Fredriksdal i Helsingborg - museer och trädgårdar

Fredriksdal in Helsingborg, or Fredriksdal Museum and Gardens, is a lovely open-air museum in Skåne. Here you can experience old-fashioned buildings, meet farm animals and walk in beautiful gardens.

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Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Fredriksdal's museums and gardens offer a relaxing environment, and you can stroll around the large area for a long time. We were here in August last year, when we travelled around Skåne in our motorhome, but didn't have time to write about our visit then.

Fredriksdal is located just north-east of the centre of Helsingborg, in north-western Skåne.

Visiting Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

A visit to Fredriksdal in Helsingborg is perfect for a quiet day outdoors, perhaps with your family. The open-air museum is open all year round, although some shops and events are closed during the low season.

We took a map of the area from the main entrance and tried to wind our way around in a reasonably logical order, starting by turning left just after the entrance. We show what we encountered along the way, with the caveat that we certainly missed a few things.

Theatre Museum - Poppe and Rydberg

We first found the "Theatre Museum" - two tiny museum buildings dedicated to Nils Poppe and Eva Rydberg respectively. Very charming! Poppe is well remembered for his career in comedy.

Despite a long and impressive career, Eva Rydberg is still active in acting. Today she is the director of Fredriksdalsteatern and on her website you can read that in the summer of 2022 they will perform Fawlty Towers at the theatre, with Eva Rydberg as Sybil and Adde Malmberg as Basil. Fun!

The Fredriksdal neighbourhood

We then moved on to Stadskvarteren, where you step into a small town centre with a vicarage, pharmacy, shops and small museums.

Ågård

A little further away, surrounded by greenery, you will find the farm Ågård. The farm, which dates from the 19th century, once stood by the Lagan river. Gunne Persson, Christina Andersdotter and their six children lived here for more than 50 years.

Bone crusher, shovel mill and timber saw

At Fredriksdal in Helsingborg, there are also three old buildings next to each other: a bone crusher, a scale mill and a timber saw.

Leg stamping was powered by hydroelectricity and used to produce bone meal, which was used as fertiliser for the fields.
Slate mill was used when there was enough water to power the wheel, for domestic grinding.
Timmersågen was a water-powered saw, used for small-scale operations.

benstamp på Fredriksdal i Helsingborg — Benstamp

Skvaltkvarn på Fredriksdal i Helsingborg — Slab mill

Lillarydsgården

As we continued our walk in the area, we came to Lillarydsgården, which can be partly dated to the mid-17th century. The farm comes from the parish of Perstorp in northern Skåne.

Lillarydsgården på Fredriksdal i Helsingborg

Near the farm there were pastures with cows and pigs. At Fredriksdal in Helsingborg, you can see various farm animals such as the cow, the red cow and the Linderödssvin.

The manor house

The main building on the site is the beautiful Herrgården. The house was originally built in 1787 as a summer residence for the wealthy director Fredrik Wilhelm Cöster.

In 1918, the property was donated to the City of Helsingborg by the last private owner, Gisela Trapp, with the requirement that the city create an open-air museum and a botanical garden.

Right next to the mansion is Fredriksdal's cosy Garden Café.

Parks and gardens

Fredriksdal also has an English park, a French park and a number of different gardens: a spice garden, a cultural-historical kitchen garden, a utility garden and a botanical garden.

In the botanical garden you can see a large selection of wild Skåne plants. The Friluftsmuseet works with the Skåne County Administrative Board, the Lund Botanical Society and the Botanical Garden at Lund University to identify species at risk of disappearing and then spread them to new locations.

See more in the neighbourhood

Fredriksdal's museums and gardens are really nice and worth visiting. Right next door is The Tropicarium in Helsingborg, where you can see exotic animals from Africa and South America, among others.

Helsingborg with 20 attractions also offers nice beaches, classic cold water baths, Sofiero Castle, Ramlösa Brunnspark and the harbour in charming Råå. If you are driving south, you can visit beautiful Landskrona with 12 experiences, and if you drive in a north-westerly direction instead, you can visit... nice Höganäs.

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Facts about Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Landscape: Skåne
County: Skåne County
Municipality: Helsingborg
Address: Gisela Trapps väg 1, Helsingborg
Read more: You can find more information at Open air museum website.

