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Good Morning Mr Fredriksson! I can tell by the reader comments that you have taken to-heart some of the ideas for improvement. In particular, more Swedish articles scattered throughout the magazine and less business related articles. Perhaps the magazine can be printed on less glossy and less costly stock? Also I’d like to see Portland, Oregon mentioned in the “Calendar & Events”, lots of Swedes down here! Glad to see you are listening to our comments! Tack så mycket! Nils Anderson Vancouver , Washington I am not sure I like the new design of the magazine. I definitely dislike (hate) the silly [perenteces], what are they good for? Save on ink and take them off! Mer artiklar på svenska vore bra. Christina Allen St. Simons Island, Georgia

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As outlined in Sista Ordet in our inaugural issue, we have explained the idea behind the design of the new masthead. The concept behind the brackets is rooted in the idea of framing our view of the world through a Swedish lens while preserving and upholding Sweden’s rich heritage abroad.... Finally in English, “bracket” can also signify support while in Swedish “bracket” can be translated as “sammanföra” which means “to bring together”. Hej! Swedish Press! I’ve been an avid English (lite svenska) Reader for 8 years with great respect for your comprehensive informative newspaper style. It’s been a favorite member of my many fine monthly magazines. Above all, you’ve

kept me in touch with Sweden my ancestral family thanks to my father, Gustaf Svahn, who migrated to New Jersey in 1906. Tack så mycket! Hi Nya Svenska Press! ‘tis congratulations to you for your inspiration in creating a different comprehensive, welcoming magazine which I will continue to enjoy! Best wishes! Stina Ferguson Cape May, New Jersey I want to thank you and any others who published my grandfather’s poem, “Utopia” in your magazine. What a classy yet gentle presentation you gave to him. I am deeply touched that you have done this for us. You have been a great encouragement to one’s pursuit of family roots – that take us back to where we all were one – and lead us forward with the certainty that the oneness is blooming again. Laurel McCallum Winnipeg, Manitoba Dear Editor, We really enjoy your new Swedish Press. Good luck. Jan & Annela Myrberg Peachland, British Columbia There was no question that I would stay with Swedish Press. In reply to your question about how I found Swedish Press, the brief answer is that I was doing an Internet search for something unrelated to Sweden or Scandinavia, and stumbled across the Nordic Way website, and since 2008 I’ve been subscribing to one or both of the magazines. Here’s hoping that Swedish Press will continue for many years to come. Greg Layman Sydney, Australia

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f you’re getting ready to travel, are you planning to head to Sweden this summer, again, or perhaps for the first time? Or, perhaps you are heading off in a different direction altogether. In this issue, we look at travelling and travelling primarily around Sweden. When you really look into it there are lots of places to visit in Sweden, and plenty of places that often get overlooked or fly under the ordinary tourist’s radar. Stockholm is, by far, the most popular destination and is followed by the other cities Göteborg, Malmö/Lund and Helsingborg. What Swedish Press wants to provide in this issue is some insight into smaller destinations and things to see that are off the beaten track. We’ve gone back some 100 years to find the best travel writer of the time, Selma Lagerlöf. You’re probably familiar with her and her children’s stories character, Nils Holgersson, but do you actually know where Nils and his goose travelled? We looked into Nils’ journey in more detail and it turns out that he did cover most of Sweden from north to south – but as far as we could determine, he did not visit many major cities. Having been written for the Swedish education system, the story of Nils’ route around Sweden focuses on reaching the corners of Sweden pedagogically, with a geographical approach. We will tell you more about this in our Feature article, “In the Flight Path of Nils”. In the same vein, we connected with another world traveller for our interview: Mr Sven Yrvind. He plans to travel around the world in the smallest sailing boat possible – just 3 meters long. Another traveller in this issue is Orjan Lindroth. Orjan did his first trip as a young boy from Sweden to the Bahamas. After growing up in the Bahamas he moved around to England, the US and Canada and has now been back in the Bahamas for some 20 years. In the Bahamas he is currently building an old fashioned fishing village called Schooner Bay for other travellers and tourists to enjoy. Whether you are travelling or not this spring or summer we hope this issue will give you some insight into reconceived and reinvigorated forms of travelling. On a final note, as I am writing this, Anders and Hamida are just about to travel back to Sweden for their new adventures. We wish them the very best on their journey and trust they will enjoy their new home “back home”. Wishing you a great spring and looking forward to hearing about your travel plans and travel stories this summer.

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Swedish Headlines THE PERILS AND PROMISES OF A MELTING ARCTIC By Anton Fredriksson

his March, a time when Swedes typically stow away their winter coats for the year, the mercury dipped below -20 degrees Celsius in Stockholm. The frigid temperatures which gripped Sweden and much of Northern Europe this spring have been paradoxically linked to global warming. Last fall, the Arctic sea ice reached its lowest extent in recorded history and its shrinking has had ripple effects around the world in the form of unusual weather conditions. Drawing attention to the plight of the Arctic is Swede Josefina Skerk, a 26-year-old law student at Umeå University and member of Sweden’s Sámi Parliament, who is part of an international team of activists on a grueling expedition to the North Pole. Their mission: to plant a flag and a capsule containing close to three million signatures of concerned

citizens calling for increased protection of the changing Arctic. “As a Sami woman I live in a culture with close ties to the Arctic. Much of our traditional lands are above the polar circle,” Josefina explains, “the environment touches on all aspects of our lives and surroundings.” Atop the world, the adventurers will meet with Gustaf Lind, Sweden’s Arctic Minister and chair of the Arctic Council, along with other senior members of the Arctic Council who are on their own mission to the North Pole. As the Arctic warms, so are relations between Arctic countries. The Arctic Council which originally began as a forum on environmental protection and sustainable development has recently emerged as the preeminent international body in the region. The Council is composed of eight Arctic states: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Russia, Canada, the United States and Sweden, which for the past year has been directing the activities of the Arctic Council, as part of it’s rotating chairmanship. The Arctic and, by extension, the Arctic Council have been gaining

Possible new Arctic sea routes. Source: The Economists

increasing attention as of late due to the economic prospects that a melting Arctic presents. The very fossil fuels that have led to climate change will ironically be more accessible thanks to a melting Arctic. According to US Geological Survey estimates, 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil resources and 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas lies above the northern 66th parallel. In addition the retreating sea ice is opening up new sea routes that stretch above Arctic countries. The Northern Sea Route, which spans the length of Russia, and the Northwest Passage, which meanders over Canada, have the potential of transforming global trade patterns by serving as shortcuts between markets. The world will be eagerly watching as these countries balance economic development for Northern communities with the environmental stewardship, that Josefina and her team are championing. Next up for the Arctic Council Chairmanship? Canada, which will take over the reins from Sweden at the Arctic Council’s Annual Ministerial Meeting on May 15th in Kiruna, Sweden. Josefina Skerk from Sweden in traditional Sámi costume before departing on her expedition to the North Pole. © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

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News at a Glance Ambassador to Return to Belarus

ollowing a controversial teddy bear protest – where Swedish PR firm Studio Total dropped teddy bears with human rights messages out of airplanes over Belarus – the Swedish ambassador and other diplomats were expelled from Belarus last August. Following the PR stunt, ambassador Stefan Eriksson “has since downplayed the importance of the stunt, pointing instead to Sweden’s development aid targeting democracy projects and his own meetings with opposition groups.” A recruitment process for a new ambassador is now in place and will ultimately lead to the position being filled in the near future. Belarus is set to improve its relationship with the European nations in the face of its cracking down on human rights advocacy groups.

Lågt vatten – Nya Fynd

tt gammalt skeppsvrak har nyligen siktats alldeles intill Kastellholmen i Stockholm. Upptäkten gjordes, av en slump av Marinarkeologen Jim Hansson som var ute och promenerade i Stockholm med sin sambo. – Det var en ren tillfällighet, vi var ute i solskenet. Och så får vi syn på vraket, som jag visserligen visste fanns där men aldrig sett, eftersom det legat under vatten, rapporterade Jim Hansson.

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Jim som är verksam vid Sjöhistoriska museet i Stockholm, har en teori; att det är resterna av danska 1600-talsskeppet “Grå Ulven” som nu kommit i dagen tack vare det låga vattenståndet. Skrovet har av allt att döma sänkts genom att det fyllts med sten, för att fungera som fundament för en tidigare bro till ön.

