Skaverud: birthplace of Ulrika Johansdotter Anderson

 This week Annika Hostmad, Swedish genealogist with "Find a Swede," sent me pictures she took when she traveled through Skaverud, the birthplace of Ulrika Johansdotter Anderson. She didn't know where the exact cottage that Ulrika had lived in was, but she was pretty sure that most of the buildings shown were there at the time Ulrika would have lived. She sent me several pictures of the small community. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much it reminded me of Michigan. The best part was seeing the cows in the pasture. :) Grandpa Henrickson would be so happy.

As a refresher, Skaverud is the homestead where Ulrika and her family lived. It's comprised of several small homes and farms. It's part of the Molltorp Parish. Molltorp is home to around 1,070 people according to the most recent census in Sweden. Molltorp is in the province of Vastergotland. Vastergotland means "the western part of the land of the Geats." The Geats were a northern Germanic tribe of people. They united with the Swedes to form the Sweden we know today. I'll write more about that later. I found it really interesting.

And without further ado, here are some of the pictures.

This is where Ulrika, and her father Johannes Pehrsson, were both born. Her father died here in 1842. After her father died, Ulrika and her mother and siblings moved to Skackan, still in Molltorp Parish.