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Forestry and farming wee the earliest means of making a living in Hållnäs, and the old agricultural landscape with its small fields and pastures is still maintained here. The stone walls and mounds are signs of the labour that went into clearing the land.

On the nothern part of the penisula lies Hållen village, from which Hållnäs takes its name. One of Sweden's largest collections of stone mounds is located here and shows the enormous amount of work demended of the farmers.

At the Hembyggdsgården museum in Edvalla you can see examples of local crafts, tools and vehicles as well as historical photographs.

The fishing villages were created by farmers who built toolsheds for their fishing gear, in the days when fishing was still a supplement to farming. The herring has always been important to the local economy andwhen the fishing industry was at its hights here, more than 200 fishermen mede their living from herring.