Jesper has been growing up in Sweden and we both moved here together in 2014 and we now call Stockholm our home. We will continue to explore this country in Northern Europe and hope that you will join us.
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Hamra is a small settlement in Eskilstuna Municipality in Södermanland County. It was once the center of Ärla Parish and houses the parish church. The locality of Ärla, which was built around the former railway station, is around 7 kilometers to the east. A Short History of Hamra Ärla Parish has its origins in the…
If you ask a Swede, non-local, what they know about Hallsberg there is a big chance that you get to learn about their travel experiences. They will probably tell you about some instances when they got stuck here when the trains were delayed or canceled. Few will, however, be able to tell you about the…
Femöre is a peninsula just south of Oxelösund in the historical province of Södermanland. This was once home to the coastal battery of Femöresfortet but is today mostly a nature area open for the public to enjoy. Once the view of the Baltic Sea is not enough, this peninsula is also a popular stop for…
Gåsinge is a small settlement and former parish in the historical province of Södermanland. It neighbors the small settlements of Söderby and Österby, all of which watch out over Lake Storsjön. The area of the parish is today a part of Gnesta Municipality in eastern Sweden. The settlement and its church are a short drive…
Welcome to the Swedish countryside! Östra Husby is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County. It lies on the peninsula Vikbolandet, just east of the city of Norrköping. This locality was once the seat of the local parish with the church in its center. Today around 880 people live in the area around the…
Laxne is a locality in Gnesta Municipality, located in the county of Södermanland, Sweden. It is situated in the historic province of Södermanland. With a population of around 230 inhabitants, Laxne is a small residential and recreational community. Lakes and forests surround this small population center in eastern Sweden. The locality is located on the…
Edebo is a settlement in Norrtälje Municipality in Stockholm County. This is an area that was once a part of the traditional land of Roslagen in the province of Uppland. The church here was once the center of social and religious life within the old parish. It still stands in the center of a settlement…
Läppe is a locality and recreational area right at the border between the historical provinces of Södermanland and Närke. This is today the invisible border between Örebro Municipality and Vingåker Municipality and by so also between Södermanland County and Örebro County. The largest part of Läppe is today within the borders of Vingåker Municipality in…
Bogsta is a small settlement and medieval church in Nyköping Municipality in Södermanland County. It lies on the shores of Lake Runnviken to the northeast of the town of Nyköping. This former parish between what is today Nyköping and Vagnhärad has two estates, Ökna and Näsby, but the settlement in the vicinity of the church…
Sättersta is a settlement, church, and former parish in Nyköping Municipality in Södermanland County. This is the countryside of eastern Sweden with farmland and forests all around. The settlement lies right along what was once the main road through this part of Sweden, the road known as the old E4. The new E4 is a…
Vårdinge is a small settlement with the parish church at its center. This was once the seat of the local parish, a parish with origins in the Middle Ages. It is a short distance to the east of Gnesta in the historical province of Södermanland in eastern Sweden. This area is today part of Södertälje…
Västervåla is a small settlement in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County. Its white stone church was once the center of social and religious life in the parish. In more recent years, Västervåla is probably best known for being one of the settlements that were evacuated during the huge 2014 wildfire in Västmanland. Luckily the flames…