Living in Rörbäcksnäs

How you live is a question of life-style. If you are tired of big cities with its hectic life, expensive living, big schools and crowded nurseries, Rörbäcksnäs is really worth a thought. Rörbäcksnäs is a small village situated in the community of Malung-Sälen in the middle of
Sweden, near the norwegian border. Malung-Sälen was awarded the community of the year prize in 2005 by a Swedish popular movement.
In Rörbäcksnäns you can find a well equipped shop and a petrol station, a nursery and the
school where children in the ages between 6-13 go. Flats can be rented from Malungshem
http://www.malungshem.se/kontaktaoss.htm private dwellings are also available. Contact http://www.malung.se/webdoc.asp for more information.
Private companies are being established, a restaurant has opened and also an elk-park.

Leisure time

In Rörbäcksnäs you can find activities all around the year. In wintertime you can go skiing, and also go by scooter on specially prepared routes. In summer fishing is very popular as well as walking tours in the mountains.

History

The first inhabitants came in 1765, they built a house which you can find in the cultural museum today http://www.malung.se/rorbacksnas_hembygdsgard.asp. Thanks to the woods, water and agricultural conditions a small village was established, jobs were created and the road was built to a village nearby, Torgås, in 1908. The church was opened in 1909. During world war II forces from the military were housed in the village. Rörbäcksnäs had a peak in woodcutting, until the 70/80´s when the horses disappeared.Cattle also decreased and a new era began. Tourism became the main support to the villagers, as they helped in building ski-lifts, roads, tourist cabins and other facilities for the newcomers.

The seal of Rörbäcksnäs (design G. Kasch/H-G Hantch)

The seal symbolizes different natural aspects, the blue water, the yellow fields, the red iron soil and these colours are also the clolours of the union flag, from the time when Norway and Sweden were one country.