02387nam 2200493 450 991016403880332120200520144314.01-909961-05-1(CKB)3710000001056193(MiAaPQ)EBC4803173(Au-PeEL)EBL4803173(CaPaEBR)ebr11341669(OCoLC)973189783(BIP)050209194(EXLCZ)99371000000105619320170224h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSmile of the midsummer sun a picture of Sweden /Lars Gustafsson and Agneta Blomqvist ; translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragen-TurnerLondon, [England] :The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus Ltd.,2015.20151 online resource (86 pages)1-909961-04-3 In Smile of the Midsummer Night, best-selling author Lars Gustafsson and Agneta Blomqvist present a very personal guide to their Swedish homeland. Setting off from the far South, their journey takes them up to Norrland, from the farms of Scania to Laponian, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But it is the idyllic fjord in Bohul n, located in the V stmanland region, as well as M lar Lake and Stockholm that they call home. Throughout, Gustafsson and Blomqvist are full of entertaining suggestions for excursions, including journeys through forests and moors where you can take in the odd elk or wolf along the way and visits to August Strindberg's and Kurt Tucholsky's graves.The first work of contemporary travel writing about Sweden by Swedish writers to have been translated into English, Smile of the Midsummer Night is a loving and poetic ode to this beautiful nation and a must-have for anyone interested in Scandinavia.Manners and customsSwedenDescription and travelSwedenSocial life and customsSwedenTravelManners and customs.914.85046Gustafsson Lars449694Blomqvist AgnetaBragen-Turner DeborahMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164038803321Smile of the midsummer sun3421940UNINA