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  • Jord is Erling, Janne, Gun and Susanne. Photo by: Emma Sofia Olsson

    Timeless sounds from Swedish Lapland


    The folk music of Tornedalen, like that of the Sami, is timeless. It has survived thanks to its Kalevala quality and strength. No violins or accordions are used in the traditional music of Tornedalen, since members of the 19th-century revivalist...

  • In Sauna Veritas

    In Sauna Veritas - ”In sauna there is the truth”


    The sauna culture is flourishing around the world, and thrives even in Swedish Lapland. svenska Bastuakademin, the swedish sauna academy, was inaugurated in 1988 with the opening of Kulturbastun, the Culture sauna, at the open air historical museu...