Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary

Estelle Silvia Eva Mary is the name of the newborn swedish princesse.

She is also Duchesse over the landscape Östergötland.

It is unique for the swedish monarchy's history with two female heir in a row.

By the time the swedish landscape Scania belonged to Denmark, we had a queen by the name Margareta I , the so called Union Queen who ruled over both Denmark, Sweden och Norway during the 14th century until 1412.

The name Estelle comes from Estelle Bernadotte, wife to Folke Bernadotte who helped

prisoners from the nazi concentrationcamps to the safety in Sweden. These refugies

came first to Helsingborg.

A new princesse is born in Sweden

a new princesse was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Both the mother, crownprincesse Viktoria and the child is well, as the father, Prince Daniel.

The Swedish Monarchy is one of the oldest in the world and its traditions go back 1000 years. The number of regents is over 70.

Crownprincesse Viktorias father, Carl Gústav XVI is the seventh king on the thrown belonging to the family Bernadotte.

When the French marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was elected to the Swedish throne at the Diet of Örebro in August 1810, a new order of succession: one of the Swedish Constitution.
Bernadotte dynasty held the throne of Sweden since 1818th

Prince Daniel comes from an ordinary swedish family and there were some resistence against him marrying the crownprincesse. But they conquered the resistance and the ordinary man got his Princesse in 2010.

Daniel has shown himself most worthy of his assignment and the couple is very popular.

Tomorrow the name of the princesse will be revealed by the grandfather Carl Gustav XVI

at a cabinetmeating.

Ven and Thyko Brahe

On the beatiful island Ven, placed in the Sound, between Scania and Seeland, the world famous astronomer Tycho Brahe lived and worked for 21 years during the 16th century.

He had found the star "Stella Nova" in the constellation Casioppeia and hade gotten worldreputation. The danish king Fredrik II, who ordered the building of Kronborg Castle

gave the island Ven to Tycho Brahe for his research. Here many prominent people visited the castle and the observatory. Among others Jacob IV of Scottland who was married to the daughter of Fredrik II, Anne.

The month of may is the best time for a visit to the island.

Lena Maria Klingvall

Lena Maria Klingvall is a singer, an artist and a writer. She is known in many countries all over the world.

1968 she was born in Sweden and she learned how to swim at the age of three.

She participated in the Paralympics and won two silvermedals.

As a singer she has been touring in Sweden and abroad.

This fantastic woman has received the award. " Professional woman of the year"

You can read more about her on http://lenamaria.multiply.com

She is an inspiration to us all, as she shows that anything is possible and to never give up.

The battle of Svolder

On 9 September, year 1000 the Battle of Svolder took place somewhere in the Baltic Sea. Adam van Bremen felt that it was near the island of Ven in the Öresund, Snorre Sturlasson and Saxo Grammaticus near Rügen.

The date, is of course not certain, but when I found it , I thought it was suitable to write about the battle today

The most famous description is in the "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlasson.
and you can find it if you search for Tacitus on Internet

It was Sven Forkbeard, son of Harald Bluetooth, Olof Skötkonung , the son of Erik Victorious, Eirik's son, Earl of Lade who fought Olavi Tryggvasson, king of Norway 995-1000.

Ormen Lange was named Olaf's ship, and it is described like this in the Heimskringla:

"The winter after King Olaf's return from Halogaland he had to travel a large ship in Ladhamrarna, much larger than any other ship, which at that time were in the country, one can still see it that the back riser is left. There was grass added, was seventy-four cubits long. Tribal Blacksmith of the ship was Torberg Skavhugg, but many others were used there, some dropping, some to carve, some beating seam, others to bring wood. Everything was done in the most caring way and the ship was both long and wide and wide across the tables and built of large logs. .... It was a dragon, made like the snake, which the king had brought from Halogaland, but this ship was much bigger and in all respects, more carefully done. The king called the Ormen Lange and the other dragon snake Korte. On the snake was thirty-room, head and tail were guldbeslagna and tables as high as at sea ships. Norway has never been a better ship or with higher costs. "

The battle ended with Olaf lost the battle when he fell into an ambush and most likely he drowned

The battle of Svolder

On 9 September, year 1000 the Battle of Svolder took place somewhere in the Baltic Sea. Adam van Bremen felt that it was near the island of Ven in the Öresund, Snorre Sturlasson and Saxo Grammaticus near Rügen.

The date, is of course not certain, but when I found it , I thought it was suitable to write about the battle today

The most famous description is in the "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlasson.
and you can find it if you search for Tacitus on Internet

It was Sven Forkbeard, son of Harald Bluetooth, Olof Skötkonung , the son of Erik Victorious, Eirik's son, Earl of Lade who fought Olavi Tryggvasson, king of Norway 995-1000.

