New book: A mammoth unparalleled

He was born on the same day as Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Vivica Bandler and Lars Huldén, he has been named to both Finland's sexiest man this year's left-handed person, he is a person who seems to bring the emotional register to life - there are those who hate him; there are those who envy him and there are those who adore him ... we are talking of course about Jörn Donner, 80 years old today.

And just in time for sense days now published his autobiographical works mammoth, mammoth - like myself have spent hours - days! - To read your way through 1128 pages:

The comments on social media after Jörn Donner was the guest of "Skavlan" on Swedish Television speaks - my God, the man has the sense of humor! -
the same week, he was the guest of Marie Lundstrom at Sveriges Radio and it was also interesting to read the comments that the program gave rise to - someone described JD as both unbearable and uncomfortable (before the hen heard the program), another wanted to be able to see the program on tv, a third told me that his mother had it together with JD in Helsinki in the 50's ...

One woman wrote that we need such as Jörn Donner: people who are outspoken and free in thought, and many seemed surprised at JD's gentle image and his self-critical look back on the year that has passed. There was hardly anything left of the arrogant, hefty, sassy, ??ironic and self-sufficient, JD, what happened?! Vafalls, Gossen Ruda has gone and become nice and cozy on old da'r!

The public persona Jörn Donner is different from the private Jörn Donner, who is described by friends as a shy, reclusive, kind and caring. The mammoth sounds JD all personality traits come to the surface - this will fit both the arrogant and cocky J, as the reclusive and melancholic J.

It may seem pretentious and presumptuous to publish a book of 1128 pages about himself - but JD is not alone in its mega projects in recent years, both the Swedish director / writer Lars Norén has published his diaries in a band on one 680 pages, the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knaus Yard has written more or less fictitious about his life in the sexdelade novel series My struggle - the entire series is given away at 3622 pages.

The main character and the self in mammoth are Jörn Donner - or J, as he calls himself - and the book consists of various types of texts: clips from earlier books, quotes from letters and diaries as J left it to a (fictional) assistant, Frederick Cook, to go through.

Thanks to this Fredrik can J create a distance from his own (real) person, and look at yourself from an outside perspective - comment (for Frederick Cook) annoying feature of the main character's personality (eg, self-absorption and hypochondria) and question some behaviors such as all those women business often been at each other ...

This play of fact and fiction makes it naturally easy for Jörn Donner slipping away and refer to the author's freedom to interpret and romance a truth that is his, and assert that J does not necessarily = Jörn Donner.

Evidence and counter-evidence: Spring 2012 J went out to the country with a garbage bag full of letters from and to about 15 women - an estimated 1,000 letters burned up in a fire liberating: "No one can ever say that my quotes were inaccurate, untruthful or distorted. The evidence found in the ashes. "

Mammoth or Jörn Donner left documents. If illamåendets history in Finland is a meandering story that basically follows a chronological order from February 1933 until today - with flashbacks, digressions, glosses and explanations to various papers and documents as assistant Frederick picked out J's voluminous archives.

The mammoth finds J to all the books he has written bears autobiographical traits, and it is clear that J used himself and his life as raw material and sounding board for both his works of fiction as the essayistic travel reportage and portraits he has written over the years (film director Ingmar Bergman , author Elmer Diktonius, Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, the father Kai Donner).

Anyone who read his Donner know in other words a lot of it as J brings out the mammoth, but in this heavyweight book makes J an attempt to see his 80-year life from a holistic perspective - both professionally and privately, how was it that he became a writer / filmmaker / politicians, what motives he had, and which bases his restlessness and rootlessness - his inability to fully connect with, and to be constantly on the lookout for something else / someone else?

Loneliness and the war did J to writers: when J was two years old his father died, philologist, ethnographer and politician Kai Donner, and J's mother Greta became a single parent with five young children to care for + family farm Ahdenkallio just outside Hyvinkää, summer instead Framnäs in Bromarv and floor on the North Quay 12 to provide for.

During the war years spent J often land in Bromarv or Hyvinkää while her mother (who for long periods was sickly) was elsewhere and the much older siblings served in the Armed Forces. During long periods of raised J primarily of maids and domestic servants.

The loneliness drove him to read (everything from Runeberg and Bertil Malmberg Stein Riverton, Biggles books, Ibsen and Gogol) and writing letters (which he signed at a young age with a cheerful "Sieg Heil") and their own newspapers.

Eventually J away from the conservative patriotic ideals that characterized the bourgeois home in Kruununhaka and joined the socialist circles. Youth uncompromising desire to breakup and revolt strained relationship with the mother, something that J mourn today.

Modern hoped to the last that J would follow in his father's footsteps and pursue an academic career in the Finno-Ugric language research - J studied certainly both literary studies, political science and philosophy at the university, but had no ambitions to become researchers or academics - he wanted to be a journalist , trip out and see Europe, the world, to try to understand it, "everyone depends on everyone."

Mother Greta could die before J became Master of Arts - for a fee, and the summer of 2003 he was also a professor title in the gift of friends who paid 3,000 euros for the title.

The laziness that J repeatedly come back to as a basic element in his character is difficult to understand when you take some of his almost feverish activity in many areas - his bibliography includes more than 60 books since his debut in 1951 and his film production amounts to more than 20 films cinema and television, in addition, the J in various replays worked in radio and television, both in Finland and Sweden, he founded and published magazine Arena (1951-54), he has worked as a film critic in BLM, Daily News and Vapaa Sana, for a period He was managing director of the Swedish Film Institute (1978-82), for several decades, he wrote regularly columns for several newspapers and magazines, as a politician, he has been a member of both the Helsinki City Council (1969-76, 1985, 2005-08) and Tammisaari City Council (2001-03) who in parliament in different occasions (1987-95, 2007), he has been Consul General in Los Angeles (1995-96), MEP (1996-99) and Chairman of Helsinki Cultural and Library Board (2005 -08) - including and mm.

