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Hässleby kyrka, Sweden - 19th August 2012
By: fam-united
You surely know Michel aus Lönneberga, who originally was called Emil of Lönneberga. Astrid Lindgren began to write about him in 1963. Today we wanted to follow the way of Astrid Lindgren.
Hässleby kyrka was built between 1857 and 1859. First there was a wooden church before the was an ancient stone church. This could have been the church, which Michel's (Emil)'s sister had seen from the top of the flagpole. In the book she said, that she could see the church of Mariannelund.
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Posted Oct 20, 2012, 10:00 pm
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Gibberyd Rumskulla, Sweden - 19th August 2012
By: fam-united
Then we drove to Katthult, where Emil/Michel lived. Katthults real name is Gibberyd and have been in the same familys possession since the 19th century. It was a normal swedish farm until 1970, when a production team went up and asked for a premission to record a film a the sight.
Here I'm in the shed, where Michel/Emil carved his wooden figures.
I would have liked to buy these books, but my host told me, that they are written in Swedish and that I don't understand Swedish.
Did you know, that Emil was called Michel in Germany, because there was a book of Erich Kästner called Emil and the Detectives and they didn't want to mix up with the names?
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Posted Oct 21, 2012, 11:38 am
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Vimmerby, Astrid Lindgrens Näs, Sweden - 19th August 2012
By: fam-united
Vimmerby is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 7,934 inhabitants in 2010. Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The main street, Storgatan, still has the shape in which it was built in the medieval time. There are also many old wooden houses in the city.
Vimmerby is currently a tourist attraction due to historical links with Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002). When Astrid Lindgren wrote her books about the country boy Emil in Lönneberga she used much information from her own upbringing in the rural areas of Vimmerby.
Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson was born here, at the farm at Näs in Vimmerby more than 100 years ago. Her father was tenant farmer at the rectory.
This is where Astrid climbed in the "lemonade tree", played with her siblings, jumped in the hay and listened to stories in Kristin´s kitchen.
Her childhood home is still intact. The house is open for guided tours all year round.
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Posted Oct 21, 2012, 2:26 pm
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Foreda, Vetlanda, Sweden - 20th August 2012
By: fam-united
On our way to shopping in Vetlanda we stopped at a resting place called Föreda. There was a small small island connected to the land over a bridge and we walked there to see it. The rest of the day we relaxed and didn't take photos of it.
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Posted Oct 21, 2012, 4:13 pm
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Växjö, Sweden - 21st August 2012
By: fam-united
Today we drove to Växjö, which has a population of about 64,200, out of a municipal total of 83,000 inhabitants.
In contrast to what was believed a century ago, there is no evidence of a special pre-Christian significance of the site. The pagan cultic center of Värend may have been located at Hov, a village nearby.
Växjö got its city charter in 1342.
Växjö Cathedral (Swedish: Växjö domkyrka) in the centre of Växjö, Sweden, is the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Växjö in the Church of Sweden. Saint Sigfrid allegedly lived and died in Växjö, and was buried in the cathedral at his death.
At an outside wall of the cathedral we found this runestone.
Then we drove to the Glasriket, what means Kingdom of Crystal, museum. Their history can be traced back to the 18th century at least. The glassworks have become part of the culture of Sweden.
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Posted Oct 21, 2012, 5:53 pm
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Huskvarna, Sweden - 23rd August 2012
By: fam-united
On our way home we visited the graveyard of Huskvarna. The Huskvarna church was built in 1907/08. The church is built of wood in national romantic style, built in style of a stave church. The difference to old stave churches is, that they used the wood horizontal and not vertical.
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Posted Nov 14, 2012, 7:46 am
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