Anders Frelin

The entrepreneur who quenched the thirst of forest workers

Anders Frelin came to Orsa from Svärdsjö, drawn by the Klondike-like atmosphere of the 1890s. He founded the Storå Brewery on Ön, where soft drinks were the main product.

Frelin was active in the Good Templar movement, which explains the original name of the now well-known Frelin’s Café in Orsa: Frelin’s Temperance Café. For a time, he also ran a hotel in the building on Järnvägsgatan.

Anders Frelin also had Fryksåsgården built, a building that is today known as Fryksås Hotel.