Laziness (imagined or actual) is one side of the coin, while energy and (according to himself) destructive versatility served the other side - in any year, J has been driven by a restless curiosity and fumbled far and wide with too many balls in the air simultaneously, Instead of focusing on one thing at a time. This is also (according to himself) contributed to much of what he has done (books, movies) become medlemåttiga products - the quantity and quality do not always go hand in hand: "I suffer from too much ambition, too meager head and excessive mediocrity "writes J eg in October 1960, and it appears that he constantly struggled with an uneasy sense of inferiority and inadequacy.

The mammoth is largely about precisely this duality and contradiction in J's life - both on a professional level and on a personal level, a conflict that has taken many forms:

For four decades, wrote J. regular columns in various newspapers and magazines (among them Ilta-Sanomat, Blue Wings, HBL), but since he voluntarily quit as a columnist in 2007, he has no longer access to the natural forum and a visible platform for their glosses or their analysis of the state of the Republic of Finland or in the world - the silence is certainly self-chosen, but he provides that no response to know what he thinks of as Middle East question, or if the planned downtown library - the only thing that interests the press seems to be his illnesses. J is i.e. afraid of being forgotten - the silence and solitude can be a burden, even if it is self-selected.

J's interest in politics and history and social and cultural issues has brought him to the corridors of power in Helsinki and Brussels - but he doubts that he managed to make a difference. The latest attempt to be elected to parliament (2011) he describes as "an unsuccessful way to excuse the general idleness" and he ensures that voters seem to see him as a used card. His relationship to power and politics is characterized by a love-hate chafing.

Again and again recurs J to diverse reasons curse: that working drug addict J throughout her life been so incredibly productive in many different areas (according to himself) have been him in the dish, and he claims to be misunderstood by critics and unseen by the cultural establishment - but no one should be led to believe that he cares.

Constantly this duality: to be or not to be part of a context, wanting or not wanting to take root, to despise and curse someone / something you also want to be seen and accepted by - get an approval and a little cred for what you have done .

Speaking of fear of being forgotten or not given place in the public sphere: in recent weeks, it has been split parameters of J both in Finland and in Sweden, and television, radio and newspapers have competed to outdo each other than with a naked Jörn, than a weight lifting Jörn front of the bookshelf in the workroom on the North Quay.

The Helsingin Sanomat (02/03/2013), Anna-Stina Nykänen through the interviews with födelsedagsjubilaren over the past week in Apu, Seura, Image, Suomen Kuvalehti, Yloppilaslehti and Helsingin Sanomat, and she tries to call in mammoth Jörn Donner by lifting the various key elements of Articles: how to prepare the various newspapers Jörn in words and images, the issues it focuses on (what is J afraid of? how does J on Aging • What is the meaning of life according to R), and finally calculates she up all the characterizations that she will find in the articles (my translation): studious lazy, arrogant know-it, arrogant shit boot, conscientious objectors, filmmakers, asocial person, ill-mannered brat, gäckare, tease, fucker, människoslukare, intellectual, intriguer, rebel leaders, samtalare, author, communist, cosmopolite, critic, culture mammoth, cultural personality, iconoclast, ifrågasättare, linslus, collaborators, narcissistic, actors, opportunists, deserters, traitors, polemicist, politicians, citizens, provocateur, radical, yeller, rabid radical, reporter, combat buck, troublemaker, yeller, villain, sex symbol, sivare, civilized, outsider, viewer, snob, conventional switches, Finland's sexiest man, vane, workaholic, old man, visionary, intelligent.

Our need for JD (actual, like the fictional) seems to be insatiable, and - as Jukka Petäjä notes in his interview with JD in Helsingin Sanomat 26.1.2013 - would the Finnish cultural life be much poorer without JD: if Jörn Donner did not exist, we would have to invent him.

The voluminous book has nothing personal, and according to the author is the reason to force all curious to read the entire tome to possibly find himself in it - either by naming names or implicitly.

Many example might be curious about the women in J's life - among them, the three wives Inga-Britt Wik (as J was married to 1954-62), Jeanette Bonnier (as J was married to 1974-88) and Bitte Westerlund (as J married with 1995). Long Where Gare conditions is also mentioned (Harriet Andersson, Sun Axelsson example), while other women are mentioned by name, a letter, or a simple pronoun (she).

In most cases, J decent regard to living or dead persons, while in other cases it may seem right blunt and ruthless: the relationship with the now-deceased first wife Inga-Britt seems to have been conflictual and doomed from the start, and for many years could also be in the public share of a mutual pajkastning where invektiven and accusations flew close by book pages.

Striving for honesty and sincerity in all situations but not necessarily any sympathy points.

The mammoth can eg J not fail to speak obliquely about Inga-Britt, and he feels relieved at her death (2008) because she can no longer make any demands on him.

J has six children with four different women - the two oldest sons (John and James) by Inga-Britt Wik, daughter Susanna (from a relationship with Meri Vennamo) and Otto with an unnamed woman in the book, the youngest sons (Daniel and Rudolf ) has J with his current wife Bitte.

In the TV show "Skavlan" (SVT 01/27/2013) J admitted that he was a bad father, and in the tabloids in the past week have been the eldest son witnessed a constantly absent and generally indifferent father - the inflamed relationship between J and children Mother meant that J and the oldest sons barely spent time at all until recently when the relationship has been what one might describe as "factual".

