Sweden Guide
The Bothnian coast
Joe Hill Museum
Opening time: June– Aug Tues– Sat 11am–3pm; other times by arrangement
Telephone: 026/61 20 22
Price: Free
Address: Nedre Bergsgatan 28
For a glimpse of social conditions a century ago, visit the Joe Hill Museum. Joe Hill, born in the house as Joel Hägglund in 1879, emigrated to the United States in 1902, where with a new name he went on to become a working-class hero whose songs and speeches served as rallying cries to comrades everywhere. Framed for murder in Salt Lake City, he was executed in 1915. The syndicalist organization to which he belonged runs the museum, a collection of standard memorabilia – pictures and belongings – given piquancy by the telegram announcing his execution.