In spring 1893, the first spring festival was held at Skansen in Stockholm on the initiative of Skansen’s founder Artur Hazelius. The festival ended on June 6th with a large flag festival. In 1916, a board for the Swedish Flag Day was formed to promote a national gathering around the flag. This beautiful poster by […]
The Olympic Games held in Stockholm 1912 is remembered as “the Sunshine Olympics”. That nickname came from the beautiful weather – sunshine everyday – as well as from the feeling of a peaceful and content society. The games were also introducing a new model of efficiency – this was the first time automatic timing devices […]
Lapland was an extremely male domain at the beginning of the tourism age, and many eager men, but young and old, went north. The caravan of cartographers, geologists and botanists seems to never end. However, it can be difficult for us to understand how extremely far away and exciting Swedish Lapland was perceived to be […]
Göta Canal is one of the largest constructions in Sweden – it took over 20 year to build this 190 km long artificial waterway. The canal has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sweden for a long time, and it’s not hard to understand why: with magnificent views and beautiful scenary the […]