Throughout the book is J openly indifferent to the first four children, and imposing three of them "to some future loose people." He says he is certainly able to spend time with them, but do not have them in the same manner as he may lack the two youngest in their absence - in itself a natural result of that he was present and participated in the youngest sons lives in a completely different way than before, of course.

J's restlessness and constant need to rush on have thus contributed to many conditions and human relations have been put on the exception, but sometimes distance also could be a boon for a relationship, and according to J himself, he is better at making love on the distance than up close.

That J would rather hang out and confide in (a select few) women than men is a fact - but throughout life, however, he met some men who he felt kinship with, among them Harry Schein and Ingmar Bergman, whom he calls his mentor.

The mammoth searcheth J often themselves in a seemingly merciless way - he presents himself (sometimes, however, in a roundabout way through the Assistant Frederick Cook) as self-absorbed and hypochondriac, he is prone to manic depression, he is often sad and melancholic, he feels misunderstood as a writer and filmmaker, he's a lousy businessman and the only thing he can is to write - write = live.

In the preface writes Jörn that journey with the book marked by parting sadness, and that he tried to write "without regard to self-censorship or others' admonitions" - he learns not to be unchallenged, and the headlines in both Finland and Sweden will probably be filled by Donner Mania the next few weeks!

In one of his books, he quoted a few lines of poetry by Bertil Malmberg, and they can be safely on their way to summarize J. 's attitude to life:

The lines that run
and crossed in my hand
they form a chart
to the unfamiliar country.
They take what secret
my destiny set
The aim, as opportunities
in my väsendes night.
They show me the way
between the vortex and the atoll.
It's just to sail.
But in which direction?
Why worry my heart?
Why I hesitate yet?
I have my charts.
But compass, where is it?

In February broadcast YLE Teema a handful of Jörn Donner's films - more info can be found on Yle Teemas website.

 

In the wake of emigrants

On Tuesday begins the celebration of it was 375 years since the ship Kalmar Key arrived in Wilmington in Delaware, with the first Swedish immigrants aboard. One million Swedes followed across the Atlantic in Kalmar key's wake.

The United States was and is a nation of immigrants. Today is the large group of Latinos are the fastest growing minority. The Hispanic roots in including Mexico and Puerto Rico today represents over 11 percent of the electorate. The South is becoming bilingual. But the group Hispanics also puts great impression in the East Coast New York and Washington, which is striking when I along with a group of political editors of the Swedish Media Lens directing visiting the United States, the political and economic center during the course of a week. (Medicare Alen is a company that manages assets earlier M-branded press organs sold. Undersigned sits on its board).

Just the ethnic change in the United States will return to virtually all meetings of think tanks, NGOs and editors. The group Hispanics are now larger than the African-American. It is young and growing rapidly. For it will Latino voters have particular importance in some vågmästarstater. For Republicans who for several years has focused the winning white (less educated) Americans in the hinterland relationship with Latino voters to have a live-or-die issue.

In the last elections frightened Hispanics of Republican tough attitude towards undocumented, a line now looks to be in reversal. Republican hope that Catholic Latinos with strong moral values ??would turn towards the east and west coasts of urban Democrats and liberal stance on value issues did not. The second-generation Hispanic Cubans in key Florida without personal experience of Castro repression is also not nearly as anti-communist as their parents' generation. The fact that over 70 percent of Latino voters in the U.S. voted for Obama should not have surprised the Republicans.

There was previously a show in the U.S. to minorities, except the Jewish, which largely vote for the Democrats, as the years tend to vote more Republican. A growing group of Asians have higher incomes than the white U.S.. Minority populations are - and should be perceived in a Swedish context - often more industrious and hard-working than majorities. But today, there must be a Republican reversal to win the trust of African Americans, Latinos and Asians.

In simplified terms, the white Protestant European culture is on the verge of losing its position as majority culture also influenced a range of policies. No political leadership is insensitive to voters roots, explains the head of one of the country known think tanks. If the proportion of European background decreases, it seems reasonable that the American commitment to economically, politically and militarily in Europe subsides.

But it is also important to create a common foreign policy stance. Group Policies aimed at autonomous groups within the same country risk creating divisions and internal conflicts and Barack Obama accused during the campaign to specifically target individual groups of voters.

In an even greater extent than the ethnic and demographic change in the United States will affect foreign relations teaches the rapid energy transition - relatively unknown on this side of the Atlantic - changing international rules. In a number of states is now clean Klondike atmosphere. Labour and international energy giants Statoil of Norway moved its focus to the U.S. in search of the black gold. The extraction of shale gas in Sweden has mainly been portrayed as an environmental problem, the phasing out of shale gas is already visible in the declining U.S. carbon emissions have not attracted the attention of many.

While talking to many analysts that the U.S. will become self-sufficient in fossil fuels. The world price of gas drops today because of the increased supply in the U.S.. In Moscow see why Putin regime of exploitation in a state like North Dakota with great concern. Kremlin's strategy of using energy as a political force goes to nothing at falling price levels, which means a reduced Russian influence in Central and Eastern Europe.

In at least equally affected the Middle East. The U.S. military presence in the region is far from being solely linked to the oil sources flows. Military backing of vulnerable Israel is a more idealistic motives, concerns about cross-border terrorism and an increasingly aggressive Iran is the second reason. USA also serves on the seven seas shipping routes as a kind public good - that is its fleets to secure shipping lanes from pirates and lawlessness.

But it is clear that the Middle East loses in strategic importance to Washington on the world's commodity map redraws and dependence on the Gulf decreases. The combination of demographic change and increased energy teaches strengthen reorientation, both militarily and politically to the Pacific and Asia.

