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Our story begins with our great-great-grandfather

Carl Stefanus Dahlström, born 1866. From an apprenticeship in Stockholm in 1883 to five generations of master chimney sweeps in Hedemora.

The family line

A trade handed down

Carl Stefanus became an apprentice in Stockholm in 1883 under master chimney sweep Albert Gustaf Elander. After a long journeyman’s travels from north to south he finally ended up in Vänersborg, where he received his certificate of apprenticeship. The year was 1901.

He then moved to Alingsås, and in 1919 to Hedemora, where he swapped places with master chimney sweep Axel Fjägerholm — who in turn became master in Alingsås. After Carl Stefanus, his son Georg Dahlström took over the district, followed by Georg’s son Alf Dahlström. In 1992 Torbjörn Dahlström became master chimney sweep in Hedemora municipality.

In 2025 Torbjörn’s son Christian Dahlström was appointed managing director of the companies, and responsibility for sweeping in Hedemora and Säter passed to master chimney sweep Peter Gunnarsson.

We are now five generations of master chimney sweeps in Hedemora.

Studio portrait of Carl Stefanus Dahlström in a sweep’s cap and work coat, with the soot sack over his shoulder and the brush in his hands
Carl Stefanus Dahlström, born 1866 Apprentice 1883, certificate in Vänersborg 1901, master in Hedemora from 1919

Dates from the book

From apprentice to the fifth generation

  1. 1866

    Carl Stefanus Dahlström is born

    The man who would lay the foundation for everything that followed is born — fifty-three years before the family reaches Hedemora.

  2. 1883

    Apprentice in Stockholm

    At seventeen, Carl Stefanus becomes an apprentice to master chimney sweep Albert Gustaf Elander in Stockholm. It is the company’s true year of birth — everything we do today rests on that apprentice year.

  3. 1883–1901

    A journeyman’s travels from north to south

    The years that follow are spent on the road. The journeyman works his way through the country, from district to district, gathering the skills the master’s test demands.

  4. 1901

    The certificate in Vänersborg

    The travels end in Vänersborg, where his certificate of apprenticeship is issued. The trade is now his — in black and white.

  5. 1901

    The Alingsås years

    Carl Stefanus moves to Alingsås and takes charge of the chimney sweeping there.

  6. 1919

    The swap — and Hedemora

    He swaps places with master chimney sweep Axel Fjägerholm, who becomes master in Alingsås. The Dahlström family moves north to Hedemora, where it has stayed for more than a hundred years.

  7. 2nd

    Georg Dahlström takes over the district

    His son Georg takes over the sweeping district from his father and carries the craft into the next generation.

  8. 3rd

    Alf Dahlström

    After Georg, his son Alf Dahlström takes over responsibility for the district.

  9. 1988

    The company is founded

    Skrået Skorstensfejeri Dalarna AB is registered — the old craft gets a modern company form.

  10. 1992

    Torbjörn Dahlström becomes master

    Torbjörn Dahlström takes up the post of master chimney sweep in Hedemora municipality — the fourth generation in the same trade, on the same roofs.

  11. 2025

    The fifth generation takes its place

    Torbjörn’s son Christian Dahlström is appointed managing director of the companies. Responsibility for sweeping in Hedemora and Säter passes to master chimney sweep Peter Gunnarsson.

  12. Today

    Three companies, sixteen employees

    From the ground up we have built three fine companies. Six partners with master certificates, sixteen employees — and five generations of master chimney sweeps in Hedemora to be proud of.

From the company archive

The sweeping crew

The master and the clerk in hats, the journeymen with brushes over their shoulders and the apprentices seated on the floor. This is how a sweeping crew looked when the photographer came to call — work clothes black with soot, faces washed as best they could.

The chimney sweeping crew posed for the photographer: the master and the clerk in hats, the journeymen with brushes over their shoulders and the apprentices seated on the floor
Master, journeymen and apprentices posed for the photographer

The name

Why “Skrået”?

A skrå was a craft guild: the order that bound apprentice, journeyman and master together, and decided who was allowed to practise a trade. Chimney sweeping is one of the crafts where that order has lived on the longest — the master’s certificate is still the proof of a completed apprenticeship, an examination and professional skill.

We carry the name because the path through the trade looks the same today as it did in 1883: one person teaches another, year after year, until the skill is in their hands.

Words from the trade

  • Lärling — apprentice: someone learning the craft from the ground up under a master.
  • Gesäll — journeyman: a qualified craftsman working under a master, in the past often travelling between districts.
  • Lärobrev — certificate of apprenticeship; Carl Stefanus received his in Vänersborg in 1901.
  • Mästarbrev — master craftsman’s certificate, the highest qualification in the trade. All six of our partners hold one.
  • Frist — the statutory interval between two sweeps, set by the municipality.

Three companies under one roof

Chimney sweeping, indoor environment and inspection

Our companies employ master chimney sweeps, chimney sweep technicians, chimney sweeps, licensed ventilation cleaners, ventilation inspectors (OVK) with K certification, an energy controller, energy technicians, an energy expert certified for energy performance certificates, a building engineer, sheet metal workers, refrigeration technicians, carpenters and certified radon specialists, among others.

Our people

Who you’ll be talking to

Feel free to call the person handling your case directly — or our main number, +46 225 131 24, if you are unsure.

The same trade, the fifth generation

We are happy to answer questions about your chimney, about old fireplaces, and about how to burn safely in a house that has stood since our great-great-grandfather’s day.

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