Billström Makes a Boo-Boo

obias Lennart Billström with the Moderate Party, is the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden. Recently, he has been asked to comment on several missteps, the most current of which came in an interview at the beginning of April. Billström told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper that “Sometimes we have this image that people in hiding live with a nice Swedish lady in her fifties or sixties who wants to help, but that’s not how it is. Most of them live with their countrymen who aren’t at all blonde and blue-eyed.” As this comment blew out of control on the political spectrum, Billström apologized for the overgeneralization and the comment which verged on blunt racism, suggesting he had been “inappropriate.”

Ogooglebar

n what the Swedish Language Council is calling a multinational corporation’s attempt to control language development, Google has effectively removed a term from the annual list of new Swedish words, unveiled in December. On this list was the word “ogooglebar” or “ungoogleable,” defined as something “that cannot be found on the Web with a search engine.” Because the definition did not specifically refer to the brand name Google and instead was very general and overarching, Google objected to it. A spokesperson for the Council, Ann Cederberg, calls this language control and says that “if we want to have ogooglebar in the language, then

we’ll use the word and it’s our use that gives it meaning, not a multinational company exerting pressure.” After all, “Google has forgotten one thing: Language development doesn’t care about brand protection.” Sweden Wins World Curling Gold

t the World Men’s Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada in early April, Sweden came out on top in men’s curling. Finally beating Canadian Brad Jacobs – from Northern Ontario – after his 3-year reign, Sweden’s Niklas Edin won 8-6 in the gold medal game. Scotland and Denmark played for the bronze medal after both losing to Jacobs earlier in the weekend.

Sweden’s skip Niklas Edin along with teammates Sebastian Kraupp, Frederik Lindberg and Viktor Kjäll. Photo © WCF/CCA/Michael Burns

The Llama Solution in Sweden

n southern Sweden, there has recently been a problem with wolves killing farm sheep and Skåne’s County Administrative Board thinks it has found the solution: llamas. The Länsstyrelsen is hoping that the natural fighting instincts of llamas will manifest in their scaring off the wolves who are causing damage to the farmers’ business. Because the Swedish government pays each farmer for each sheep that is killed on their property, the llama solution – which is based on a trial conducted in the US over the past couple of years – provides a solution, which could effectively pay itself off. Llamas will be instated to protect large estates and the effects will be closely monitored.

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Farewell to Anders & Hamida

Ambassador Teppo Tauriainen, Hamida and Anders Neumuller

The official farewell event hosted by the Swedish Ambassador to Canada, Teppo Tauriainen, was held at the Vancouver Club on March 22nd, 2013. The event, which was very well attended by the Swedish and international community was a pleasant tribute to the Neumullers’ for all that they have done for the Swedish Community during their almost 30 years in Vancouver. The Ambassador gave a warm and glowing speech and concluded with presenting a medal to Anders. The medal presented was the Swedish Foreign Service Medal (Utrikesförvaltningens förtjänstmedalj), which is handed out only on rare occasions. Anders was both surprised and humbled by this gesture of appreciation and expressed his gratitude for the medal, their time here and the great friendships developed in the community in his thank you remarks. At Swedish Press we wish them all the best with their new life back in Sweden.

Swede Beverly Hills

In 2009, the Honourable John A. Mirisch was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council and he has done it again this year – this time as mayor. Having lived in Beverly Hills for four generations, the Mirisch family has been a cornerstone in this community. Living abroad for many years as a film executive concerned with marketing and distribution, John A. Mirisch himself worked with United International Pictures as the Managing Director of its Swedish and Austrian Offices. He currently holds a post at Paramount Studios, but his new role as mayor of Beverly Hills will most certainly come first.

Mayor Mirisch (centre) and Councilmembers. Photo: City of Beverly Hills

Success for Swedish Author Having written a novel about a 100-year-old man whose journey ensues after escaping from an elderly care home, Jonas Jonasson has seen unexpected international literary success. Described by the UK Independent newspaper as “arguably the biggest wordof-mouth literary sensation of the decade,” The Hun-

my home and it’s a great country to live in. The best things about Sweden is that it has a very big music scene and has a very wide range of different education in terms of culture.”

Photo: Mattias Ahlm/sverigesradio.se

dred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared has sold “five million copies worldwide. The rights to his book have now “been sold to 30 countries and a Swedishlanguage film is due to be released sometime this year.” Swedish Adele Göteborg-based singer, Miriam Bryant, is often compared to Adele and is consistently becoming more and more well-known on a global scale. The 22-year-old English and Finnish singer is decidedly and admittedly down to earth even though she has just released her debut album “Raised in Rain.” In fact, she talks about her insecurities, her own voice and how she still does her own chores. Responding to her recent fame, Bryant says that she is flattered and that while dealing with the media can be “annoying,” “comparing me to one of the world’s most talented singers so I take it as a compliment. Adele has an absolutely stunning voice.” She also says, “Sweden is

Photo: EMI Music Sweden

Traktör Utsedd För bröllopsmiddagen på Drottningholms slott. Stefano Catenacci och Operakällaren har utsetts till traktör för middagen vid bröllopet den 8 juni 2013 mellan Prinsessan Madeleine och Herr Christopher O’Neill. Operakällaren har sedan 1961 ansvarat för maten till galabanketter och andra större middagar där Kungen står värd. Operakällaren fick sitt namn 1787 när restaurangen låg i källaren under Gustav III:s operahus. På 1950-talet tog Tore Wretman över ansvaret för Operakällaren. Alessandro Catenacci, tog över Tore Wretman-restaurangerna i december 1987. Den 30 mars 2012 utsågs Stefano Catenacci till Hovtraktör. Tidigare har Tore Wretman och Werner Vögeli haft den framstående titeln.

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[Business] News

A Healthy Partnership Spanning Copenhagen and Malmö, Medicon Valley is a remarkable success story between these two Nordic neighbours. What began as a simple agreement between the governments of Sweden and Denmark in the mid1990s has quickly grown to become one of Europe’s premier pharmaceuticals and life sciences hub. Today Medicon Valley is home to 350 companies in the life sciences and biotechnology industry including the likes of Novo Nordisk, H. Lundbeck and AstraZeneca. The initiative is also a key engine

of growth for the two countries employing over 40,000 people in the Öresund region and accounting for 18% of Sweden and Denmark’s combined GDP. Its success has been contagious. The Welsh government is looking to partner with Medicon Valley and there are already talks to set up a similar collaboration between Finland’s Helsingfors and Estonia’s capital, Tallinn.

COMPANY FILE

trömma is rooted in the steamship company Ångfartygs AB Bore, which was founded by Fredric von Rettig from Finland in 1897. Today, the company is one of the largest tour and travel “experience” companies in Sweden, providing “memories for life” or “minnen for livet”. The company’s operations span all Scandinavian countries and offer a total of 450 “experiences” from coastal sightseeing to skiing. Paddan, Interbus, Cinderella båtarna, Vaxholms Kastell, Strömma Skärgårdsbåtar are some of the company brands. Swedish Press checked in with Jan Larsén the CEO to learn more about how Strömma has experienced such a success. The company strives to be consumer and market driven while also having a strong “production department”. The ships, busses and ski resorts are part of the production department as they deliver “the experience”. At Strömma, each ship is operated by an independent entrepreneur, one who is close to the client and thus personally involved in the delivery. Branding is important and each “experience” has a unique brand. For instance, in Göteborg, Paddan is still called Paddan even though it is now owned by Strömma. The Strömma brand is mainly reserved for corporate purposes.

Microsoft Sells Media Room to Ericsson

Internet protocol television (IPTV) is a specialization of Microsoft’s Media Room company based in the Silicon Valley. Stockholmbased Ericsson plans on purchasing this company from Microsoft, thereby rendering “Ericsson the leading provider of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25 percent.” Media Room’s clientele includes many of the world’s leading shareholders in IPTV systems, including AT&T and Germany’s Deutsche Telekom. Media Room builds

the units which make it possible to watch television on your computer, via the internet. In the next two years, it is predicted that the IPTV global market will ascend from $32 billion to $45 billion. The future will tell how fast TV-watching via internet will grow and if Ericsson’s purchase will be a lucrative venture.

