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Ledger AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V00
Utsikt över Havern
View over lake Havern. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View over lake Havern
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Vemdalen
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Vemdalen.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Vemdalen is a village situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 542 inhabitants in 2010.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Vemdalen before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Vemdalen
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Vemdalen.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Lövås skidcenter
Skidcenter i Vemdalen. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Skidcenter i Vemdalen
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
There are three popular ski resorts close to the Vemdalen; Vemdalsskalet, Klövsjö/Storhogna and Björnrike.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Vemdalen is recorded at 62.448° N, 14.974° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 930 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V00
Utsikt över Havern
View over lake Havern. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View over lake Havern
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Vemdalen now
Vemdalen has been developed as a skiing centre.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Utsikt över Havern
AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lövås skidcenter
AOD.EU.VEMDALEN.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Vemdalen overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.