In Vegerbol, Värmland, a boy's tinkering sparked the modern phone era

The LM Ericsson memorial house, situated in Vegerbol, Värmland, was once the home of Lars Magnus Ericsson, the father of the modern phone. Born in 1846, Ericsson was raised in hardship following the death of his father, Erik Ersson, a farmer. The family struggled financially following his father's demise. After five years of education at a local school, Lars Magnus Ericsson left formal education to work at the silver mine in Värmskog. He honed his skills at various technical workshops and with several blacksmiths, including Hult in Gravås.

In 1867, he moved to Stockholm and travelled to several technical workshops around Europe, including Siemens & Halske in Berlin. In 1876, he founded a mechanical workshop, L.M. Ericsson & Co, in Stockholm. Today, the museum, owned by Ericssonmuseum Värmland AB, showcases a collection of older telephones, an exhibition of telephones and other apparatus from Ericsson's production, a history of the company, and a history of Lars Magnus Ericsson's life.

Visitors can also see authentic interiors in the kitchen and bedroom in the memorial house that depict how a bondehem (farmhouse) in Värmland from the second half of the 19th century looked like. Lars Magnus Ericsson passed away on December 17, 1926, and is buried at Botkyrka kyrkogård.

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