Chapter I: Front Matter

SWEDEN
BY
DUDLEY·HEATHCOTE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A·HEATON·COOPER

A&C BLACK LTD
4.5.6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1.

_Published in 1927_

Printed in Great Britain

TO

LOUISA BLANDFORD

IN TOKEN OF ESTEEM

NOTE

I record my acknowledgement to the Editors of the following journals in which a few of the chapters of this book have already appeared: _The Fortnightly Review_, _The Spectator_, _The Field_, _The Westminster Gazette_, _Eve_, _Country Life_.

DUDLEY HEATHCOTE.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE LAND AND PEOPLE 1

II. GOTHENBURG 16

III. BOHUSLÄN 32

IV. THE GÖTA CANAL 44

V. STOCKHOLM 70

VI. THE SKERRIES OF STOCKHOLM 100

VII. GOTHLAND 118

VIII. DALECARLIA 147

IX. LAPLAND 166

X. A NIGHT IN A LAPP HUT 176

XI. AN IMPRESSION OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN 187

XII. AN IMPRESSION OF A SWEDISH CHRISTMAS 194

XIII. SWEDISH WINTER SPORTS 213

INDEX 223

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

1. The Town Hall, Stockholm _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

2. The Kullen Rocks, Mölle, on the Kattegatt 5

3. Arild, a Fishing Village near Mölle 12

4. Gothenburg, the Harbour 21

5. Gothenburg, the City 28

6. Marstrand 38

7. The Trollhättan Falls 49

8. Sjötorp Locks, Göta Canal 53

9. Jönköping 60

10. Vadstena Castle, Lake Vättern 64

11. The Royal Palace, Stockholm 81

12. Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm 96

13. Islands in the Baltic, near Stockholm 101

14. Gripsholm Castle, near Stockholm 108

15. The Kings’ Mounds, Upsala 113

16. Timber on the River Ångerman, Harnösand 117

17. Kalmar Castle 124

18. Ruins of Borgholm Castle, Öland 128

19. The Walls of Visby 133

20. The City of Visby 140

21. Sunday at Rättvik, Dalecarlia 145

22. Lake Siljan 149

23. Mora Church 156

24. Leksand Church 160

25. Sundsvall, a Great Baltic Timber Port 165

26. Luleå, Lapland 172

27. Midnight Sun over Lake Torne Träsk, from Abisko 177

28. A Lapp Hut on Lake Torne Träsk, Midnight 181

29. View from Tourist Station, Saltoluokta, Lapland 188

30. Stora Sjöfallet, Great Lake Falls, Saltoluokta 192

31. Lake and Village of Åre 213

32. The Tännforsen Waterfall, Åre 220

_Sketch Map on page xii_ xii

SWEDEN