Tours and activities

Audio guides: With the help of various audio guides, you can get guided tours of the open-air museum, such as Fredriksdal Rundt, Rospromenad, Vilda växter på Fredriksdal etc.
Exhibitions: The Theatre Museum, the Graphic Museum, the Cultural Warehouse and the exhibitions 'Things in the Trail of the Common Land' and 'Open Warehouse'.
Gardens and parks: The Rosarium, English Park, French Park, Kitchen Garden, Utility Garden and Botanical Garden.
Activities: During the summer, courses and performances are organised at the outdoor theatre Fredriksdalsteatern.
Activities for children: Trollskogen, Fredriksdal children's guide (audio guide), farm animals and nature and culture programmes for schools.
Landraces: Weindeer cow, red cow, Värmland sheep, North Swedish working horse, Ardennes horse, Linderöd pig, goat, Åsbo hen and Skåne plumed hen.
For groups: Groups can organise various activities such as conferences, meetings, guided tours and children's parties.

Services and practical information

Opening hours: Every day 10-16, and high season 10-18 (2022).
Prices: Admission prices vary throughout the year. In the high season, admission costs 100 kr for adults and in the low season it is free (2022). Children up to the age of 18 always have free admission. There is also free entry with the cultural heritage card.
Food service: Fredriksdal garden café. You are also allowed to bring a picnic. You can sit on mowed grass and there are tables and benches outdoors, or indoors in the north wing of the manor.
Shop: In high season there is a museum shop at the main entrance, with books and gifts, as well as Hedström's sundries shop and the plant shop Flora Linnea.
Rules: Dogs are allowed but must be kept on a lead. Bicycles must be led or parked outside. You may not pick flowers, fruit, berries, vegetables or mushrooms. You may not feed the animals.

Accessibility

Outdoor environment: The open-air museum provides an accessibility map to help visitors.
Indoor environment: Fredriksdal's older, heritage buildings have limited accessibility and are not adapted for wheelchairs. There are high thresholds in the stables.
Toilet: Accessible toilets are available at the Fredriksdal Garden Café, in the Kulturmagasinet and at the main entrance.
Parking: Adjacent to the Fredriksdal entrance are six car parks for people with special permits for the disabled.

Find Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Car: From Helsingborg C it is 3.8 kilometres to drive. Follow Hälsovägen in a north-easterly direction and turn right onto Lägervägen. Then turn left onto Larmvägen.
Municipal: Several different buses leave from Helsingborg C. Depending on the bus number, you get off at the bus stop Stattena, Älvsborgsgatan or Fredriksdalsplatsen.

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Lena+in+Wales+and+Spain says:

Very nice post, thank you!
I have been there several times over the years, but it was a while ago now, so I had forgotten many facts.
As a tour guide from Gothenburg, I went there many, many times to see Poppe's play. I also celebrated Midsummer there one year.
Great memories.
Have a nice weekend!

29 January 2022 - 11:14

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  Helena says:
  
  Glad you liked the post, thanks! Glad you saw Poppe's play and celebrated midsummer here! Nice place! 🙂
  
  30 January 2022 - 9:42
  
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:

Fredriksdal is nice to walk around in the winter as well.
What happened last week.

29 January 2022 - 14:15

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  Helena says:
  
  I imagine it's nice in the winter too!
  
  30 January 2022 - 9:43
  
BP says:

I have to say that Fredriksdal Open Air Museum beats Skansen by a wide margin.

29 January 2022 - 16:03

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  Helena says:
  
  It is indeed smaller than Skansen, but very nice! And maybe a little quieter and more gardens! 🙂
  
  30 January 2022 - 9:44
  
Elisabeth says:

Lovely post, which brings back many good memories. Places we like to return to!

31 January 2022 - 17:42

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  Helena says:
  
  Glad it was appreciated! Very nice place! 🙂
  
  31 January 2022 - 17:49

Fredriksdal in Helsingborg - museums and gardens

Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Visiting Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Theatre Museum - Poppe and Rydberg

The Fredriksdal neighbourhood

Ågård

Bone crusher, shovel mill and timber saw

Lillarydsgården

The manor house

Parks and gardens

See more in the neighbourhood

Facts about Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

Tours and activities

Services and practical information

Accessibility

Find Fredriksdal in Helsingborg

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