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Home of Selma Lagerlöf who received/won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909, the first woman to receive the prize. She was born at Mårbacka in 1858 and died there in 1940. Her father was forced to sell the house in 1884, something that caused Selma grea…

our first trip using gps - it came in hande when we used the dirt roads in the woods - roads made by and for the foresters

Years ago, the local grocer was located in this beautiful buildings. It is now a restaurant/book-cafe. You can buy old and new books, arts and craft - all in wonderful surroundings.

Vacation in Sweden means driving through miles and miles of woodland. For an Icelander, that is pretty spectacular but at the same time, I for one, would love for the landscape to open up - hard to see the landscape for all the trees, it's woodscape, not…

that is the name of the lake

the plane is on the far left

Here I was, on a misty morning, so misty that I was actually a little bit disoriented (did not get lost though) and then suddenly I saw something ahead that resembled an air plane. Yes, I did in fact think I was losing my marbles, but it turned out to be…

same house, at 5:30 in the morning

And on the left, another one

one of the buildings that belong to the manor, part of the hostel too

not a bad place for breakfast, not bad at all

Our first night in Sweden we stayed here, in an old countrty mansion that has been turned into a hostel

A spectacular building