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In order to keep costs down, back office functions such as marketing, management and IT systems have been centralized across the different “experiences”. This, says Jan, “has allowed us to keep costs under control while expanding our product offering.” “As we look to the future,” Jan suggests that, “big city tourism is Strömma’s focus, and a growing trend is ‘Urban Nature Tourism’ – as people today are eager for the experience to be fast and close to a city.” In closing we talked about Göta Kanal: Strömma’s most popular “experience” for North Americans. Strömma would like to encourage more Swedish Press readers to enjoy this pleasant way of travelling through Sweden.

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In the Flight Path of Nils: Visiting Skåne, Kebnekaise, Värmland and Visingsö By Goose By Sydney Vickars

Vittskövle castle in north-eastern Skåne. Photo: skane.com © Birger Lallo

culminated in the publication of her two children’s stories, published in 1906 and 1907 respectively. These children’s stories were commissioned and assigned as “supplementary reading with the special idea of introducing educational and entertaining” aspects to regular geography lessons. While the two books were embraced by the Swedish public school system, the adult audience has also “found them books of permanent value.” It is therefore interesting to note that adults and children alike enjoyed travelling with Nils throughout their country, and the global audience that so lovingly embraced the stories from abroad testifies to a Sweden worth traveling to and around.

Klarälven in Värmland. Photo © VTR/Vildmark i Värmland

hildren in the Swedish educational system should be familiar with Selma Lagerlöf’s The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and The Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson. Selma Lagerlöf was born in 1858 on the small family estate of Mårbacka in Värmland. She practiced as a teacher for ten years before writing, introducing many of her own childhood memories into her texts. Her interest in the pedagogy behind literature is illustrated by the research she conducted into nature studies and bird behaviour. Eventually, this research

Visingsborgs castle ruin on Visingsö.

The 14-year-old boy travels between March and November of 1898 and his story contains a number of genrespecific tendencies. Based in folklore, this spectacle of the children’s literature canon talks about humanity, the moral code and teaches children and adults alike about the intricacies of Swedish wildlife, geography and customs. If Nils were a traveller today, he would discover a very different Sweden in the cities, towns and mindset of the people, yet much the same in terms of the nature and countryside. Though Nils traveled extensively throughout Sweden, we have focused on four areas he visited that provide offthe-beaten-track attractions – that look much the same today as when he flew by some 115 years ago.

Skåne

The southernmost region in Sweden is known as Skåne. As Sanna Toringe, a librarian, author and journalist from Skåne says, the beginning and ending of the story are located in Västra Vemmenhög, “where the sky forms a vault over billowing cornfields and small farms… that still look almost the same as in Nils Holgersson’s day” – though now you can hear aircraft from the nearby airport at Sturup. The castles in Skåne are some of the most beautiful of modern day attractions and offer a return

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to the past. The Rennaissance castle built of red brick still stands at Vittskövle, where an English-style park and church from the 13th century is open to the public. There is also the castle of Glimmingehus, a medieval style beauty that provides a stunning view and an intense atmosphere – though perhaps now the castle is free from the rodents, which provided such a scene in the children’s stories.

Kebnekaise

At the extreme other end of Sweden is Kebnekaise, the country’s tallest mountain. Located in Lappland among the Scandinavian mountain range, Kebnekaise has two peaks,

Kebnekaise in Lappland. Photo © Fredrik Broman/imagebank. sweden.se

Västra Hamnen, Malmö. Photo: skane.com © Leif Johansson

its highest at 2,106 metres (6,909 feet) above sea level. There are a number of activities as well at the base of the mountain in Nikkaluokta. Sami Tours offers boat trips and Icelandic horse riding and you can take guided canoe tours with Lappland Inspiration. Likely the only major difference since Nils’ time here, is the Kebnekaise mountain lodge at 690 metres altitude at the base of the mountain and is owned and managed by the Swedish Tourist Association (STF). The location includes a restaurant, mountaineering shop, sauna, showers, 198 rooms and a kiosk. Guided tours, which offer coffee, tea, and reindeer burgers at the end, make the 4-6 hour hike up the mountain more enjoyable.

Värmland

exhibition is opening up that will provide fun for the whole family, including a presentation on how animals adapt in the face of environmental damage, a photographic scavenger hunt which offers prizes of memorabilia and a crafts table. You may also choose to travel down the river Klarälven by raft and may even opt to build your own raft. Martin Pattenden offers lessons on both raft building and raft sailing. His company, Vildmark i Värmland, has more to offer as well, and provides its guests with an apt and ideal example of ecotourism, embodying all the certification criteria for their “Nature’s Best” stamp. After all, even in the early 20th century, Lagerlöf was nodding to the green way of life. The animals tell Nils at the end of the text: “If you

In the west of middle Sweden, Värmland is a historical region which borders Norway on one side. Rich in small lakes, streams and ponds, nature is the main attraction in Värmland and there are many outdoor adventures to quench the thirst of any modern day traveller in addition to visiting Mårbacka, Selma Lagerlöf’s home – where all proceeds from activities go towards the maintenance of the property owned by a trust started by the author herself. 2013 marks a special year for Mårbacka because a new

Timber rafting down the river Klarälven. Photo © Staffan Widstrand/Vildmark i Värmland

have learned anything at all from us… you no longer think that the humans should have the whole earth to themselves.”

Visingsö

Visingsö is located between Stockholm and Göteborg and is a small island in Sweden’s second largest lake, Vättern. Visingsö’s spectacular terrain for hiking and biking tours makes it a popular tourist destination. You can even see the island from a traditional horse-drawn carriage known as a remmalagen. A large castle once existed on the island and was amply located so as to provide the kings and their royal families protection and a strategic vantage point. In the 18th century the castle was converted into a prison but was later burnt down by the prisoners in 1718. The ruins of the castle still exist and fans of Nils postulate that it was these historic ruins that inspired Nils’ visit here. Lagerlöf won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1909, testifying to her texts’ ability to transcend time and genres. It seems as if Nils and his travels will forever remain in the memories of our childhood but the modern day traveller – both from within Sweden and from abroad – can use this uncoventional geography lesson to inspire their travels today.

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Båt designer, uppfinnare, föreläsare och ensam seglare som under årens lopp har mottagit många utmärkelser för sina seglings äventyr. Det mest framstående är en sjömanskaps medalj från the Royal Cruising Club in Britain för att ha ensamseglat runt Kap Horn i en 6 meters båt. Sven Yrvind, född Sven Lundin 1939. Sven växte upp på västkusten och bodde länge i Lysekil. Han lärde sig segla vid mycket ung ålder och har varit verksam som båt designer i circa 50 år.

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wedish Press fick sig en pratstund med Sven Yrvind om hans nästa segeläventyr. Sven, för dem som minns, började sin seglarbana för nära 50 år sedan. På åttiotalet var han aktiv med båtarna Bris.

Swedish Press pratade nyligen med Sven om hur han planerar segla jorden runt på 600 dagar i en 3 meter lång båt.

Sven provseglar Yrvind. Alla bilder © Sven Yrvind.

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Sven Yrvind

Nu är Sven i full färd med planera sitt nästa, och mest ambitiösa projekt hittills – en världsomsegling non-stop i en segelbåt som bara är tre meter lång. Sven tänker segla ensam, med start på Irland och sedan söderut förbi Afrikas horn. Därifrån girar han österut och seglar resten av rutten längs södra halvklotet. Han räknar med att det kommer att ta runt 600 dagar innan han landstiger på Irland igen. När jag får tag i Sven är klockan åtta på kvällen och han tar vänligt emot mitt samtal. Jag presenterar mig själv och Swedish Press innan jag ger mig i kast med frågorna. Som svar på varför han vill göra denna världsseglats, ger han mig tre goda skäl. Först berättar Sven om en regatta för några år sedan, som kallades around_in_10. När tävlingen annonserades väckte den stort intresse och

flera båtar anmälde sig. Fast när det väl kom till start, dök inte en enda deltagare upp. “Det där skall väl gå att göra,” tänkte Sven. “Om jag lyckas blir jag världsberömd, kan skriva en bok och tjäna en bra slant.” För det andra tycker Sven om att lösa problem. Planeringen och genomförandet av världsomseglingen kommer att ge upphov till en mängd problem som måste tas itu med. För det tredje handlar det om att vara ett föredöme och leda vägen, säger Sven efter att ha funderat ordentligt. “Om jag kan segla jorden runt på 600 dagar med bara vinden i seglen till hjälp, och med 400 kilo mat ombord, borde mänskligheten kunna klara sig på betydligt mindre resurser än vad den gör idag,” menar han på. Det gäller att hushålla och Sven kan leda med gott exempel. När det gäller mat kommer han att ta med sig müsli och sardiner, och bara

Ett försök att runda Kap Horn 1974.

