Frösö

Frösö's role in Jämtland extended beyond its island position in Lake Storsjön. At Stocke, a school opened in 1679 with the explicit ambition of drawing the Norwegian-oriented population towards Swedish language and institutions. Education thus became one means through which a border province was tied more closely to its new political centre.

The school later acquired a library through the collection of Carl Zetterström. Construction of a separate library building began in 1826, following plans by Uppsala's municipal master builder J. F. Ekberg. Financial difficulties delayed completion until 1833, after Zetterström's death. His books were packed in seventeen chests and carried from Uppsala to Frösö by a freight driver that March, then unpacked in summer. The small stone library gave a physical home to learning on the island, joining local schooling with books, benefaction and transport from distant university circles.