Froson
Frösön – life between meadow, forest, city and countryside
Frösön is described as a landscape where meadow, forest, city and countryside meet in a natural interaction. Here the terrain opens up towards the mountains and Storsjön, while the paths into the forest connect the area closely with the surrounding outdoor life.
We wanted to explore one simple question: How can one live, cultivate, and live here – in a way that gives back more than it takes?
A meadow with a view – and visions
On Frösön, Jämtland County, where the forest opens up and the meadow slopes down towards Storsjön, lies a place where time passes a little slower. Here, views and silence meet, cultural landscape and young forest, mountain horizons and everyday outdoor life. It is precisely in this fabric that the pilot project “The Meadow” has its starting point.
The pilot will involve five sessions on different themes – from natural values and regenerative tourism to permaculture, circularity and architecture. The sessions bring together the entire value chain of stakeholders: academics, landowners, local communities, authorities and practitioners. This broad involvement provides a holistic view of how the site can be developed in a way that both preserves nature and creates new value for users.
The work explores how small, carefully placed initiatives can support the landscape's own qualities. The meadow, the hedgerow and the young forest provide clear guidelines for a regenerative way of life – with a focus on community, cultivation, nature-based solutions and an architecture that frames the view and tranquility of the site.
Frösön emerges as a place where nature's rhythms are allowed to lead, and where the insights from the gatherings lay the foundation for a development that is light on the earth, socially rooted and rich in learning. The pilot points towards a future where people and nature can grow together – in small, thoughtful steps.
The place as a guide
“The Meadow” on Frösön, Jämtland County, is former farmland that is in the process of being regrown. But beneath the surface, traces of the open cultural landscape still remain: old briars, a small wetland area, a stream waiting to flow freely again.
As experts gathered here, one insight became clear:
The place doesn't want to be tamed – it wants interaction.
It became the pilot's guiding star.