Brostugan, Kärsön

Brostugan served as the house of the bridge-keeper until 1931, whose job was to open the bridge and collects tolls.

The upper floors were rented to summer visitors and one of the most famous tenants was Hjalmar Söderberg.

He spent the summer there in 1876 aged seven, which he describes in his autobiographical book, Martin Birck's Youth.

In 1932, Brostugan was renovated and redesigned by architect Ivar Tengbom and the same year a restaurant with a bakery opened.

Porch columns have been shown to be identical to those pillars that once stood in the Hall at the Royal Palace, they were transported along with many other interior materials out to Drottningholm in 1788.