Ormen Lange was named Olaf's ship, and it is described like this in the Heimskringla:

"The winter after King Olaf's return from Halogaland he had to travel a large ship in Ladhamrarna, much larger than any other ship, which at that time were in the country, one can still see it that the back riser is left. There was grass added, was seventy-four cubits long. Tribal Blacksmith of the ship was Torberg Skavhugg, but many others were used there, some dropping, some to carve, some beating seam, others to bring wood. Everything was done in the most caring way and the ship was both long and wide and wide across the tables and built of large logs. .... It was a dragon, made like the snake, which the king had brought from Halogaland, but this ship was much bigger and in all respects, more carefully done. The king called the Ormen Lange and the other dragon snake Korte. On the snake was thirty-room, head and tail were guldbeslagna and tables as high as at sea ships. Norway has never been a better ship or with higher costs. "

The battle ended with Olaf lost the battle when he fell into an ambush and most likely he drowned

Kronborg castle in Elsinore

The beautiful renaissance castle Kronborg in Elsinore, seen from the ferry that crosses the Sound "Öresund" between Helsingborg and Elsinore in twenty minutes. This castle was built during the reign of Frederic II of Denmark. He lived here sometimes and often had

feasts with music and actors to entertain. These musicians and actors came from England and lived in Elsinore while they were entertaining at Frederics court.

There is no evidence that Shakespear ever was in Elsinore and it is most likely that he got the information of how the castle looked like from the artists. Perhaps he also read the old history from 5th century about a danish prince Amled in Saxo Grammaticus book about the history of the Danes "Gesta danorum" This year the english actor Joshua McGuire plays Hamlet on the coartyard of Kronborg castle.

The castle is on Unescos world heritage list and every year comes around 200.000 tourists here to visit it.

Viken, a litte fishing hamlet along the Sound

The little fishinghamlet Viken lies along the coastline on the Kullapaeninsula. It is first mentioned in the 16th century. Today the buildings from the 19th century, dominates the hamlet, beatiful and wellpreserved halftimbered cottages.
The beach towards Mölle is full of stoneblocks from the latest iceage. The Kullapaeninsula have been inhabited for more than 10.000 years.

In Viken You can visit a house from the late 19th century "Paul Jönska Huset". Here the seacapten Paul Jönsson lived with his family and You can see inside how a family in those days lived. The house is open during the summer, on sundays between 15-17. The garden is open all year around.

Helsingborg and one of its many sculptures

In the north harbour of Helsingborg, You find the new culturehouse "Dunkers Kulturhus" , the architect is Kim Utzon who creates buildings in a sculptural, continental style.

The statue, in front of the Culturehouse, is called Cosmic room. The sculptors name is  Bengt Amundin. It was created in 1955 for the exhibition H55.

This beatiful lake, Västersjön, near Ängelholm in the North-west part of Scania has clear, clean water.
Here You can swim, go fishing, take wonderful walks in the woods.

Henrik Larsson

In Helsingborg, in Scania, Sweden You find a bronzesculpture of our famous footballplayer Henrik Larsson.

He is placed along the beatiful bordwalk of Helsingborg, In the bakcground You find an old bath from the late 19th century. You also get a glimpse of the lovely road that leads to Kullaberg.

Born in 1971 he is now a footballplayer-manager for Landskrona BoIs. He has played for Feyenoord for four years, then left for Celtic in 1997. He won four league titles in seven years with Celtic, scoring 242 goals in 315 competitive matches. In 2004 he went to Barcelona. LAter he returned to his hometown Helsingborg where he played in HIF

He announced his retirement from football on 20 October 2009

The sculptors name is Björn Elmert

Helsingborg

The halftimbered house with red brickfilling is from the 17th century, owned by a merchant by the name Jacob Hansen

Fredriksdal- the openairmuseum in Helsingborg

Fredriksdal, the openair museum in Helsingborg is Scania in miniature, with buildings, systematical garden, botanical garden, old sorts of animals, kitchen garden and flowerbeds






This pig is a "Linderödssvin", from the Linderöds ridge in Scania

The Sound

Here in the Öresund Parc in Helsingborg, You get a glimpse of Öresund, the gateway to the Baltic Sea, one of the livliest sounds in the world. It its only 4 kilometers to Denmark and Elsinore

Kronovall castle

From the beginning the castle Kronovall was a simple manor, but during the 19th century it was changed into a romanitc castle. It was the work of the swedish architect from Stockholm, Isak G. Clason, inspired by barock architecture.

1991 the castle Kronovall was donated to the wineproducer Åkesson and got the name "Vinecastle"

Here is a splendid restaurant, run by Thomas Drejing, who units modern swedish coking with old traditions and innovation.

e-mail: kronovall@petripumpa.se

Kvistofta church

The church of Kvistofta, lies peacefully in the countryside, surrounded by fields and the Råå valley.

