The "outside" side of the completed roof, with all the hånglor and the wreath in place.

Looking over the plank-roofed side buildings at one of the gable ends of the completed roof.

Compacting the sawgrass by stomping on it.

A bundle of grass being readied for lifting up to the work level.

The vidjor are threaded around a pole and then wrapped like a scarf, the free ends buried in successive layers of sawgrass.

The vidjor are threaded around a pole and then wrapped like a scarf, the free ends buried in successive layers of sawgrass.

The tractor scoops up a load of grass.

Seen from above, looking at the main house. The house is now a museum, set up to represent how the farm might have looked around 1920 or so.

The plank roofs of the side buildings attached to the barn.