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äta två kalla mål om dagen. Redan idag äter han bara två kalla måltider om dagen, berättar han. Han har en teori som går ut på att om vi äter mindre, vänjer sig kroppen vid mindre mat, vi mår bättre och lever längre. Till dryck blir det regnvatten. Sven säger att vid ett riktigt ösregn kan han spara rikligt med vatten, vilket kommer att lagras ombord i tankar som håller mellan 60-70 liter. “Det räcker i cirka 60 dagar, jag behöver bara en liter per dag,” säger han lugnt. Sven är inte alls bekymrad över hur vattnet ska räcka. Tvätta sig behöver han inte, istället blir det bad 1-2 gånger om dagen samt tandborstning. Sven oroar sig inte över att han kommer att vara ensam, han tar helt enkelt med sig 100 kilo böcker. “Sedan finns det mycket att tänka på, jag kommer att fundera på nya båtar och lösa problem,” förklarar han. Sven ser fram emot ensamheten och säger att han känner sig säkrare ombord än på land, där det finns mycket som kan vara farligt. Om man vet vad man gör ombord och har en liten osänkbar båt, finns det inget att vara rädd för, understryker Sven.

att det kanske inte kommer att vara tillräckligt på södra halvklotet. Det är ett dilemma som måste lösas. Värme

Sven i kungligt sällskap.

“Yrind” tar form.

Att sova blir inga problem, fortsätter han, jag kan sova åtta timmar i taget. Så länge han har ström kan han få en varning på sin AIS skärm om något fartyg kommer för nära. Dessutom är det relativt otrafikerat på södra halvklotet. När jag frågar om hur han ska generera ström blir svaret att solceller fungerar på norra halvklotet men

ombord däremot blir inga problem, båten är liten och välisolerad plus att Sven har både yllekläder och sovsäck. “Den största utmaningen blir att få båten att fungera ordentligt eftersom allt är sammanlänkat.” Om Sven ändrar på seglets storlek påverkas även mast, köl och lagringsutrymme. “Hela systemet måste optimeras, vilket är en svår utmaning.” Sven vet inte hur han kommer att påverkas av att vara till havs så länge. “Kanske blir jag yngre,” säger han. “Det är hälsosamt för kroppen att vara till havs, det är kanske det närmaste vi kan komma vad vi är skapade för. Det skall bli intressant att se.”

Tidigare har han legat ute ensam i en liten båt i som mest 45 dagar i sträck. Nästa tur blir något helt annat. På frågan om när han tänker kasta loss svarar Sven att det inte finns någon tidsram. “Jag jobbar på det, men är bestämd med att inte sätta någon plan, det kan vara farligt, för det finns risk att man lämnar innan man är klar,” säger han. Jag frågar Sven hur gammal han är, 74 år blir svaret. Då har du gott om tid säger jag. “Jo då, 50 år till,” konstaterar Sven. Vi på Swedish Press önskar Sven lycka till med sin planering. Om någon av våra läsare har tips eller råd till Sven, tar han gärna emot dem. När det blir dags för avfärd, kommer Swedish Press att vara där. Att döma från vårt samtal kommer det antagligen att ta minst två år till innan Sven beger sig av. Men som sagt, vi kommer att hålla er uppdaterade.

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HE RITAG E

Moving to America in 1868 In the first half of the 19th century, Sweden ran out of arable land. A steadily growing population (due to successful vaccinations) depressed wages. The towns offered few opportunities. A rigid class system favored inherited social position over talent, intelligence, and entrepreneurial spirit. These were some of the circumstances behind the poverty in Sweden in 1868.

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Diary Kept on the Journey to America 1868 by Samuel Magnus Hill Introduction and translation by Lars Nordström [Wednesday May] 6th I got up early in the morning to warm [myself] by taking a stroll, and I walked down to the canal and the harbor, where the ships were. There I had the opportunity to see, for the first time [ever], a ship with masts and rigging, and it was exactly as I had envisioned it from reading about it. Later in the day the left-behind luggage arrived. Money was exchanged and contracts for the journey were made with the company; we bought tickets and [since] we had made down payments we were assured of obtaining passage. A few small items were purchased, a little wine and Persian insect powder [against lice]. [Thursday May] 7th The day after that we went to see the sights, among them the great bust of [King] Gustavus Adolphus, who had founded the city. In the evening I was pretty tired, because I had served as a guide even though I had never been to Gothenburg before. There we met—completely unexpectedly—the son of our old neighbor, Kalle Hultin, who had left his parents without telling them where he had gone. He had been to sea, and he promised to write home so that they did not have to worry about him. [Friday May] 8th Finally the day came for us to leave our dear homeland and meet our unknown fate. Already at an early hour everyone was up and around. And when everything had been put in order, we left the inn and walked down to the docks, where the ship was berthed, ready to receive its freight of people and goods. It was here that we ran into Karl Hultin. When our things had been stowed, we were also allowed to get on board and find the best place we could. The name of the ship was Cato , and it cast off from land at 5:45 PM. An hour later we had lost sight of land; we had seen our homeland for the last time. Oh, what a sight! When the last trace [of land] had disappeared, we hurried below to arrange our sleeping accommodations and eat supper. Our bed was made on top of one of our trunks, in a strong draft, which, however, was better than in any other place, because we were on an elevated area of the ship, next to the stairs to the lower deck. It was good both because no water stayed there, and because we had our neighbors and friends all around. At the other end of the ship there were some people from Småland, and they made an awful row. I lost my wallet, which I had in my coat pocket.

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Moving to Sweden in 2012 Tatty and her family recently moved from Scotland to Sweden. Half-Swedish and half-English, Tatty grew up in the UK and works as a journalist. This is a journal of her first year in Sweden with her Scottish husband and four young children.

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Maclayhem: Thoughts from the Motherland by Tatty Maclay ‘Birth in one place, growing old in another place. And feeling a stranger in the two places.’ All of us who, by choice or necessity, now live in a different country from the one in which we were born can undoubtedly relate to that sentiment in some way or another. They’re the words of Ayse Lahur Kirtunç, whose family was displaced from Crete and moved to Turkey after the Second World War, and part of an exhibition entitled ‘Twice a Stranger’ currently showing at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The exhibition focuses on the experiences of the men, women and children - from Greece, Turkey, Germany, Poland, India, Pakistan and Cyprus - forced to leave their homelands when the world map was redrawn in the second half of the 20th century, but many of the feelings they experienced as a result ring equally true for millions of refugees, immigrants and emigrants today. It’s incredible how deep the longing for the country in which you spent the first few years of your life can be. Eighty year old men who had spent the vast majority of their life - 70 years or more - in their new country, reduced to tears hearing a song from the ‘homeland’ or seeing a picture of the house in which they were born. I know my mother - split from her father and brothers in Sweden and taken to live in England when she was four - feels this, I can certainly relate to the feeling of not quite belonging in either of two countries and now I appear to have perpetuated the pattern by removing my children from the country they know. Will they ever feel fully Swedish? Or is just a few years of Marmite rather than Kalles Kaviar, Smarties rather than salty licorice, The Queen’s Speech rather than Kalle Anka on Christmas Day enough to make them feel forever foreign, other, different, strangers? Of course, our situation and that of anyone who chooses to emigrate for lifestyle reasons is hugely different from refugees forced to leave their homeland, but these questions of identity and nationality remain. I’m hoping that my children will choose to see themselves not as ‘Twice strangers’, but as doubly blessed, citizens of the world – or, better still, as my son Max puts it: ‘International men of mystery.’

