Ockelbo

Ockelbo lies among lakes and forests in the interior of Gästrikland. A Romanesque church was built here in the thirteenth century, serving the parish through the later Middle Ages. In the seventeenth century the Wij ironworks and estate developed in the district, where water and woodland supported the working of iron. When the medieval church was taken down in 1795, a runestone was found built into its foundations, bringing an older inscription to light.