The anniversary of Kalmar twinning Wilmington testify how strong bands of the Atlantic. A delegation from Kalmar Municipality traveling later in the spring sunshine to celebrate and bring alive the historic relations between the U.S. and Sweden. 100-year-old band is not likely to be cut by demographic changes or fluctuations in the price of oil. But perhaps it will be on Europe and Sweden to take greater responsibility for family ties when Uncle Sam is increasingly looking eastwards.

Travelers jammed when airlines cooperate

Camilla Waldenström's ticket between London and Miami was booked on SAS home page and the bar the airline's logotype. But when she and her family because of the delay, missed connection at New York airport Newark wanted the Scandinavian airline still does not provide help. Reason: it was the SAS partners United flown the route Miami-New York where the delay occurred.

The family turned to the consumer organisation Flightright as now filed a lawsuit against SAS.

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-SAS has designed and sold the trip and thus has a responsibility, "said lawyer Stephan Eriksson at the law firm of Liman and Partners for Flightrights action

The SAS is to a different view:

It is United's responsibility to take care of the family because United caused the delay, says Malin Selander, press officer at SAS.

What sets to it is the airlines ' cooperation within alliances. SAS is part of Star Alliance along with Lufthansa, Thai Airways and United, which means that when you book a ticket with SAS, it may in fact be another airline flying.

The advantage of alliances is that airlines have a much greater range than if they remained outside collaborations, the downside is that it is difficult for the customer to know which company the ticket really applies, and thus also which companies to turn to if something goes wrong.

When Camilla Waldenström booked his trip for just over a year ago she called SAS to make sure that the intermediate time of approximately 1.5 hours in New York was sufficient. SAS representative ensured that this was the case and that the family would be rescheduled to a later plan if they would miss the connection.

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The disappointment was great when SAS personnel in Newark, announce that the company did not take any responsibility for the family. Camilla Waldenström called SAS customer service in Sweden, only to be met with the same answer.

– They said that we had to blame ourselves because we opted for a cheap company United. But we didn't, we booked the via SAS website, says David W.

Malin Selander at SAS:

"We regret, of course, if the family had been badly treated, it may not happen. But the thing had our staff right. The responsibility lies in this case of United that caused the delay, "she said.

And that is precisely the question of liability as Flightright want to try with his lawsuit.

– Since the SAS has planned family trip and sold the tickets where the company's partners United flying leg Miami – Newark, SAS should have the same liability as if they themselves are flown each route, says Stephan Eriksson and continues:

The issue of an airline's responsibility when the company has designed and sold a trip but had a partner to fly part of the trip has not yet been tried on a European level. It is therefore a precedent-setting case that we would like to see the District Court take further to the European Court of justice. If the Court goes on our line will affect all airlines in the EU.

Camilla Waldenström's adventure ended with the family got a hotel overnight stays by United. The day after the American company helped the company to access travel codes in SAS reservation systems so that the tickets went to reschedule. The family landed at the airport a day later than planned.

– Everyone understands that it may be wrong, but as a traveler, you have to know whom to turn to for help, says David W.

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The largest leisure interest in Sweden appears on show in Jönköping 5-7 April 2013

Prime roll for the new sport fishing season is made each year at the sports fishing exhibition, which this year will be held at Elmia in Jönköping. Every two years at kistamässan in Stockholm. This year's fair will be record-breaking and has more than 100 exhibitors on over 10 000 m2 of exhibition space. Here gather large portions of the industry to showcase all the news for this year's season, but also to share knowledge and valuable tips. Much of the equipment that will be shown at the fair can be tested in the different caste pools, activities are interspersed with demonstrations and lectures. Angling fair annually attracts approximately 12,000 curious visitors of all ages.

At the same time as the interest and skill level of sport fishing is growing among exercisers, the industry is also growing. Equipment, travel, accommodation, guides, båthyror, training, etc. related to sportfishing tourism earns annually more than 2 billion kronor in Sweden and is seen now as a custom nutrition for an ever-wider.

The sports fishing exhibition organized by Artexis AB (Kista fair) in collaboration with the Swedish sport fishing and fish conservation Association, SeFF, Spofa angling Academy in Pompano Beach Pole for the ninth year.
Europe's largest mobile Aquarium displays many Swedish fish species. Here, they get interested visitors to know most about how the fish looks like, where the various species caught, when they go to fish and how to technically go about.News: Pasture Street! Here you can learn all about what attracts fish to grab, IE. browsers and what is needed to build and design their own bait. No less than 10 experienced bait builders share both knowledge and tips as well as showing how to do this!Fishing school for beginners is for young people between the ages of 7-12 years. Here, you learn what you need to get the fish but also how to behave in the wild, please read more under "Anglers".New! Flugbindargatan complemented this year by a Flugbindarakut where visitors have the opportunity to put questions to the experts and get tips on binding technology, material m.m.Flugbindargatan gathers elite in Sweden and internationally. There are no less than twenty fly binder that shows how to tie flies for all types of fish. There are many exclusive works of art produced during the exhibition days. The interest is very large and well as the throng.New! Anyone who wants to build his own fly rod will get the chance to learn the most about the material and how to technically building a rod with the desired properties. It is Canebyggare of Mälardalen knowledge and tips.Throw courses for "try-on" and shows in the exhibition hall. Once you've learned the caste technology, you can completely focus on the fishery and the experience. Here you can try under the knowledgeable guidance or watch one of the many displays. There is also a fly fishing school for girls of all ages.New! Who does not remember his childhood summers with angling from the bridge, perhaps it is the interest of many resumes? Angling can also be an advanced angling shape that you choose depends on the species to fish on. At the show informs experts in naturlika exhibition environments on Angling the square on which species suitable for this form of fishing. What you need for equipment? How to prepare? What kind of bait do you choose? When the year Dummies? What accessories you have advantage of m.m.En other form of sport fishing that has grown sharply in recent years is the boat fishing, for example. trolling, Lake and sea fishing. Boats for all types of fishing are taking an increasing part of the exhibition area and this year will be shown several brand new boats, together with news on equipment and accessory page.Sport fishing in Sweden earns annually more than 2 billion kronor. With over 3 million practitioners are Angling one of Sweden's biggest leisure activities. What is it that attracts so many? Nature Experience? Community? Relaxation? Planning? The Catch? A is safe; have you been bitten by the interest so it often lasts a lifetime! Many would quickly learn a lot more about different species, in the surroundings where they live, when they bite, what they are biting on and not least how to get baby. Sweden has a several 100-mile long stretch of coastline, about 90 000 lakes and many miles of running water to fish in. regardless of where you live, it is close to the fishing grounds. It's easy to get started and it doesn't have to cost a fortune.
Location: Elmia, Jönköping
Time: 5-7 april 2013
Opening hours: Friday and Saturday 09.00-18.00. Sunday: 10 am-4 pm
Organizer: Artexis, Kistamässan
Partners: the anglers, SeFF, Spofa angling Academy in pole-Forshaga.
For more information: www.sportfiskemassan.se

