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SWEDEN

BY

REV. WM. LIDDLE, M.A., B.D.

AND

MRS. LIDDLE

WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

BY

ANDERS ZORN, CARL LARSSON,
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LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1911

Transcriber's Note: Author's spelling, though often incorrect
has been maintained.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. SWEDISH HISTORY 1
II. GOTHENBURG 10
III. A SUMMER HOLIDAY AT MARSTRAND 15
IV. ACROSS SWEDEN BY WATER 21
V. STOCKHOLM--I. 26
VI. STOCKHOLM--II. 31
VII. THE SWEDES AT WORK 36
VIII. THE SWEDES AT PLAY 40
IX. EDUCATION IN SWEDEN 47
X. DALECARLIA 52
XI. CUSTOMS 57
XII. THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND AND TOWN OF VISBY 63
XIII. FAIRY-TALES 69
XIV. JUL, OR CHRISTMAS 75
XV. MIDSUMMER 80
XVI. SOME WELL-KNOWN SWEDES 84

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ARTIST.

A FLODA GIRL _Anders Zorn_ _frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

OUR COUNTRY _Otto Hesselbom_ 9

A SWEDISH SHEPHERDESS _Anders Zorn_ 16

SUMMER EVENING ON THE
WEST COAST OF SWEDEN _Oscar Hullgren_ 25

GUSTAVUS VASA’S ENTRY INTO
STOCKHOLM, MIDSUMMER, 1523 _Carl Larsson_ 32

A SUMMER DAY IN NORTH SWEDEN _Carl Johansson_ 41

A SKI-RUNNER _Hallström_ 48

“BRASKULLA,” A PEASANT GIRL
FROM MORA _Anders Zorn_ 57

IN DAYS OF OLD _Ankarcrona_ 64

A GIRL WITH “KICKER” _Carl Larsson_ 73

DANCE ON MIDSUMMER’S EVE _Anders Zorn_ 80

A GIRL FROM RÄTTVIK “ _on the cover_

_Sketch-Map of Sweden on p. viii._

SWEDEN