Workshops

December

Mission #1: To establish a secret post box and hiding place for forgotten things.

In December, the Byrå met together for the first time at Lilla Änggården. Each child received a badge (pictured below), and a letter welcoming them into the Byrå.

After a quick snowball fight, we headed into the forest for our first mission:

Photography by Luke De Jager

Why search for forgotten things?

When we look for forgotten things, we start to see a place differently. We start to think about who was there before us. History becomes something that is everywhere, and can be discovered by anyone.

We set up camp in a local koja.

Then we headed into the house for a fika.

January

Mission #2: To explore the cabin ruins.


In January, the Byrån för Glömda Saker explored the remains of Härbret at Lilla Änggården. The stuga burned down in the 1980s, and has not been fulled investigated since.

Carrying our archaeological tools up the steep hill.

The Byrå had many exciting finds, including...

  • Partially burned bricks

  • Strange stones

  • A worm

  • A small wire

  • A piece of porcelain (see below)

According to an archaeologist at the Stadsmuseum, this piece of porcelain most likely dates from the mid 1800s - used by the Grén family who lived at Lilla Änggården.

February

Mission #3: To begin prototyping our research station

In April, the Byrå will build a children's research station in the forest park at Lilla Änggården. The research station will be a place where children can collect forgotten things, discover hidden stories, and, of course, to imagine and play.

Photography by Catherine Patterson

We began our mission by looking through cards of all the forgotten things we've found thus far.

The children also received a letter describing a lost key, that has been missing at Lilla Änggården for many years.


We decided that our sub-mission was to find this key.

To find the key, we decided to ask the trees if they had seen anything.

February

Mission #4: To establish the communication system between our clubhouse and future research station.

The Byrån för Glömda Saker Research Station will stand behind our clubhouse (large koja), and together will form the group headquarters. To connect these two structures, we built a rope and pulley system to send messages or objects back and forth.

photography by Amelia Dray

To start the mission, we looked at a map of Lilla Änggården, including models of the koja and our future research station.

We then examined our contract from Parks and Recreation. The "children's addendum" states: This contract recognizes that the following individuals are caretakers of the land (and the animals, trees, and creatures that live there), and recognizes their role as agents in Lilla Änggården's history.

Then into the woods

The communication system (rope and pulley pictured below) will run through the thicket of small pine trees, connecting the koja and the research station.

We ended the mission by having a tour through the house and fika outside in the sun.