Morocco around by rental car

More and more desires are added to the list. Given points is a walk in the Atlasberge and a night under the stars in the desert. To act on a colourful market in Marrakech or sunbathing and swimming in Essaouira, which is classified as world heritage by Unesco, also have indeed emphasised with.

At home in Falun loading family Winlöf – Kjell and Victoria, with children, Gabriel, 13, Brittany, 9, and Tyra, 4 – for this summer's Morocco trip, the one in the family is known as the "thousand-and-one-night adventure".

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"We like to do adventurous travel on their own. To travel around Morocco by car feels like a moderately large projects for a three-child family. Relatively short flight, no clock-shifts, and easy to get family members, different needs met, "says Victoria.

In August, let's go. Of course later on summer vacation, the better because of the heat, but they must travel early enough to get back to the start of school. That summer the journey goes to Morocco is no coincidence. Both Victoria and Kjell have traveled extensively in the Middle East – but not in Morocco. A new land to discover.

– I'm childishly fond of the arab world, but believed that Morocco was just Sun and beach in Agadir, a variation on the Canary Islands. Now I read on, and I think that both the Atlas mountains and the coast are experiences beyond the ordinary, "said Kjell.

Research is done on reading the plates. Family viewing maps, look at satellite images, visit the virtual markets and surfing in on the Travel Channel. On weekends, rent the adventure movies that were recorded in the large Moroccan film studio Atlas Studios, which they plan to visit.

– On the trip, it is fun to be able to say to the kids, "now we're in the environment as ' the Mummy ' was filmed," said Kjell.

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The family must be characterized "takes an experienced traveller". Before the kids came alive Kjell and Victoria for their travels, and they have tried to travel as much as they can and can afford as well as family. But it's not just the long backpackerresor. The family has traveled on chartered flights and stayed at all inclusivehotell, storstadssemestrat in Europe and kuskat around by car in Sweden.

– Sometimes you want to rest, sometimes you want to have adventures. And what suits one person, does not fit another, I have no opinions about different ways to travel, "said Kjell.

He works in the travel industry, on Pink Buses, and have run several passes to Cape Town, as well as back and forth to Nepal and the whole of South America around. To sit behind the wheel of another country is thus fully natural for him, and of course an explanation for why he did not hesitate to see Morocco from your own car.

– To be a part of the traffic image in a foreign country is fun. Experiences will be strong when you're sitting at the wheel. A driver often remember much from the tours, "he said.

– The fun with your own car is that it is going beyond the beaten track. We can visit places where not as many other tourists, said Viktoria.

Car seat for a child is obvious – not only from the security aspect, but also because it means that she is sitting still.

– Anything that makes it easier is a good thing. We take with MP3 player and Nintendo for the flight, and wagon Tyra can sleep in when we visit restaurants in the evenings, "said Viktoria.

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Gabriel, 13, looks particularly forward to bathe and sunbathe.

– And I hope that we're going to ride camels in the desert. I think it will be a good trip, but ideally I would like to go to England and watch football. And so I want to go back to Brazil.

The parents seem to be on track to reach the goal "to infect the children with resbacillen".

– I'd like to think that you become a better person by that trip. To become educated public, broaden their world view, gets another look of poverty … If we can give children a craving for travel, that they understand that it is difficult to travel on your own or to travel there not all other travel, then I think we've done something good, "said Kjell.

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Scandinavian "I Love You"s

Valentine's Day is a great opportunity to tell the love of your life about your feelings, especially when you're on a romantic trip - whether in Sweden, Denmark, or in Norway. If you're spending Valentine's Day in Scandinavia, surprise her/him and say "I love you" in the local language - it's not as hard as you might think...

'I Love You' in Swedish: Jag ?lskar dig ("yah els-kahr day")

'I Love You' in Danish: Jeg elsker dig ("ya els-kah di")

'I Love You' in Norwegian: Jeg elsker deg ("yai els-ker dey")

'I Love You' in Finnish: Mina rakastan sinua ("Meenah rah-cas-tan see noo ah")

'I Love You' in Icelandic: ?g elska ?ig ("eh els-kah thay")

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Valentine's Day in Scandinavia

Celebrating Valentine's Day in Scandinavia might be a little different from what you're used to. Valentine was one of the most popular saints in Europe. What is happening nowadays in Scandinavia on February 14? Let's find out about the regional traditions at your destination, in Valentine's Day in Scandinavia!

