#dutch mill

[amsterdamdaytoday]

Aan de Amstel, Amsterdam, 4 april 2026

[kundst]

Gerard Bilders (Dutch 1838-1865)

Meadow landscape with windmill near The Hague (1857)

Drawing on paper

[be-travelicious]

[martled]

Mill near Vlist, Holland

[rabbitcruiser]

Kvarnkungen & Co., Björnhovda (No. 4)

This is a typical Öland stump mill with a couple of stones for grinding pits. It is such a mill that was found on most Öland farms in the 19th century. After many repairs, the Crown Prince is in paintable condition, as evidenced by the small weathervane in the shape of a sack of flour.

The crown prince has its origins in the late 1800s. The last person who used the mill for grinding gröpe is said to have been Gottfrid Petersson, Björnhovda 2:4 (Norrgården). Lawrence Nilsson handed over the mill to the home village association in 1943.

The Crown Prince is the northernmost of the Torslunda local community's mills along road 136 near Björnhovda.

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[rabbitcruiser]

Kvarnkungen & Co., Björnhovda (No. 3)

The queen is a so-called Dutch mill. Until the middle of the 19th century, basically all windmills on Öland had been of the stump mill type. At this time they faced competition from the larger and more efficient Dutch mills. It is believed to have originally been developed in Holland during the 1570s. The construction of the Dutch mill differs from the stump mill in that it is only the top part, the cap, that is rotatable.

The queen was originally erected in Kalmar at the Postmaster's Luck near Sandås. Per Persson, the Scanian who was also the first miller to run the Kvarnkungen, moved the Queen across Kalmarsund in the 1880s to where it stands today. The queen was a toll mill, meaning that the farmers could come and grind their grain for a fee, a toll, usually in kind.

In 1923, Drottningen was taken over by Ernst Carlsson, who came from Skärlöv on Öland. When Ernst was in America, the Queen was leased by John Wahlström, who also owned the Kvarnkungen. Wheat was then ground into flour in Drottningen. The business continued until 1947. Ernst Carlsson sold Drottningen to Torslunda Hembygdsförening in 1957 for SEK 1,200. The association has subsequently carried out extensive maintenance on the mill.

Of the three mills that stand in Björnhovda next to road 136, Drottningen is the one in the middle. South of Drottningen stands Kvarnkungen. Farthest north is the Crown Prince. All three mills are owned and maintained by Torslunda Hembygdsförening.

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[nurcubess-blog]

2:42 P.M. 🥤🍯

[rvliscious]

Typical Dutch Mill