Celebrate Walpurgis at Hägnan

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Date

30 April 2026 18.00

Location

Friluftsmuseet Hägnan

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Evenemang Sevärdhet Vår

Cost

Free entry

When: Thursday April 30, 2026.
Where: The open-air museum Hägnan.
Time: 6 PM-9 PM.
The bonfire is lit at Hägnan's parking lot at 8 PM.

Come and celebrate the arrival of spring with us at the open-air museum Hägnan! During the evening you can watch a sparkling bonfire, sheepshearing, listen to spring music and meet King Winter and Lady Thaw, among other things.

Program on the museum grounds

Family theatre in the round barn, "The battle for spring". Meet Lady Thaw and King Winter in the round barn, who are arguing about wheather it should be winter or spring. 6 PM Swedish, 6:20 PM Swedish, 6:40 PM English, 7 PM Swedish, 7:20 PM Swedish.

Creative workshop 6 PM-7:30 PM. Come and try wool felting with us in the large farmhouse.

Sheepshearing at 6:30 PM. Watch the sheepshearing of one our sheep for the summer.

Quiz walk, barbecue and old games at 6 PM-8 PM. Bring sausages and barbecue by one of our fireplaces. There are play tools outside of the large farmhouse, for those who want to try old games. For those of you who want to test your spring knowledge, there is also a quiz walk for children, vouchers are picked up and left in the Country Store (all children who participate receive a reflector as a reward, while stocks last).

The Country Store is open 6 PM-8 PM and Kafé Fägnan 5 PM-8 PM. Stop for a cup of coffee and explore the country store's exciting mix of household products, handicrafts, toys, candies and other goodies.

Program by the bonfire

  • 7:45 PM Erica Rönnbäck, museum director at Hägnan greets everyone welcome.
  • 7:50 PM Spring speech by Roine Viklund, senior lecturer at Luleå University of Technology.
  • 8 PM The bonfire is lit.
  • 8 PM-8:30 PM The choir Lyran performs.
  • 8:30 PM-8:40 PM Sing-along with Anna Sellén.
  • 8:40 PM Stay and watch the fire turn into embers with our caretakers.

Subject to change.

More information

Date

30 April 2026 18.00

Location

Friluftsmuseet Hägnan

Tags

Evenemang Sevärdhet Vår

Cost

Free entry