Blissingastugan

Drängen Per Jönsson (1779-1854) kom från Blistorp i Näsums socken, till Gylsboda 1802 som dräng. På en utmark under Gylsbodagården, vid södra spetsen av Fåknasjön, fick han 1808 ta upp ett torp.Per Jönsson kallade sitt torp Blistorp, men i …

The farmhand Per Jönsson (1779-1854) came from Blistorp in Näsum parish to Gylsboda in 1802 as a farmhand. On an outlying area below Gylsbodagården, at the southern tip of Fåknasjön, he was allowed to take up a croft in 1808. Per Jönsson called his croft Blistorp, but in popular parlance it became Blissingatorpet. Per and his descendants also received the Bliss name. It seems unclear whether it was Per or his son Jöns who became the first gunsmith in Gylsboda. What is clear is that guns were made in the croft for a long time.