There was a raftsman in every bend in the river! Floating has taken place across the country
and since at least the 16th century. but on
At the beginning of the 19th century rafting became widespread, especially in Norrland.
It was most intense in the 1930s
there were over 30,000 km of waterways,
more than 18 million cubic meters of wood
and around 50,000 people
were employed. In addition approx
200,000 thousand who worked in the forest
and in industry when handling the wood.
From the 1960s, rafting declined
and the era ended in the 1980s.