Sweden

Observations of and about day-to-day life in Sweden

Happy New Year 2011!

Gallery of photographs of firework displays over Göteborg (Gothenburg) in Sweden 31 Dec 2010.

In the snow

Gallery of photographs taken on a walk from Medicinareberget to Seminariegatan in Göteborg (Gothenburg) after a heavy snowfall.

The swing and the birch tree

What I did at the weekend

The book was stuck in the mud, I was still feeling sorry for myself after a bout with the flu and suspicious the germs were coming back for another round, and my good lady wife was determined to give the flat a major dusting. “Why don’t you go out to the cottage?” Why not? The … More…

More Summer Photos

These photos were taken over the summer of 2010. The oldest (the Balloon and clouds photo) I took on 26th June and the most recent, the group portrait of Taiga, the Gothenburg Balalaika Group, I took this morning (29th August). The Soapstone Inuits are on the mantlepiece of my brother- and sister-in-law, who have paddled … More…

Picture(s) of the weekend

Swedish Midsummer on the west coast Looking out to sea to the north west. I took these four photos at 7 p.m. (evening), 10 p.m. (sunset), midnight (twilight) and 2 a.m. (dawn) on the night between 25th and 26th July. Apologies for the quality of the 2 a.m. photo – I blame the light and … More…

Letter from Sweden Featured

A Letter from Sweden

This is my second voice recording in the series “Letters from Northern Lands”. This episode visits Swedish Midsummer, the recent Royal Wedding in Stockholm and the way the Swedish media has reported it, and considers whether Sweden is a monarchy or really a closet republic.

Lilac time at Färjenäs

Gallery of photographs of flowers (lilacs), flowering trees (chestnuts) and the area of Färjenäs Göteborg

The Botanical Gardens in May

Sunday 23rd May a period of warm weather had hurried the Spring along. I took my camera to the Botanical Gardens. You can see these and more pictures from this day on my photo blog here.

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