Photo: © Joe Maclay | www.joemaclay.com

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Lifestyle Top Sju

1 Sandrews Stiftelse delade ut 4.3 miljoner Totalt 57 stipendiater hade i år förmånen att mottaga ett stipendie från Anders Sandrews stiftelse. Stipendie beloppen på 50,000 och 65,000 kr delades ut av Dr Tom Hedelius på Musikalska i Stockholm. Den folkkäre underhållaren och låtskrivaren Lasse Berghagen blev hedersstipendiat “för upp-skattad och respekterad konstnärlig gärning”. Ur Berghagens mångskiftande produktion finns diktsamlingen “I mina blommiga sandaler” från 1993. Vid Sandrews död 1957 bildades en stiftelse till hans minne. Den har sedan 1958 delat ut kulturstipendier till ungdomar vid konstnärliga utbildningar i Sverige och utomlands.

Anders Sandrews stiftelses ordförande ekon. Dr Tom Hedelius med den alltid närvarande Anders Sandrew (i form av en byst). Foto: Sthig Jonasson.

2 The Michelin Guide has recently handed out Michelin Stars to four Swedish restaurants. Aquavit is located in Park Avenue Tower

sinet – located in Göteborg, and a favourite restaurant among locals for decades – also received Michelin stars. Ekstedt uses a woodburning hearth to cook its Scandinavian cuisine, Gas-

Markus Jernmark of Aquavit, New York. Photo © Restaurant Aquavit

Niklas Ekstedt of Ekstedt, Stockholm. Photo © Niklas Ekstedt

Ulf Wagner of Sjömagasinet, Gothenburg. Photo © Sjömagasinet

Jacob Holmström and Anton Bjuhr of Gastrologik, Stockholm. Photo © Gastrologik

between Park and Madison Avenues in Midtown New York and serves “exquisite Nordic cuisine in an incomparable restaurant setting.” In addition to the phenomenal food choice, Aquavit also offers a modern and rustic dining space for any occasion. Ekstedt and Gastrologik – two restaurants located in Stockholm – and Sjömaga-

trologik uses local flavours and produce which means that the menu is always changing, and Sjömagasinet is “a classic kitchen inspired by the fruits of the sea.” As The Local states, “in total, 13 Swedish restaurants now have 15 Michelin stars between them.” These stars are a testament to the great Swedish culinary experience both at home and abroad.

Michelin Stars For Swedish Restaurants

Karolinska One of Sweden’s Tops, Again Compiled annually by the private academic group Urank, the list of Sweden’s top universities and colleges has recently revealed that the Karolinska Institute has once again been ranked in first place. Following closely behind is the Stockholm School of Economics, followed by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Royal Institute of Technology. The terms of placement on the list include “the quality of students accepted into courses, the weight attached to research, and the proportion of research students with an international background,” but does not include “the quality of individual courses [or] the quality of student life and the availability of accommodation.” So, while the list is academically sound and may help prospective students and institutions alike to better their academic tendencies, students should look elsewhere for measurement of the practical side of studentship.

Photo ©Ingela Wåhlstrand

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Germany. This study – by an offcial German statistics company, Statisches Bundesamt – posted that compared to Germans, who earn an average of €31 per hour, Swedes make €41.90 per hour. Many experts in the field are crediting the growth of productivity in Sweden for the wage difference in Sweden. Luleå residents form an enormous Facebook ‘thumbs up’. Photo credit: Municipality of Luleå

4 Luleå’s Thumbs Up This year, Sweden’s small town of Luleå will celebrate a pretty remarkable feat: growing to an estimated 75, 000 in population. Regardless of the current global economic climate, Luleå experiences a particularly low unemployment rate in addition to a strong economy. The Municipality of Luleå, in response to the small town’s success set up a community project on the frozen ice sheet: a giant thumbs up made up of 2493 people in total. Because Luleå is such an attractive place for tech companies to settle in, Facebook recently opened their first international data centre here and the thumbs up is a recognition of this. Data centres require an abundance of

constant electricities, Luleå’s ability to run these centres completely from renewable hydroelectric power makes it an ideal location. In fact, after Facebook decided to move in during December of 2011, the industry numbers of data centres in Luleå has risen some 25%. Luleå and its surrounding cities are perhaps on their way to becoming “the next Silicone Valley.”

5 Swedish Wages the Highest in Europe Mats Dillén, CEO of Sweden’s National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet) says that Sweden remains economically competitive in a response to a study on European Union wages recently completed in

currents and it is “muscle strength, technique and stamina [that] take the canoeists from start to finish.”

7 Kånken: The WorldFamous Backpack

6 Dalsland Canoe Marathon Celebrating its 10th anniversary in August of this year, the Dalsland Canoe Marathon is one of the world’s toughest long distance paddling race. Beginning from the shore of Baldersnäs Manor, north of Dals Långed on August 10th, 750 participants will journey across lake Laxsjön and through one of the most beautiful paddling settings in Europe. While the race finishes 55km later in the boat harbour of Bengtsfors, along the way, racers will have been treated to fruit, drink and massage breaks. On the rivers, the racers are helped along by the

Photo © Dalsland Canoe Marathon

The world-famous “Kånken” backpack was launched by Fjällräven in 1978 with the purpose to alleviate back problems of Swede’s that had worryingly escalated during the 70’s - even amongst school children. Kånken has since attained a reputable fame-factor and now sell more than 200,000 backpacks yearly. In recent years this iconic backpack can be found world-wide in chic fashion boutiques as well as in hard-core outdoor retailers. Kånken is derived from the verb “Kånka”, a synonym for “to carry”.

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Lifestyle

Theatre

Pygmalion på Uppsala stadsteater

scenen – där Higgins möter och förolämpar sin blivande elev – möter Morisse en nästan övermäktig motspelare i Linda Kulle som gör en paradroll av Eliza. Kulle är ygmalion” som under våren spelas på trovärdig i sin förvandling från en skränigt påfrestande Uppsala stadsteater skildrar hur den street-smart tjej till en “fin dam”. Kulle har utstrålning bisarre professor Henry Higgins och scennärvaro och är magnifik i sista akten när hon omformar blomsterförsäljerskan struntar i överklasslivet och lämnar Higgins med hotet Eliza. Bernard Shaw skrev “Pygmalion” 1913 som en att bli lärare och själv lära ut allt hon lärt sig av honom. moralitet om språket som maktfaktor Crister Olsson gör en kuf av Elizas och ytans betydelse för den brittiska far, den sopkörande levnadskonstFaktaruta överklassen, men vassheten har med nären Alfred Doolittle. Men Nemesis Scen: Uppsala stadsteater åren slipats ner till underhållning. vakar och Doolittle drabbas av det Pjäs: Pygmalion Det handlar om fonetikprofessorn obarmhärtiga ödet i form av ett Författare: George Bernard Shaw Henry Higgins som slår vad med koloväntat amerikaarv. Sedan klagar han Översättning: Ulla Roseen legan överste Pickering att han på tre över att han medelklassifierats. Den Regi: Luct Pitman Wallace Scenografi och kostym: månader kan göra den vulgära Eliza brittiska något bedagade överklassen Jessica Curtis Doolittle till en vältalande kvinna representeras av Elizas litet korkade Koreografi: Sue Nash som kan lura vem som helst att hon och arbetslöse friare Freddy utomPå scenen: Linda Kulle, Aksel tillhör societeten. Det är Eliza som ordentligt talande spelad av Peter Morisse, Gustav Levin, Crister Olsson, tar initiativet till sin remake – hon vill Viitanen liksom hans mor och syster. Susanne Gunnersen, Peter Viitanen, Elisabeth Wernesjö, Tytte Johnsson, upp. Higgins ser Eliza som ett socialt Slutscenen är ett långt gräl mellan Stefan Marling, Lolo Elwin projekt och då duger det inte med att Higgins och Eliza där elakheterna Speltid: ca 3 tim. enbart ge Eliza ett nytt språk, hon haglar. Eliza kan nu inte bara tala väl, måste också kunna uppföra sig i socihon kan också argumentera väl, men eteten, det som inte Higgins själv kan. det är egentligen enda gången det slår Han bryr sig bara om sitt språkexperiment. Hennes gnistor kring dem. I det längsta tror publiken att Higutbildning i överklassens seder och bruk tar överste gins skall inse att han egentligen älskar Eliza. Eller att Pickering hand om. Han behärskar till fulländning det Eliza skall förstå att hon älskar honom och dumpa den sociala livets skrivna och oskrivna regler som är terra hopplöse Freddy. Men nej, till slut står Higgins ensam incognita för Higgins. kvar på scenen. De får inte varandra. Och kanske blir Aksel Morisse spelar Higgins med stirrig frenesi de olyckliga hela livet – eller lyckliga. och ständigt återkommande utbrott. Redan från första “Pygmalion” spelas t.o.m. den 4 maj. By Sthig Jonasson

