Magasin Silvervägen / Silver Road Responsible editor, publisher and design: Maria Söderberg, photographer and writer (and text/photo unless otherwise stated). Midsummer Publishing and Photo +46 70 3500555 maria@midsommarudden.se www.midsommarudden.blogspot.se The translation from Swedish to English: Alan Crozier. We are grateful for his keen interest in the project! Printed February 2019 at Norra Skåne Offset. This magazine has appeared since 2008, then under the name Magasin Laisdalen. In 2011 the first issue of Magasin Silvervägen appeared together with Magasin Laisdalen, but since 2012 we have gone in for an English/Swedish edition, which you are holding in your hand. This year’s cover: Maria Söderberg (Swedish) and Stefan Tell (English).
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Why Silvervägen? Take a look at a globe. Just a glance at where the ARCTIC CIRCLE
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Silver Road (Silvervägen) is located will let you understand that this is a unique place. We get questions like: “Are there polar bears there?” “Do you live in igloos?” These are not unreasonable questions, but thanks to the Gulf Stream, which reaches the coast of Norway, we have a climate that makes the summer pleasant. During the summer the sun never sets – we have daylight round the clock. And, what is the Silver Road? The name refers to the transports of silver ore and lead ore from Nasafjäll to the harbours, following rivers and lakes along the Laisälven and the Skellefteälven. Mining started at the Norwegian border in 1635. It was usually Öjebyn (Piteå) or Kåge outside Skellefteå that served as the outports. Transport was mainly done by Sami with their reindeer-drawn sledges. The ore was reloaded at places such as Gråträsk, on what was then the border of Lapland. There the coastal farmers took over with horse-drawn sledges to bring the ore to the harbour in Piteå. l 75