Iceland, in particular, has very romantic traditions with Valentine's decorations and especially festive meals. Just think, in Iceland's dark winter (= the Polar Nights), you can have both dinner and breakfast by candlelight and also see the Aurora Borealis...wouldn't that be something?

Related reading: Destination Iceland | Reykjavik Travel Guide | Restaurant Laekjarbrekka in Reykjavik

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Scandinavia's World Heritage sites make for a great attraction and if you're near one during your travels in Scandinavia, make sure to pay them a visit. We've made a useful list where you can easily find all Scandinavian UNESCO sites sorted by country.

UNESCO sites in Scandinavia often offer free admission, and at others the admission is very cheap - great for traveling on a budget!

See Scandinavia by Train

Traveling through Scandinavia by rail offers an excellent way to explore the vast regions of Norway, Sweden and Denmark in a limited amount of time and a safe environment. When you travel with a EUrail Pass, you can do so on a limited budget for a better value than a rental car!

Find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of this transportation option and read the review. The popular EUrail train tickets are available online with lots of options.

Related Full Travel Articles: All About EUrail Train Passes | Scandinavia Maps & Transportation

Scandinavia in March

The month of March in Scandinavia is a great month for travel, because it is in the off-season. This means Scandinavia travelers can get a cheaper vacation in March and it's a popular off-season month for smart travelers on a budget! Many summer activities will be opening this or next month, too.

The weather can still be chilly in March, but is steadily improving. The dreary winter days are now over, and there is much more daylight available now. Also a great month for a...more about March in Scandinavia (along with events, weather information and packing tips).

Let Them Pick You Up!

All the time I witness other travelers arriving at an airport with me, and then trying to arrange for transportation to their hotel or similar local destination. Sound familiar?

Maybe planning ahead is out of style, but for peace of mind, you should book your shuttle service from home after getting your plane tickets. It's not smart to skip planning that part, and you might be waiting for a bus a long time.

Airport shuttles in Stockholm are a cheap and reliable option, and shuttle services in Reykjavik are very popular as well. All are bookable online. And here are airport shuttles in other cities:

Abisko K rsavagge-L kktatj kka Bj rkliden Abisko, July 2012

On July 14, was the start of Swedish Alpine Ultra, Nikkaluokta, Abisko, 105 km; D I sj lv r be r of this race 's, I could not participate. My planning was that as well as the 2011 g ra str fold after the participants arrived in m l. But d from Abisko to Nikkaluokta. Now it was not s, much depending on heavy rain.
With a little distance to the 14 July and ultraloppet, I can say that after some of the participants f n tt beg stories and pictures, it was a tough race. That of all the big raining River FL occurred. Much of this I could see n r I p l rdagen tried from Nikkaluokta to Abisko. The E10 was the large rivers in the ditches along the v gene. This I was able to note with st greater clarity p's Sunday n r I tried to Kiruna with luggage belong dure de l pare who got the break.

(F) to see how much water there was on the trail I went p s Monday afternoon about 3 miles into p trail from Abisko.

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Sat p the stairs at the K rsavaggestugan and such a bit. Best mde me d to g ra all round. Had the tour posted since former p GPS's it was just f follow the.

Fr n K rsavagge r the f rst a steep ascent p ca 500 m p a str leak of approximately 2 miles; The r's steep that n town must crawl f r to get around. F last year s g I a large stone that l g ra n AV been edge and s g to n at the tipping over and roll down f r fj llsidan. Now there was no stone d r f s probably had gone in connection with sn sm ltningen. It seemed no sp r of the stone.

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V l up p 1200 metres s came into clouds that made visibility became's mre. S I got fully trust-the pickled route p GPS. It went well, got to the L kktatj kkastugan around 17: 30 r f some food, I thought. (F) "last year's was a very nice woman who said that it would have dinner's must have best set this in f rv g, but she could v rma a goulash soup and save a v ffla. This was well after having been out for a whole day. Now I got told by a not so nice woman and that Gulaschsoppan was for lunch and it was not now. A v ffla could she g ra. Got into a cold's dan after 30 min. (F) last year I recommended hikers to g to the cabin and take this good soup. In r avr der I.
Then it was to go on to Bj rkliden about 10 km in bl t sn. P v gen down s g I this monster.

Have you eyes with it and a little imagination, one can see much.
Fr n Bj rkliden became the Rallarleden forward to Abisko. Came to Abisko 22,15. The round took 12.5 hours.


It was a h annual tour. We r n sta alone, f except those I m tte in the beginning, and those who were in L kktatj kkastugan. The man's g was a number of reindeer and the sound man h value came from f and it reflects and babbling jokkar.
Can not sl ppa tank p v der who r dde on 14-15 July, cold and rain.
Wonder how m nga walkers such as lower p how fast v weather can be used and that it can get much rain as f r to the impact that bridges washed away.
P www.swedishalpineultra.se 's comments and ask the participants and more pictures.

