Älgen Stolta

Different sources claim the cow was killed by a passing train, others that it drowned, but they agree it happened near the Dalälven river close to Älvkarleby in Uppland.

Its live female calf was taken to Johan Blad, the foreman at Älvkarleö's railway park.

Blad knew a lineman called Anders Gustav Jansson who lived in Älvkarleby and had a reputation for animal husbandry, so he asked for his help with the moose which they named Stolta.

[1][2] The park where Älgen Stolta was kept closed in 1909 as the area was marked as part of the reservoir for a hydroelectric power station.

[4] Stolta was moved to the open-air museum of Skansen on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm where it was thought she could be better cared for,[4] and her name was changed to "Lotta.