The wonderful adventures of Nils

Once there was a boy. He was--let us say--something like fourteen yearsold; long and loose-jointed and towheaded. He wasn't good for much, thatboy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep; and after that--he likedbest to make mischief.It was a Sunday morning and the boy's parents were getting ready to goto church. The boy sat on the edge of the table, in his shirt sleeves,and thought how lucky it was that both father and mother were goingaway, and the coast would be clear for a couple of hours. "Good! Now Ican take down pop's gun and fire off a shot, without anybody's meddlinginterference," he said to himself.But it was almost as if father should have guessed the boy's thoughts,for just as he was on the threshold--ready to start--he stopped short,and turned toward the boy. "Since you won't come to church with motherand me," he said, "the least you can do, is to read the service at home.Will you promise to do so?" "Yes," said the boy, "that I can do easyenough." And he thought, of course, that he wouldn't read any more thanhe felt like reading."This story is written by Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobleprice in litterture . She was born in Värmland, in the western part of Sweden, but this book for children starts in Scania, south of the highway. Nils, the boy, is transformed into a thumbietot and flies away on a goose, all around Sweden.The first chapters is about his home, his transformation and of the Scanian landscape

Andrarum and the alummill

In Andrarum , on Österlen in Scania there has been an alummill since 1637. The mill was bought by Christina Piper in 1725 and she made it one of the most prosperous industries in Sweden. She had become a warwidow at the age of 27 and she had five children .Alun was a much sought-after product that had many different uses. First, it was a haemostatic and disinfecting agents, and so it was used as fix colours in the textile industry. It is also used alum in tanneries and to smooth surface on the paper. She had about 900 employees and the alummill produced between 4000 and 5000 barrels of alum a year: about 600 tons. There were no machines all the work were made by the men, women and children The working day began at 4 am with an hour of prayer. In the winter, the working day lasted to 6 or 7 pm. The mill became a state in the state. Rules and laws were made by Christina Piper.On the premisis there was an infirmary, a nursing home and a school. All workers would pay part of their salary to a social fund, The salary paid in half food and half the money, money consisted of notes and coins with the initials CP on. The money was made by Christina Piper and could only be used in the mills area.In the late 19th century, German chemists found out ow to produce alum chemically and the mill was closed down in 1912.

Stenestads church

In the little village Stenestad, up on "Söderåsen" lies the church of Stenestad. This church is the highest placec church in Scania, 188 meters above the sea. It was built in the 12th century in romanesque style.After a visit in the church You can walk down the road to "Mormors Bod"(Grandma's shop) where You can drink a nice cup of coffee and eat homebaked cookies (baked with butter!) The road up to the church, from Norra Vram to Stenestad is breathtaking and worth the whole trip.

Malmö

Malmoe, the third largest city in Sweden with almost 300.000 inhabitantsIt's story goes back to the 13th century and in the old center, You find for example halftimbered houses, the Town Hall, which You see on the photo. The maine square was layed out in the 16 th century, and for 300 years it was the largest maine square in Sweden. Before, there was a monastery here, and a churchyard and several halftimbered houses which were thorned down. Jörgen Kock was the maire during this time, and there is a nice restaurant with his name here on the southern corner of the maine square.

Turning Torso

Turning Torso was inaugurated in 2005 and is the new symbol of Malmoe. The architect Santiago Calatrava, from Spain was inspired by a man in movement. This building is mainly appartements, 147 divided in 54 flats and nine cubes. The two lower cubes consists of offices end flat 53 and 54 are for conferences. The building is 190 m high.This summer it is possible to visit the two upper flats, where You on a clear day can se forever, at any rate 8o kilometers in each direction.The price is 195:- per personbetween week 26-28 You can visit the building in the afternoons.You have to book time at : tel +46 40-17 45 40 oremail: wlmailhtml:%7B759B1820-AF8D-48FD-A971-9EC559E0DA6A%7Dmid://00000042/!x-usc:mailto:info@turningtorsomeetings.com.

Saint Nicolai and the Dominican monks

Up on the shoreridge in Helsingborg, this memorialmonument shoes the place where the old Dominican convent lied during the middle ages. The dominican munks came to Seeland and Scania in the 13th century. Here they built a monastery, like the one on the picture.They also had a brickfactory close to the monastery, where they produced bricks for the building of the Keep in the 14th century and Saint Mary's Church down on the beach.After the reformation, all the churches and monasterys in Helsingborg and the rest of Scania were torned down and the monks were driven out of the country. It lasted till the late 1960's untul it waw alowed to build a monastery in Sweden.

Bluetooth

Harald Bluetooth, the first christian king in Scandinavia, a danish king, has given his name to the littel computerdevice, bluetooth. Harald rouled in the 10th century and on his rune is inscribed: "won the hole of Denmark and Norway and made the danes christians."The little symbol are two runes, H and B.Makes you wonder over bluetooth, some believe he had black teeth, others that it was the name of his sword.Perhaps Harald Bluetooth had a massive toothache.