Book review: ventyrsfoto

M nga likes to document their sm and great adventure. It can be used to show family and friends what we been with v or f r to n out with v ra adventure to a st more audience. Camera f r d rf r often f select with p excursions and clatters iv g a m off pictures. Sorry all too often the r rr we, or at least I, be disappointed n r we come home (d) we recognize that v ra photos not g r ventyren r justice. The d r Grand landscape may look dull and flat out, the cyclist who we wanted to freeze in a h honest actionpose may be blurred and the d r steep pudert discovered the Hill perhaps most closely resembles a gr n there. (F) to guide us to b better ventyrsbilder have the photographer Fredrik Schenholm together with writer Anders Wingqvist f rfattat book ventyrsfoto with under the title L r you shoot like the pros 9 steps to b better pictures. This book contains a m length useful tips to help help us p v gen with amazing ventyrsbilder and, as Frederick po ngterar, a method to reduce the number of d League pictures and d will it's called lucky-shot ratio.
Fredrik Schenholm r one of Sweden's most renowned ski-and ventyrsfotografer and his images found frequently in Swedish and foreign language outdoortidningar and friluftsm rkenas directories. Frederick h also includes regular photo courses and r all that cut and cut to f rfatta this book on ventyrsfoto. In the book he shares ppenhj rtligt with its photographic workfl those b l begins the ngt before the camera's shutter release is pressed and the picture is taken and ending with an s ld image. This includes steps and the nine workfl each one of these to the gnas a chapter. In the introductory chapter f r we inspiring tips p fotograferingsmilj s and Fredrik ask tell about their favorite places. An important thing to h lla in mind that we do not need ver ka to the other side of the world f to f nga h annual ventyrsbilder. This can equal g rna g race in hemmaskogen and n rmilj n.
(F) to take good ventyrsbilder beh vs s clearly a camera and some peripheral equipment. F to of eight election gives Frederick a thorough complet ng of the more or less n dv qualified equipment in the chapter screen. N the next chapter to the gnas myriad of settings settings that can g ras in SLRs. H r treated everything from shutter speeds and including the cable openings to various fokusl gen.
With a camera and some basic knowledge of baggage following the stf gnas n elements such as composition, different s to f focus p exactly r tt and p how to's that you have a kerst correctly exposed picture. This is a great deal to such lower p, why r f the following chapter provides tips on what to g ra during fotograferingssessionen of conception itself and in sj it CN pass picture. The television final chapters deal with after treatment of the image in your computer and its f rs sales.
I think that the book has a wide l Deepak d b the nyb beginner and more experienced photographers can find information and tips of the v value. It tells of a component if one is familiar with some basic photographic knowledge's that ISOs and bl account openings, but there is absolutely no requirement f to tillgodog himself. The lyrics r l ttl st and pedagogically structured and the various tips and techniques are illustrated with Frederick's own h gklassiga photos, which strongly contributes to an easier and quicker post execution. (D) However, r the book quite carelessly korrekturl st. A lot of spelling errors and grammattiska errors have crept in to the final version. This is obviously nothing that undermines sj lva information, but k is sometimes a little st. P overall, I recommend this book to those who want l ra more about ventyrsfoto f r to come home from his travels and trips with the memory cards full of fantastic cards g r ventyren r justice. I see sj lv v very much forward to try out the various techniques and tips in my own photography.
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Title: ventyrsfoto L r you shoot like the pros 9 steps to b better pictures
F author: Fredrik Schenholm and Anders Wingqvist
F rlag: Calazo
ISBN: 9789186773861

Winter Tour!

Top tour, sn bivouac, and k ldskador! Fj and ventyrsledarna embarks on a five-day winter tour-fj.

Who could believe that it was the s l to f k ldskador, or sn can be s en to gr va in. Or s h wonderfully to k mpa himself out of sovs stain in minus 20 degrees f rto g, f r a mountain and then ski down the ka f. It is just n of m many things we l rt us over a week p fj.

To l said to Fj ll-ventyrsledare p lvdalens training centre is incredibly fun and f r l ra a lot. The third week of January went class out-the toughest tour hitils. Although the v derprognosen showed that it would not become hotter n-15 and down to-25 degrees, no one hesitated p to head out in the cold.

A few days after packing and n f preparatory rolled we finally iv g against Gr velsj ns fj llstation, d r we had a short studiebes k. We got to know a little about the histioren behind the old and charming station and how they work (d) r. Do you have the m option s, I think you should check there p a bes k. We rolled on into Norway, d r we parked buses and b started to pack the equipment in the arrange and valla turn your skis. N r were all ready we st first the tte p problem. Erik "Bamse" P r kade very unfortunately sk ra himself in hand. Using lp. v r graduates ski patrol r Jacob Bolld n and his care in rdskunnande it was found that s ret'd beh huh sys. A decision was taken that Bamse and Maria Olsson got ka and f s ret sewn and m take us up the second day after.

D we were p v g, without mobile coverage and away from all the everyday comforts of Hom. We didn't manage l ngt before dusk came. Such fields was knocked up and it was a cozy l gives. We cooked d followed by kr p we m tta and excited into the sovs ckarna and fell asleep.

D we were p v g.

Everyone slept well and was happy and spirited p morning. Today it was time to find a good sn power to gr va bivacker i. We skied into a b ckravin d r there was nice drifts. Now sl r cold and Anna Lundh has no k nsel in f feet. I and Bamse f r to v rma her f feet by stopping into the dom below tr jorna, towards the stomach. We f r ig ng her f insert and bivackbyggandet picks up. To sn can be s h rd! But we did not give up f. After n out seven, eight hours we got to use the gr n t sory no lights and curl up in the sovs ckarna.

You sleep soundly in a bivouac.

"The good v rdskapet" has great importance in v r education. To be a leader with a good v rdskap r very important. Elin Andersson f r h minimum grades in mnet having v cracked us all and handed out a small chocolate piece to each one. Morgan M and Bamse has problems with feet, they r cool and chilled. The hj helps varanda to v rma f feet (f) to cont. N all f tt in the breakfast and l gret become ihoppackat, we give us iv (g) again. Skiing technique and utf rs search with the sledges became today's f first challenge.

