Published by Swedish News. Volume 145 No. 12, October 1, 2017. Price per copy $3.50.
Stockholm Walkabout
Some of us are lucky enough to have childhood memories of time spent in Sweden, and Nordstjernan’s friend Leif Rosqvist is one such Swede now living in the U.S. He often takes us with him as he walks about different parts of his hometown, Stockholm. His tours are loaded with imagery of present-day and historic Stockholm as he explains what he sees along the streets of Sweden’s capital city. This time, he takes us on a walkabout along Åsöberget in a very unique part of Söder, one of Stockholm’s trendiest neighborhoods. / Pages 12-15
Immigrant Footprints
Photo:Ola Ericson/Imagebank Sweden
In the 1970s, Lilly and Lennart Setterdahl worked together to collect immigrant stories. In 1973, they found themselves in Maine, driving the paved main highway leading to Canada, where they saw the first road sign to New Sweden. They were in Caribou and turned on Sweden Street. A narrow road took them to Gustav Adolf Lutheran Church at New Sweden’s highest point, with a view that showed valleys and hills in an everchanging pattern. The colors varied from the lightest green meadow to the darkest green forest with speckles of white and purple potato patches in bloom and the bluish mountains disappearing in a white haze far to the west. / Page 26
Swedish Super Berries Current and future events / p6-9 A Swedish chef shares a “recipe” on how to skål with style / p9 In search of a herd of wild Dala horses (clue: they’re not in Dalarna, Sweden) / p11 Surprising safety concerns in the increasing Swedish “particularly vulnerable areas” / p25
A lot of the berries that are native to Sweden and the Swedish diet can also be found in the northern climes of the U.S., but many Americans aren’t so familiar with some of them. Currants, elderberries and gooseberries, for example, are commonly found in the upper Midwest and are prized for jams, pies and juice, but their names remain unknown to many. That’s not the case in Sweden – or with the experts studying their health benefits. / Pages 5 and 10