Café and Telephone Exchange

Construction of the house began in the late 1800’s and was completed in 1906. Baker Lövström then began baking round, stove-bread cake (crisp bread) with a hole in the middle. In the late 1920’s the house was sold to John Eriksson, who started baking finer bread. Frida Boström bought the house when John died and started a café business in 1934, which continued until the end of the 1950’s.

Around 1940, Televerket installed a telephone exchange with a telephone booth
where people could come to make calls. The telephone exchange was automated in 1963.
At that time, the number of subscribers was about 100.

”Fintes” ( Norrbyn 320 )

At the beginning of the 1930’s, Per Tjärnkvist from Lomviken settled in Norrbyn.
He built a house with two ovens and started baking tunnbröd (traditional unlevened bread).

After “Fintes,” the building was used both as a café and, from 1947, also as a school kitchen/dining facility.

Konstfiket ( Norrbyn 29 )

In 1996, Leif and Eleonore Salmgren opened a café in an old härbre (a traditional Swedish storage building) from 1868 that had been moved from the village of Ynäset. In 1997, an octagonal round barn, built in 1910, was moved from the village of Svanström, outside Boliden, to Norrbyn.

This building was better suited for year-round use.
In addition to running the café, both bread and pastries were baked there.
The premises could also be rented for smaller gatherings.

Other Information
In addition to the cafés mentioned above, there have been a few others for which images and further information are missing.

• Nordins café ”Komma Long”
• A café in the house on the property Norrbyn 54
• A café in the house on the property Norrbyn 369