Utf rs search sleds.

The cold g r to p mind again I have sv rt to h ll h hands warm during the exercises. But f r up v screen again n r we ski p for a while. There r several pieces of us that have b started f cold f. We take us back to the cars f to search for a new omr to g ra top tours in. I fr gade Amanda Mali's how her f insert the k was used. She answered d that they were cold but that they probably will ig ng soon. I s t gives her that we should f rs ka v rma them. which was lucky, f r n r she f tt off pj xorna showed that the t rna b started to be white. We r more who take turns v rma her f. V r l rare Dennis Franz n watching p and s gives it serious. Now, big boy, Morgan and Amanda n any form of k ldskador p f feet. Dennis brings class and provides that he is proud to be l rare f r us. No gn retains or pulls down hum ret despite the l ga temperature. We f r tv options. To ka to Idrefj ll, sleep in and g ra top tour p St g, or that ka to Rendalss Le d r there is a resthouse as g r to burn in and t lta outside it. Option one, which most probably fairly sj vklart, ka and sleep indoors if the temperature is p-20 degrees. But not f r us aspiring fj lledare. All was quite in agreement that ka to Rendalss Le. S we sat in buses and tried on. We stopped p a gatuk k d r we t lunch and v rmde us. Morgan and Dee chose to ka home (d) had not yet f tt up v screen in f feet and did not want to ventyra them. Amanda's f feet had become hot and she chose to tta. We replaced the classic tour skis against randonn equipment. Next, we tried D into the Woods and beat l.

To the top!

Top Touring Today.
Today it was time f r what we all v expected p, top tour. Hum ret was p peak and we had n gra kilometre front r us p flat ground before the ascent towards the top (b) started. We were more that had problems with f feet s we had to stop a few times n g f r to v rma us, take out the shoe soles and s tta p dry socks. I had sj lv en rt to f up v screen in f feet. But with some tips and tricks from each other, we were hot. We were television groups, a group that had to search the home of lvdalen for various reasons and a group who would sleep a night to p fj. The first group came a bit up p sydtoppen by Rendals len before it came time f r them to catch back. I was in the second group and v ra tour leader Kim Bergsten, Elin and Jacob asks fixed we had to watch tv-us (h) jdmeter. We k fit p and it is harder than you think g f r. N r Bell was 13: 00 drug fog and visibility was d lig. Elin decided to stop and have lunch and see if the fog would pull ahead or if we were to search down. The fog l fixed not a we b started ka utf r. A real sk n k sensation to have k flying his way up and then swoop down f r Hill in h honest pudersn. We slipped in principle the entire v gen back to such fields. With a smile p l PR event do I fix food and crawls down the sovs stain f r last night at t lt f r the h r g string.

V more cold f. Sorry rr took the battery to the camera end p v g s we got no more pictures.

At 04: 45 v cks we and Bank l gret without taking breakfast, takes us three kilometers to the buses and bundles in all equipment. We finish this tour also with a hotel breakfast, this g ng p Idrefj ll.

It was a h rd week and I l value me incredibly much!

L s more about class and v ra adventure p www.aventyrsledarna.blogg.se

We h rs!

Martin Voest

Scandinavia's Tallest Building!

Completed in 2005, the Turning Torso in the Swedish city of Malm? is a landmark that's hard to miss. With a height of 54 stories or around 190 meters (623 feet), the Turning Torso skyscraper is the tallest building in Scandinavia. It was even selected as one of the 7 wonders of Sweden! The Turning Torso is also quite interesting to look at - the design was based on...read more
A practical travel tip: Compare flight prices to Malm?

How to Have Fun in Lapland...

That's easy to anwer. Experience a dog sleigh race! Vindel?lvsdraget is a unique dog sleigh race, a 400 km long relay during 4 days along the ice of the untouched Vindeln River in the Swedish part of Lapland. It takes place in a few weeks, in March. There is a total of 30 distances of 6-22 km each. The competition starts in the Swedish mountain village Ammarn?s and ends in V?nn?sby, Sweden.

This racing event is suitable for everybody. All kinds of skiers and dogs can take part - or just come to watch! The area also offers family snowmobile races, jogging/running races, and a Salmon race.

So, if you're planning your trip to Sweden's Lapland region for March, register your name for one of the races now: Vindel?lvens Tourist bureau.

Further reading: Country Profile: Sweden | Weather in Scandinavia | Weather in Sweden

Aurora Alert: Forecast of Northern Lights

A GSE Aurora Alert has been issued for the next couple of days, and we're expecting Northern Lights activity at a level of 4 (Active). The forecast at this level is valid for January 17 & 18, 2013. Depending on local current weather, a forecast level of 4 means that the Northern Lights will be visible overhead overhead from Troms?, Norway to as far south as Umea, Sweden and Trondheim, Norway, and visible low on the horizon in Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki.

How Not to Get Shocked in Sweden

Depending on the sense of humour one has, it can be rather funny to witness: a first-time visitor to Sweden force-squeezes his battery charger in a Swedish outlet, and receives the shock of a lifetime. Literally. He was just a little jumpy afterwards and had a new, really "electrifying" hairdo.
Of course, that visitor should have at least asked about the power outlet issue - instead of trying to force a Canadian power plug into a European power outlet in the middle of Stockholm, Sweden. Plugs and outlets are quite different in Sweden, and a whopping 220 volts come out of them. So believe me when I say that you really don't want to do what that visitor did. Inform yourself, and find out what kind of adapter or converter you need:
Electrical Outlets in Sweden - Which Type is Used in Sweden?