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Lifestyle

Music

World Opening in Stockholm

By Martina Söderlund

n May 7th the doors open to the brand new Abba The Museum, located on the Island of Djurgården in Stockholm. Pre-sale tickets have been released for the first few months and are already fully sold out, and the excitement among pop music lovers around the world is in full swing. ABBA The Museum will cover the group’s accomplishments all the way from the start in 1970 to the split in 1983. The Museum will be part of the new Swedish Music Hall of Fame, a 5,000 m2 brand new building dedicated to Sweden’s famous pop culture. In the new Swedish Music Hall of Fame visitors will in addition to the ABBA museum be able to learn about Sweden’s contemporary pop artists and other global historical pop successes such as Europe, Roxette and Swedish House Mafia. ABBA The Museum will be more of an interactive museum experience for its visitors rather than the oldschool fiberglass display case with a sticker. There will be opportunities for enthusiastic guests to become the fifth member of the group and perform on stage with Björn, Benny, Frida and Agnetha as life-size holograms. Visitors will also have the chance to virtually try on Abba’s symbolic sparkly dresses and flared trousers with the help of green screen technology. All perfor-

mances can be viewed online at the museum’s website and downloaded by the guests for personal sharing on facebook and other social-media platforms. Other sets in the exhibit will include the legendary Polar Music Studio, where the band recorded some of their biggest hits, and Edmonton Ice Hockey Arena, where they performed in 1979 as part of their final world tour. One part will show the group’s song-writing cottage from the island of Viggsö where the group were inspired to write many of their hits. The band members have also donated clothes and memorabilia from their private collections. One of the many stories that will be shared in the Museum is from the first Viggsö composing session that took place in 1972, when Björn and Benny had received an invitation to write an entry for the Swedish Melodifestivalen. The song “Ring Ring” was written and became the group’s first major hit, and Agnetha could be seen posing with a red telephone in photos during the 70’s. Rumor has it the same red telephone will be on display in the Museum connected to an outside line, with only four people in the entire world knowing the phone number. Abba the Museum, opens on the 7th of May, and will be located at Djurgårdsvägen 68 in Stockholm, located between the amusement park Gröna Lund and art gallery Liljevalchs. Tickets will sell for 195 SEK for adults, 145 SEK for children, and include admission to all exhibits within the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.

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Lifestyle

Sport

Swedish Hockey Players in the National Hockey Leagues 2012-2013 Season

By Bengt Eriksson

hen the 2012-2013 National Hockey League (NHL) season finally got started in January, 50 Swedish players were on the starting rosters of the 30 NHL teams, a total of 10 more than last year’s list. 24 of the 30 NHL teams had at least one Swedish player on that opening roster this year. Throughout the years there is always one NHL team that has been called “The Swedish Club” because of the number of Swedish players on its roster. This year the Detroit Red Wings hold the title once again with 7 Swedish players on their roster. Following is a list of the Swedish players that started the season in the NHL, their NHL team and Birthplace in Sweden. Name Jhonas Enroth Viktor Fasth Jonas Gustavsson Anders Lindbäck Henrik Lundqvist Christopher Nilsson Daniel Alfredsson Mikael Backlund Nicklas Bäckström Patrik Berglund Jonas Brodin Alexander Edler Oliver Ekman-Larsson Tobias Enström Jonathan Ericsson Loui Eriksson Johan Franzén Nicklas Grossmann Carl Gunnarsson Carl Hagelin Victor Hedman Niklas Hjalmarsson Patric Hörnqvist

NHL Team Buffalo Sabres Anaheim Ducks Detroit Red Wings Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers Dallas Stars Ottawa Senators Calgary Flames Washington Capitals St. Louis Blues Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Phoenix Coyotes Winnipeg Jets Detroit Red Wings Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers Toronto Maple Leafs New York Rangers Tampa Bay Lightning Chicago Blackhawks Nashville Predators

Birthplace Stockholm Kalix Danderyd Gävle Åre Malmö Göteborg Västerås Gävle Västerås Karlstad Östersund Karlskrona Nordingrå Karlskrona Göteborg Vetlanda Stockholm Örebro Södertälje Örnsköldsvik Eksjö Sollentuna

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Design, An Unusual Swedish Hotel Experience

shutter airplane windows. Some of the rooms have an accent wall cleverly dressed with wallpaper that depicts the view one could see out the window of an airplane flying above the clouds. If you’re looking for a room with actual scenery, booking a night in the cockpit of the hostel’s most luxurious room which provides you with a panoramic view of the airport. Treehouses, a plane…where to next? How about 155m underground to the world’s deepest hotel room in the Sala Silvermine located 120km north of Stockholm. Accessed by taking an elevator way below the earth’s surface and walking through winding tunnels and caverns, these cave rooms can be best described as elegant and cozy. Styled with a nod to the renaissance era, the time period when mine production began,

By Kristi Robinson

orward thinking with a big dose of fun, Swedish designers and architects are responsible for creating some of the world’s most unusual hotels. If you’re planning a holiday in Sweden this summer, read on. Even if you’re not, read on anyways because these extraordinary hotels might make you change your mind. The Hanging Tree Hotel in the Northern village of Harads consists of five self contained, differently themed rooms, suspended 4-6 meters up in the trees. With great sensitivity to sustainability and ecology the hotel was built without chopping down any trees on site. Instead, each room was fabricated around the trees and all construction materials used were chosen to have the least possible ecological impact. There’s the UFO room designed to take you to your childhood dreams, The Blue Cone that’s actually a red cabin, the giant Bird’s Nest, and the Cabin which looks more like a modern shipping container; each outfitted with custom furniture, lighting, and fabrics. Undoubtedly, the most impressive of the five rooms is The Mirrorcube designed by Swedish Architects Tham & Videgård. Aptly named, the Mirrorcube is a 4x4x4 meter cube built around a tree with mirrored exterior glass walls that reflect the surrounding forest and make the cube seem to disappear into nature. Clad in birch plywood,

‘The Mirrorcube’ at the Hanging Tree Hotel. Photo Credit: Tham & Videgård Architects

the interior of the cube is minimal and bright. Six windows, only visible when inside provide a spectacular vista. If you’re someone who enjoys flying, why not begin your Swedish vacation by taking a plane to the capital city to stay at the Stockholm Arlanda airport in a jumbo jet. The once operational Boeing 747 converted to Jumbo Stay Hostel is sectioned into 27 rooms decorated in simple modern style. Basic white bedding is accented by multi colored striped pillows. Orange mini drapes replace the standard pull-down

Room at Jumbo Stay Hostel. © Jumbo Hostel

Mine suite at the Sala Silvermine. Photo: Pappilabild

the rooms are furnished by Swedish design company Wohnzimmer. The soft light of pillar candles bounce off the rugged surface of rock walls that arch up over the bed- pretty romantic isn’t it? Just bring a few extra layers because the room remains at a constant 2 degrees Celsius year round.

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was born in Eksjö in 1948 where my father worked for Axel Wenner-Gren. In 1951 AWG asked my father if he wanted to move to the Bahamas to oversee some development projects. So, in 1952, my mother took her three sons, Ulf, myself and Magnus to Bromma airport for a 36 hour trip to Nassau in the Bahamas for a new and exciting chapter in our lives. Following a SAS flight to New York, we then flew down the eastern seabord to Miami and finally over to Nassau. We lived on Hog Island in Nassau harbour which is now the site of the Atlantis Resort. AWG had a beautiful home there called Shangri-La which is now the One and Only Ocean Club. My brothers and I went to school in Nassau at St. Andrew’s School, to which we had to travel across the harbour by boat every day. We all spoke Swedish in the family and do so to this day. We celebrated Christmas in the Bahamas with Swedish traditions and travelled back to Sweden every summer. My father was determined that we would keep our Swedish citizenship and traditions. We often went by passenger liner – the Kungsholm and Gripsholm – of the Swedish America Line from New York to Göteborg and back. In Sweden we visited all our relatives: our grandparents in Stockholm, where we had an apartment and cousins on a beautiful farm near Vänersborg; and to my father’s hometown Nyköping where we had a small island cottage in the archipelago. After school in Nassau I continued my education in Europe, and I graduated from the London School

of Economics in 1970. My work in the development and construction industry took me to the south of France and then to Canada and Alaska. I returned to the Bahamas 20 years ago where I since have worked in the development field with an emphasis on building real places. My design influences are the early memories of the Bahamas with harbour villages that lived in harmony with nature and also the European communities that I visited and admired.

