Showing posts with label Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2015

öppna landskap (open fields)

On a drive through the beautiful landscape, my son took this scenic film through the car window.  It gives you a good sense of how open and natural the view is in Skåne.  Enjoy!  Personally I will definately look at this video again in the winter months to come. 

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Öppna Landskap by Ulf Lundell


This song moves me to tears.  It's by Ulf Lundell, and is considered the unofficial national anthem of Sweden.  He sings, " I feel most at home in open landscapes, I wish to live close to the sea."* The quality of the live video above isn't the best (taken at Skansen in 2009), but if you like the song, please try this link on YouTube for another listen, beautiful pictures of the countryside (sunny, unlike today) and a good translation:

* OK, so I'm not a professional translator, but that's basically it :-)

Swedish Folk Art at GNACE

Get a load of these lovely artists! All of them finished and embellished their beautiful kurbits paintings at Greater Newburyport Adult Educ...