Oct 30, 2015 | Breath, Sweden 2015
This is my own narrative of my journey to the summit of Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden. This is a follow-up to the press story about it that I posted yesterday. Here you’ll find more background on why and how I did it. Where it all started… an...
Oct 29, 2015 | Breath, Sweden 2015
Defied disease – climbed Kebnekaise “Allt för Sverige” – Katie trained for six months in order to fulfill her dream. Aftonbladet, July 31, 2015. By Linn Elmervik. Translated from the original Swedish. The chronic disease could not stop her. A...
Oct 25, 2015 | Sweden 2015
Solitary walks in the woods are where everything makes sense. This week I was at a conference for work in Skamania county – a rural part of Washington State, on the Columbia River that is the border between Washington and Oregon. It’s a place where two...
Sep 21, 2015 | Featured, Sweden 2015
There once was a young Swedish woman named Elna Persdottir, who grew up on a farm outside the tiny town of Eslöv in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. Elna was the oldest of five children, the daughter of a tailor, and from her father she learned the skills to become a...
Sep 19, 2015 | Sweden 2015
After the midsommars eve festivities, I got up early on midsommars day to travel to Eslöv, where I was invited to be the guest singer for the midsommar themed service at a small but historic church called Västra Sallerups Kyrka. This church has a long history –...
Sep 10, 2015 | Sweden 2015
My first Midsommar holiday was spent at Skansen in Stockholm with Courtney, John, and George on a day off from filming Allt för Sverige. It was a great first exposure to some of the major Midsommar traditions – making crowns from birch branches, eating...
