Comments on: Sweden in Books, Plays and Movies

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:58:10 +0000

Thank you so much for the mystery recommendation. As you can see from my posts on Irish, Italian and Scottish mysteries, I really love mysteries for travelers. Mankell sounds great, and I’ll have to see if I can find them on PBS, too.

By: reader60

reader60 — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:30:42 +0000

For a different genre, those familiar with southern Sweden or Skane might enjoy Henning Mankell’s detective mystery series. You will find lots of description of the countryside as well as a main character whom you care about to make these books a good read.
Of note PBS is currently running these stories on their mystery series.

By: Travler's Bro

Travler's Bro — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:37:13 +0000

Re: Stindberg –besides visiting the Stockholm apartment museum, visitors would enjoy a boat trip to islands where he collected story material. These are the skerries, “Sweden’s Archipelago.” On one of the islands is one of his old haunts, now called the Strindberg Cafe. Folks still talk of his affair with a servant girl here. His story collection The People of Hemso is an insightful literary guide. You might also find an old or updated copy of Scandinavian Short Stories (Senate, 1955) , which includes work ranging from those of Stindberg to Hans Christian Andersen, giving many visions of life in the North. Note on Bergamn–The A few years ago in Sweden I heard young film studio artists complain that Bergman and company was still siphoning off most of the government film grants. The radical young genius was now old and keeping the next or next-next generation of filmakers from getting their work financed. Govt. money had gone to establishing scatter studios around the countryside, but not much was getting produced because the locals lacked skill and/or production money. That was the story anyway, suggesting having central bureaucrats control the arts is always a bad idea.

By: Todd Felton

Todd Felton — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:16:43 +0000

I might also add Bille August’s 1996 movie, Jerusalem. I have to admit that I haven’t seen it, but it was filmed in the tiny village where my relatives are from.