Endless forests, lakes and marshes. Space and silence. This book shows the nature of northern Värmland and surroundings during the cycle of the seasons, with its change and repetition.
The untouched but also cultivated landscape. A river winds through the valley. The slopes on either side are a mosaic of production forests and nature reserves. Behind it lie the low bare mountains (fjäll) with a vast emptiness, but also ski slopes. History lives on in the summer meadows (säter), the Finnish forest (Finnskogen) and open-air museums (hembygdsgård).
From the cold and the snow to the first green. The warmth of the sun makes you forget the darkest days. The forest comes to life. Then it withers to yellow-brown and a coolness comes into the air. The silence returns. Next year everything will happen again, but differently. This book is also a personal story about finding a new home. I saw and did everything here for the first time. Time goes on. So does my journey.
(2025)
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