Signature trail Bergslagen
Bergslagsleden is a 280 kilometer long hiking trail that runs through the entire Örebro County. This wilderness trail takes you through the beautiful nature of Bergslagen, with large forests, lakes, and several viewpoints. Our signature trail leads you from Lekhyttan to the culturally and historically significant wooden town of Nora, which you can reach via a connecting trail from the stage endpoint in Pershyttan. There, you can also take a guided mine tour.
Signature trail Bergslagen is one of STF’s signature trails.
Signature trail Bergslagen in short
Map of Signature trail Bergslagen
This map is a planning tool and should not replace a physical map and compass. The service “Naturkartan” is operated by a company called “Outdoor map”. Please note that trail information is owned and updated by the respective trail administrator (e.g. municipality or county administrative board).
Discover Bergslagen
Bergslagsleden is a 280 kilometer long hiking trail that stretches through the entire Örebro County. No other lowland trail in Sweden offers so many opportunities to encounter vast forests, rare plants, wild animals, small forest ponds, lakes, and untouched wetlands. The inland ice sheet has left many traces here, including pristine eskers, intriguing caves, mysterious giant kettles, and impressive fields of boulder rocks. Along your hike, you’ll find several excellent viewpoints.
The trail passes through Pershyttan Cultural Reserve, a well-preserved mining village where ore was mined and iron was produced from medieval times until modern days. Here, you’ll find both a blast furnace and mines. The country’s only functioning waterwheel with a rod system is in Pershyttan. In the summer, you can take a guided tour of Lockgruvan, one of the early iron ore mines. The tour takes you 45 meters underground.
Bergslagsleden is marked with orange paint on trees and posts. At crossroads and trail junctions, blue directional arrows with the Bergslagsleden symbol are used. All stages have rest areas with wind shelters, fire pits, and toilets.
See and do along the trail
Take a mine tour in Pershyttan that brings you 45 meters underground in one of the early iron ore mines, Lockgruvan. Stay comfortably and enjoy good food in the culturally and historically significant wooden town of Nora. If you want to extend your trip, consider an extra day exploring one of the loop trails, such as Göljestigen or Blankhult. The cave system in Skärmarbodabergen, near Mogetorp, is also an exciting detour.
Transport to the trail
Take a bus with Länstrafiken to Lekhyttan and return from the endpoint in Nora. You can connect to a train in Örebro.
Trail markers
Bergslagsleden is marked with orange rings featuring a hiker symbol. Blue directional arrows are clearly placed along the trail.
Sections of the Bergslagen Signature trail
Below are descriptions of the different sections of the Bergslagen Signature trail, including distances, accommodations, and other relevant hiking information.
You can, of course, hike in the opposite direction from the order presented.
Section 1: Lekhyttan – Suttarboda
16 kilometers, 4–6 hours of hiking
Accommodation: Shelter or tent at Suttarboda
Your hike begins in Lekhyttan, where Hallagården offers accommodation, and Lekhyttans Kök provides meals and coffee. You can fill your thermos before setting off. After a short road stretch, you ascend a trail to Tväggelåten, where there’s a rest area with a shelter, fire pit, and toilet. There’s also a small ladder into the pond if you’d like a refreshing dip. The trail continues through the Dunderklintarna Nature Reserve and towards Garphyttan National Park, one of the country’s oldest. Enjoy the old farmland with its abundance of meadow flowers, fascinating plants, and wildlife. The trail then winds upward through lush forest, and when you reach Svenshytteberget, it’s worth taking a break. You’ll have about 1.5 kilometers left to the Suttarboda rest area with a shelter, fire pit, dry toilet, and open areas for camping. Drinking water is available at the barn about 300 meters north of the rest area.
Section 2: Suttarboda – Blankhult
17 kilometers, 4–6 hours of hiking
Accommodation: Shelter, tent, or bookable cabin at the endpoint in Blankhult
The first 7 km of the day takes you to Ånnaboda. Take a moment on Falkaberget for beautiful views and wise words from Dag Hammarskjöld along the way. Ånnaboda offers accommodations, meals, swimming, and a glass shelter at the Ånnaboda Lake bathing area. You then continue through four nature reserves. You’ll pass Göljan’s rest area with a shelter, fire pit, and toilet. Here, you can explore Göljestigen, a loop trail with boulder fields and waterfalls. Continuing your hike, you’ll pass Tomasboda. Although open only on winter Sundays, you can rest in the hiker’s chapel or shelter, and there is a well available. From here, it’s about 3 km to the Blankhult endpoint. Accommodation at Blankhults gård must be booked, but there’s also a shelter with a fire pit and space for tents. There is a water tap on the house’s gable.
Section 3: Blankhult – Mogetorp
14 kilometers, 4–5 hours of hiking
Accommodation: Inn, shelter, or tent
You’ll pass several boulder fields formed when the waves of the Yoldia Sea swept from as far as Russia over the Kilsbergen ridge. After climbing from the magnificent Troll Valley, a ravine with a stream that sometimes rushes or babbles, there is a loop trail called Blankhult. It takes you to Skrikarboda, where you can camp, stay in a shelter, or rent the old cabin. Continuing along the trail, it leads you up to Kilsbergen’s finest viewpoint, Rusakulan. Follow the marked trail to the top for views across the entire Närke region. Try counting the 21 church towers visible from this height. About 3 km later, you’ll reach Amboberget, another loop trail with a scenic viewpoint. Here, you can choose to stay at Kvarndammens rest area in Ramshyttan for tenting or shelter, closer to Pershyttan for the following day. Alternatively, continue to the Mogetorp endpoint, which offers refreshments, meals, and overnight rooms, with drinking water available outside the inn.
Tip: Take a detour to the Skärmarbodabergen cave area, now a nature reserve.
Section 4: Mogetorp – Pershyttan/Nora
15 kilometers, 4–5 hours of hiking, about 2.5 km extra to Nora
Accommodation: Hotel, hostel, shelter
Starting in Mogetorp, you head towards Pershyttan, passing south of the Skärmarbodabergen Nature Reserve, which holds impressive glacial remnants. The trail then goes through Ramshyttan, with traces of iron processing and a couple of B&B options. The route follows a dug canal westward to Dammsjön in the Kvarnbäcken-Lerkesån Nature Reserve. There are swimming opportunities at Dammsjön before you enter the mining village of Pershyttan. The trail winds through the village’s historic structures, and as you pass the restored rod system on your right, you’re close to the railway carriages, which offer summer refreshments. From here, you can follow the road and bike path to central Nora, another 2.5 km, with a broader range of services available.
Tip: Book a guided tour of Pershyttan Cultural Reserve. Lockgruvan and other attractions await you on this tour.
Accomodation along the trail
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