Frösön (, ; "

Frey Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, and weather. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden an ...

's island"), (Old no, Frøys øy) is the largest island in the lake

Storsjön Storsjön (, lit. "The Great Lake") is the fifth largest lake in Sweden, with an area of and a greatest depth of . It is the largest lake in central Sweden, located in the province of Jämtland in modern Jämtland County. From Storsjön runs t ...

, located west of the city

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön ...

in Jämtland, Sweden. During most of

recorded history Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method. For broader world hi ...

Frösön was the regional centre of Jämtland, and it is the location of the

Frösö Runestone Frösöstenen ( J RS1928;66 $) is the northernmost raised runestone in ScandinaviaThe northernmost in the world is the Kingittorsuaq Runestone, in Greenland and Jämtland's only runestone. It originally stood at the tip of ferry terminal on the ...

, the northernmost in the world. The Swedish composer

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ( 27 February 1867, Ullånger — 3 December 1942, Östersund) was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom ...

had a summer house (and from 1930 a permanent home) on the island. In 1896 Peterson-Berger composed a set of piano pieces entitled ''Frösöblomster'' (''Flowers of Frösön''), and his opera ''

Arnljot ''Arnljot'' is an opera by the Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. Written in 1906, it premiered April 13, 1910, and was revised in 1956. The origin to ''Arnljot'' is a melody that Wilhelm Peterson-Berger created when he first visited J� ...

'' from 1910 is partly based on the runic inscriptions on Frösö Runestone.

History

Frösön is named after the

Norse god In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature ...

Freyr Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, and weather. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden an ...

. It is the location of the "

", the northernmost raised

runestone A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones da ...

in the world, dating from 1030-1050 AD. Frösön was a separate ''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Muni ...

'' until 1974 but was merged with Östersund at that time.

Hospital

From 1915 to 1988, Frösön was the location of , a state-owned

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociat ...

tasked with caring for patients from all of

Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administ ...

. The hospital's practices have later been questioned, and it is known to have anonymously buried at least roughly 50 of its patients.

Climate

Gallery

File:Froso kyrka side.jpg, Frösö church File:Frösöstenen.jpg, Frösö Runestone File:Frosotornet.jpg, Frösö tower File:Airport Östersund.jpg, Airport

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Froson Jämtland Islands of Jämtland County Former Norwegian populated places Lake islands of Sweden