Carribean Lobster Ingredients: 6 lobster tails (6 oz each) 1 lb of 16/20 shrimp 6 large vine ripened tomatoes 3 avocados 6 limes vinaigrette green salad salt and pepper

These ideas continue to influence what I do today. I have kept my contact with Sweden and visit from time to time. Most recently, I visited my favorite places: Rudet (the farm in Bohuslän) and Stockholm, which I think is one of the greatest cities in the world. By Orjan Lindroth

The below recipe has a Caribbean flare which can be experienced anywhere in the world. This dish is best served cold on a hot summer night. This serves 6 but can easily be expanded to 46. ENJOY. METHOD Plunge the lobster into boiling water, cook 8 minutes ONLY, remove and cool. Plunge the shrimp into boiling water, cook 3 minutes ONLY, remove and cool. Cut the tomatoes into chunks and season with salt/ pepper and red wine vinegar. Now to put the dish together for service, which is done on one large platter. Remove lobster meat from shell whole, cut in half and place on platter. Next to the lobster, place the shrimp in a nice pile. Drain the tomatoes and arrange on said platter. Peel and slice the avocados, arrange a salad on the platter. Dish is served with enough vinaigrette for salad and seafood. Garnish with lime wedges.

Conch Salad Ingredients: 4 conchs, cleaned and skined 1 small onion 1 stalk of celery 1/2 small sweet pepper 1 large tomato 1/2 cup sour orange 1/2 cup lime Salt and Goat pepper to taste

Please note that there are few dishes which scream welcome to the Bahamas like Conch Salad. Over the years there have been many twists added. Some like more conch added while some add more herbs; and now there are some who add fruit to their salad. Where I am old school with the salad, you can play with it until you arrive at your own taste. METHOD Cut conch and vegetables into small pieces; place into a bowl. Then combine all other ingredients to bowl and mix well. Enjoy with lime wedges.

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SMÅLAND

Sju ungdomar som kom till Jönköping för att delta i ett seminarium om klotter hamnade alla i stället hos polisen. De hade nämligen fullständigt klottrat ner fyra X2000 vagnar som stod på stationsområdet. Seminariet de skulle till var ett seriöst sådant, med bland annat Jönköpings kommun som arrangör. Historien förtäljer inte om klottrarna hann till seminariet.

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En lärare i Höganäs tejpade igen munnen på en sexårig pojke för att han inte höll tyst under en samling och opponerade sig mot läraren. Pojken fick gå in i ett angränsande rum och när en annan lärare kom in i rummet för att hämta plåster satte han kirurgtejp över munnen på sexåringen. Pojken var täppt i näsan och hade svårt att andas med tejpen över munnen. Nu har Höganäs kommun dömts av Helsingborgs tingsrätt att betala 20 000 kronor i skadestånd till pojken.

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Sveriges södra blodlager tömdes. Händelsen har nu anmälts till Socialstyrelsen. Vid operationen tillstötte komplikationer. Patienten blödde mycket och Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhusets egna blodresurser räckte inte. Istället fick man köpa blod från Lund, Malmö, Varberg, Borås, Uddevalla, Linköping och Stockholm. Trots det räckte inte blodet utan även deras lager tömdes och till slut var man tvungen att köpa blod från Finland. En mycket ovanlig åtgärd. Trots att man på Sahlgrenska inte ansåg att man gjort något fel startades en egen granskning parallellt med socialstyrelsens undersökning. VÄSTERGÖTLAND Borås stad rapporterade felaktigt att en kvinna på ett äldreboende var död. På en och samma dag fick hennes anhöriga en uppmaning att säga upp hyreskontraktet och en inbjudan till informationsmöte om förändringar på äldreboendet. Breven till de anhöriga kom från två olika förvaltningar inom kommunen. Det ena var från äldreboendet. I det andra brevet uppmanades de anhöriga att skicka uppsägningen av hyreskontraktet på lägenheten i äldreboendet till lokalförsörjningsförvaltningen. Beskedet var också att betalningsansvaret skulle upphöra om drygt två veckor. De anhöriga fick alltså uppfattningen att deras gamla mor mycket snabbt skulle tvingas flytta från sitt boende. Till en början slog äldrevården ifrån sig och menade att de inte hade gjort något fel. De hänvisade till lokalförsörjningsförvaltningen. Men där kunde 18

tjänstemännen visa på att förvaltningen faktiskt fått ett besked om att kvinnan var avliden och därför hade följt sina vanliga rutiner och skickat ut ett brev om uppsägning av lägenhetskontraktet. ÖSTERGÖTLAND

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Parkeringsböter ska betalas. Även om den drabbade blir beordrad att inte lämna sin arbetsplats, akuten på Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping och därmed inte har en möjlighet att försvinna ut en stund för att flytta på bilen. Det var precis vad som hände Martin von Wirén en extra hektisk dag. Ett kraftigt snöfall och hala vägar gjorde att man fick ta emot ovanligt många patienter. Som värst var det tio skadade på väg i ambulanser till US. Det innebar ett så kallat Stabsläge då ansvarige chefen beordrade hela personalen att absolut inte lämna akuten. Det innebar att Martin inte kunde flytta på sin bil och fick parkeringsböter. Han överklagade böterna direkt och berättade för p-bolaget Hojab i Solna hur allt hade gått till. Med ett bifogat läkarintyg från en ST-läkare skulle pboten rivas, trodde han. Men det blev avslag. Nu har arbetsgivaren erbjudit att betala femhundringen. 30

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arbetsmiljön, frågor om arbetet är fysiskt eller psykiskt påfrestande och om man tycker att arbetsbelastning är alltför hög. På Grubbeskolan har lärarna fått nog. Trots att de år efter år klagat över för hög arbetsbelastning, i kommunens medarbetarenkät, har ingenting blivit bättre. I år struntade ett 40-tal av dem i att fylla i den. –Det är jätteviktigt med konkreta frågor, men just frågor om den personliga hälsan är så viktiga att det ska man inte svara på en gång per år, utan det ska cheferna jobba med dagligen dags, säger Birgitta Forsberg, som är personaldirektör. Vad gäller resten av frågorna ska enkäten följas upp bättre.

Företaget Granitti natursten trodde att Sigurd Larsson, 76, var död och skickade förslag på gravstenar till hans dödsbo. Brevet landade i hans egen postlåda hemma i Nedre Svartlå utanför Boden. När han öppnade brevet ryste han till. I handen höll han ett papper med förslag på olika gravstenar och texten “Vi har uppmärksammat rubricerat dödsfall och vi beklagar sorgen”. Ett fel hade mycket riktigt begåtts genom att Granitti natursten i Öjebynskickat brevet till fel adress. Som plåster på såren fick Sigurd Larsson blommor. – Det ringde ett blomsterbud och sa att det skulle komma blommor till mig och att det stod “vi har tydligen gjort bort oss” på kortet. Men blommorna kan jag gott vara utan. Det hade varit trevligare med ett telefonsamtal. 56

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Through to Sunday, June 23rd, enjoy an exhibit at the Swedish American Museum entitled: “Entangled Routes.” This exhibit features sculptures, collages and wood carvings by Corinne Peterson, Tim Klassen and Stephen Klassen. Blending nature and mixed media art, this multifunctional exhibit will also explore the Scandinavian heritage of the three artists. Heralding from the Northern reaches of Sweden, the three artists are keen to explore the landscape, people and myths of their homeland.

still remains. On May 11th, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, along with Finland’s Speaker of the Parliament Eero Heinäluoma, will be hosted by the The New Sweden Centre as they celebrate the anniversary of the first arrivals in Wilmington.

