The Red Boat Malaren

Two cosy riverside hotel/hostel's boat in the heart of Stockholm.

Thanks to my dear friend Nathan who sends this from USA card after

his Swede travels :)

Sent:: 2 December 2014   Received: 16 December 2014   Travelled: 14 days

Västervik , Sweden

Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 21,140 inhabitants in 2010.
Västervik was first mentioned in 1275. The town was then located at the current location of Gamleby. In 1433 Eric of Pomerania decided to give it a charter and move it to its current strategically important location, close to the castle of Stegeholm. In the ensuing centuries Västervik suffered attacks from hostile armies. It was more or less completely destroyed five times between 1450 and 1677. Despite this, king Gustav Vasa established a ship industry here in the 16th century, from which ships sailed to Germany and the Baltic countries, and from the 17th century they sailed to Portugal too. In the 18th century a long period of peace allowed the ship industry to expand, increasing the ship routes down to the Mediterranean Sea. The population of Västervik in 1800 was 2 985 which by 1880 went up to 6 189 because of the industrial advancement and in 1920 it had reached 11 889. Building the railroad to Hultsfred, Norsholm and Vimmerby 1879-1906 changed the flow of people moving in and out. After being reduced 1920-1940 the population grew 1970 up to 20 577 inhabitants. Dockyards, papermill, fishing, nail factory, stone masonry, match factory, mechanical garages became the foundation of the towns industrial advancement. Västervik belongs to the Diocese of Linköping and the people have felt a belonging to both Småland and Östergötland.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Karin for the nice swap!

Sent:   15 April 2016   Received: 27 April 2016   Travelled: 12 days

Sweden meetup

Yay my first meetup card from Sweden. Thanks to Karin for the swap!

In the cards you can see the local Vikings giving the Little Mail Carriers

from Postcrossing a tour! Such a novel idea :D

Sent: 15 March 2016    Received: 29 March 2016   Travelled: 14 days

Bohuslän, Sweden

Bohuslän  is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold, in Norway, to the north.

Bohuslän is named after the Norwegian medieval castle of Båhus. Båhuslen was a Norwegian county from around 1050 until the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, when the kingdom of Denmark-Norway lost this area as well as Skåneland to Sweden.
Source: Wikipedia

Thanks to Pei04 via swap bot for this beautiful sunset view!

Sent: 11 August 2015    Received: 21 August 2015   Travelled: 10 days

Swede mushrooms

A basket of mushroom from Sweden

Thanks to Elisabeth via postcrossing

Sent: 11 August 2015   Received: 20 August 2015   Travelled: 9 days

Map of Sweden

The country of the midnight sun.

I love the colourful illustrated details on this map. 

Thanks to Tiina for this map swap!  

Sent: 19 July 2015   Received: 6 August 2015   Travelled:18 days

Stockholm,Sweden

Founded in c. 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden's cultural, media, political, and economic centres. Its strategic location spread across 14 islands on the coast in the south-east of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been historically important. The city is known for its beauty, its buildings and architecture, its abundant clean and open water, and its many parks.

Sent:11 March 2014,   Received: 20 March 2014   Travelled: 9 days

Swede kids

 

A vintage card of children in folk costumes, sent from USA.

Thank you Laurina for the postcard :)

Sent: 15 October 2013
Received: 28 October 2013
Travelled: 13 days

Swede shaped card

 

Thank you Szilard for this cute shaped card of Swede folks in costume :)

 

Sent: 2 April 2013

 

My first from Sweden

 

Whoa I didn't expect such a big card, thank you Martin for the superb card

 

Sent:25 November 2012

Received: 30 November 2012

Travelled: 5 days