Prehistory
1,300 BC is the oldest dated settlement in Baggböle, i.e. about 3000 years ago in the Bronze Age. Even then, the location was used for its rich salmon fishing and for other hunting, trapping and gathering. Experiments with grain cultivation were also made at this time. Bone fragments of sheep and goats have also been found, indicating that people kept livestock, which is thought to have happened between 700 and 400 BC. Traces of agriculture then disappeared for about 1000 years when a climate change is thought to have occurred. This meant that people once again went back to catching salmon and seals.
Modern era
In 1543 there were six landowners in Baggböle. A map from 1693 shows the four farms in the village, the salmon fishing along the river and also the mill site where two mills were located.
The sawmill era
The first request to build a sawmill was made in 1797,but it was not until 1813-14 that the sawmill was built. The sawmill can be seen on a map from 1817. In 1840, a company from Gothenburg took over the sawmill, it was Dickson & Co. The firm was owned by the brothers James and Robert Dickson who immigrated from Scotland in the early 1800s.
