Yellow and Blue: the Colours of the Swedish Flag
We went to Sweden after some time in Denmark and found that the Swedes do not display their flags nearly as much as the Danes. Boats are the best place […]
Category Archives: Sweden
Back from Tropical Sweden
The bus driver takes one look at us with our suitcases and says, “Sorry, we don’t allow tourists on this bus.” We are astonished and I actually take a step […]
Working Summers in Sweden, 1947 & 1948
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, dating back to after World War 2, is from my dad’s journal of memories. There are two special mountains near Venersborg, Sweden. They are like […]
A Logging Accident in Sweden, 1948
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, tells of his journey to Sweden on his Harley where he worked for some months logging on an estate. In […]
Over the Handlebars, Sweden 1947
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, which dates back to just after World War 2, is from my dad’s journal of memories. Just before I was laid off from my tobacco harvest job […]
In Sweden with ‘that Devil Dane’, 1946
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story dates back to just after World War 2, from my dad’s journal of memories. I met with Poul Kofod in Copenhagen and from there we […]
Winter Logging in Sweden, 1947
From my Dad’s memories of spending a winter felling trees north of Stockholm (1947). I longed to get back into the clean air and went to the labour office that […]
