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/ Beautiful iron work, Djurgårdsbron.

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I don´t know much about iron work but I admire the work of craftsmen. Way back Erik Montelius, an ancestor on my father´s side, arrived to the island of Gotland and made his living as a skilled blacksmith.

Ur Gotländska släkter:

Utdrag-ur-gotländska-släkter

He also had an inn in Slite for 25 years. Monteliuska huset, Slite.

Montelius kroglokal

His sons, Gustav and Frans Montelius, also became ironsmiths but unlike their father they – as well as their sibling – became baptists and very active in the temperence movement.

Frans o Gustav Montelius, baptister, bröder t farfars mor ~1

 

This photo from 1918 shows some blacksmiths in Slite, among them Valdemar Montelius.

Smeder v fabriksbyggandet 1918, Slite. Smeden Valdemar Mon~1

Bilderna kommer från en hembygdsbok om Slite:
http://130.237.186.144/gpu/slitebilder/