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Delaware 375 years ago, the first permanent settlers of Delaware – the Finns and the Swedes – built the first permanent structure of their settlement, New Sweden. Though Fort Christina has now been lost to time, the legacy of New Sweden 8

From April 7th to July 7th, the Hasselblad Foundation presents an exhibition called “Ernest Cole Photographer”. This exhibition, travelling from Göteborg in Sweden, will debut at the Fowler Museum in L.A. and follows – via 123 original and extremely rare black and white prints – one of South Africa’s most prominent black photojournalists as he “passionately pursued his mission to tell the world what it was like to be black under apartheid.” 18

The Swedish American Historical Society will host an event called “Sweden’s Kingdom of Glass” where guests are invited to explore the techniques, history and area of “glass country” in Sweden. On May 11th, 2013 at 1:30, visit this exhibition which will highlight how and where “talented artists developed the exquisite and attractive pieces still widely collected today.” You’ll even be able to see and sample Swedish glass items from the church members’ personal collections.

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Guide to interesting and fun events in Swedish North America 66

CHICAGO

Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640 Tel: 773-728 8111 | info@samac.org www.swedishamericanmuseum.org May 5 – Sunday 3 pm: Spring concert of the Chicago Swedish Male Chorus. May 11 – Saturday 1:30 pm: Monthly Scandinavian Jam Session with instructors Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler. May 11 – Saturday 5 pm: Performance of Swedish music by the choir Merula. May 18 – Saturday 10 am: Nordic Family Genealogy Center program, “Will the Real Sven Larsson Please Stand Up.” combined with the Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois. May 19 – Sunday 11 am: Guided tour of the permanent exhibit, “A Dream of America: Swedish Immigration to Chicago,” by curator Veronica Robinson. Jun 7 to 9 – Friday through Sunday: Andersonville Midsommarfest street festival includes presentations of Swedish music and dancing around the majstång in front of the Museum. Continuing through Sunday Jun 23: “Entangled Routes”, an exhibit of sculptures, collages and wood carvings by Corinne Peterson, Tim Klassen and Stephen Klassen.

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Nobel-Monitor #130 V.O.A. 5200 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst OH 44124 Tel: 216-371-5141 Marty.bergman@sbcglobal.net May 5 – Sunday 2-4 pm: Vasa Voices Spring Concert, in Swedish.

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Swedish Club of Southeast Mich. 22398 Ruth Street, Farmington Hills, Detroit, MI 48336 | Info: 734-459 0596 www.swedishclub.net April 27 – Saturday 4-9 pm: Valborgmässoafton May 5 – 1-2:30 pm: Buffet May 18 – 2:30 pm: Arpi/Scandia chorus present Spring Concert & Afterglow. Novi Methodist Church, 41671 W. Ten Mile Road, Novi, MI. June 2 – 1-2:30 pm: Swedish Flag Day Observance & Buffet. 8

LOS ANGELES

SACC-Los Angeles The Lot 1041 N. Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046 | Tel: 310-622 3616 info@sacc-la.org | www.sacc-la.org Apr 30 – Tuesday: Swedish Spotlight at Newport Beach Film Festival. Continuing through Jul 7: Ernest Cole Photographer – an exhibition from the Hasselblad Foundation at the Fowler Museum.

MILWAUKEE

Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin Tel: 414-352 7890 | swedishamericanhistoricalwisc@gmail.com May 11 – Saturday 1:30 pm: Explore Sweden’s Kingdom of Glass at Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 N Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa

MINNEAPOLIS

American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave Minneapolis MN 55407 Tel: 612-871 4907 | info@ASImn.org Apr 30 – Tuesday 7-11 pm: Cocktails at the Castle: Bonfires & Birchwood Plaques. Celebrate with bonfires, live music and a “make-your-own birchwood” plaque activity. Through May 26 – Exhibition on Eight Seasons in Sápmi, the Land of the Sámi People.

NEW YORK

Scandinavian House: The Nordic Center in North America 58 Park Ave @ 38th Street. New York, NY 10016 | Tel: 212 779 3587 Apr 27 through July 27 Munch|Warhol and the Multiple Image – the exhibition of two of the 20th century’s most prolific and inventive printmakers – Norwegian Edvard Munch and American Andy Warhol. May 16 – Thursday 8 pm: Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Concerts with Lively Commentary – Bach and the Romantics.

PORTLAND

New Sweden Cultural Heritage Society 8740 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223 Tel: 503-617 6826 | info@newsweden.org Apr 30 – Tuesday 7 pm: Valborgsmässoafton 18

(Walpurgis), Carter’s: 1470 SW Borland Road, West Linn. May 10 & 11 – 10-5 pm: New Sweden Antique & Garage Sale, 8740 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Proceeds support Trollbacken, a Swedish language and culture camp for children.

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Swedish Cultural Center 1920 Dexter Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 206-283 1090 info@swedishculturalcenter.org May 5 – Sunday 4 pm: Swedish concert at NHM. “Music from the Heart.” Swedish soprano Lena Moén makes her U.S. debut. May 7 – Tuesday 7 pm: Lecture: Greatest Moments of Finnish Film – Prof. Kimmo Laine from Finland.

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Embassy of Sweden Ottawa 377 Dalhousie Street, Suite 305 Ottawa ON K1N 9N8 | Tel: 613-241 2277 www.swedishembassy.ca April 25 – May 5 – HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto featuring 6 Swedish documentaries www.hotdocs.ca May 8 – The Real Group performing in Ottawa www.trgottawa.ca May 10 – The Real Group performing in Toronto www.singtoronto.com May 25 – Svensk Sommargudstjänst på ambassadörens residens i Ottawa, kl. 15.00. Se ambassadens hemsida för mer information. June 1 – Doors Open Ottawa, the official residence of Sweden open to the public.

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His Spirit Lives On in Noreliusgården By Thomas Budd

imone had purchased the house in Norrbäck a year earlier, but this was my first visit to Sweden. Liberated, as our sons set off on their academic journeys, her true nature – the free, roaming, unshackled, selfdetermining Artemis – shed the cloak of motherhood which had wrapped her in wholly-accepted confinement for so long, and sold her house in Friesland/Holland; originally a village infant school that she had lovingly transformed into a beautiful home for her and the boys. Some time later, through the help of dear friends already living in Sweden, she bought this unusual property that was to become her next project, and in which I now found myself. As we sat together looking across the meadow and the wooded hills beyond, Simone tells me of the work carried out since purchasing the house, erasing the neglect of the previous reclusive owner. Looking about me, I recognize the magic she weaves: a magic that I had seen displayed in the house we rented in the Quaker village of Jordans, north-west of London where we lived when the children were small, the village from which young William Penn left to make his mark in the New World; again, in Belgium’s medieval town of Bruges, alongside the high-steepled Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe Kerk where we lived when the boys first started school; and later, the house in Holland already mentioned. Her magic lies in this: she does not restructure, does not have the finances for expensive modernizations, does not impose her creativity on the environment, yet she has the gift of revealing a house’s essence and, in the unassuming placement of everyday things, allows it to tell its own story.

Dr. Eric Norelius’ birthplace in Norrbäck, Sweden. Photo credit: Simone van der Zande

And, Simone says, this house does have a story. It was built nearly two hundred years ago and was the birthplace of Eric Norelius who, aged seventeen, left home in 1850 to board ship to the New World. His piety, humility, intellectual capacities and strength of will led him to establish the Vasa Lutheran church in Minnesota. Moreover he initiated the Vasa Children’s Home; laid the foundation for the Gustavus Adolfus College and started the Minnesota Posten (1857-1858), the state’s first Swedish newspaper. A little later, immersed in the sublime spirituality of Bach’s music, I sit alone gazing out at the landscape, transported by the golden light of the setting sun, thinking of young Eric Norelius looking out on the same scene, peering beyond this homespun beauty towards a beckoning life’s work. There is, here, not only an exquisite silence that is appropriate to the location, but also a stillness, a near-forgotten trace of a remarkable young man’s soul uncovered by the unerring touch of a fellow traveler. 5 5 5 Dr. Eric Norelius papers, 1851-1916 are contained in the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center located on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

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