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Feature 10 Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture – Eight spectacular seasons

Interview 12 Per Hallberg: Mannen bakom ljudet Heritage 15 Svensk Midsommar 16 Swedish roots, Oregon lives 17 Maclayhem

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On the cover: Umeå2014 highlights: 1. Norrländsk passion. Grafisk form: Lia Jacobi. Photo: Per-Johan Nylund, Sheryl Yazolino Griffin, sarkophoto 2. Ingela Brimberg. Photo: Malin Arnesson 3. Illustrator: Sara Lundberg 4. Ayla Adams. Photo: Elin Hafström 5. A “creative version” of the Umeå2014 heart logo. 6. Artist Monica L Edmondson from Tärnaby, Västerbotten. Photo: Mikael Rutberg 7. Anne Nguyen, curator for the dance acts at the MADE festival 2014. Photo: Philippe Gramard 8. Gunnar Eklund and Anna Söderling in Välviljans pris. Photo: Pär Domeij and Patrick Degerman 9. Photo: Andreas Nilsson 10. Whirling by Claudia Catarzi. Photo: Leonardo Bucalossi 11. Tove Skeidsvoll. Photo: Jostein Skeidsvoll 12. Children playing by the river in central Umeå. Photo: Henrik Olofsson 13. Thomas Hedlund. Photo: Andreas Nilsson 14. Kalle Hedberg, “Lappkvinnan Lisa Stemp”, 1945, Ricklundgården. 15. Abalone Dots. Photo: Per Kristiansen 16. Min Stora Sorg. Photo: John Artur 17. Light art © Yoko Seyama / Föreningen Kammarmusik NU 2013 18. Rock painting in Alta, Norway. Photo: Petter Engman 19. Concept Art: Benita Winkler 20. Northern lights in Umeå.

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Fjällräven har nu flera affärer i USA och Vancouver är den första här och dom kommer sedan att öppna minst två till.

The Canucks signed allt som såldes igår och pengarna gick till Children’s Hospital. MVH Lisa Rogers Vancouver, British Columbia

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t’s sometimes said that there are two very different types of Swede – the winter Swede and the summer Swede. The Swede in winter is an anti-social, melancholy, monochrome soul, rarely seen outside the home, while the summer Swede is light, fun-loving, frisky and sociable, up and outdoors every moment of daylight.

While this schizophrenic characterization may be something of an exaggeration, it’s not surprising, given Sweden’s long winters, that we want to make the most of the short but very special summer season, squeezing every last drop of sunshine and vitamin D out of the endless days to see us through the darkness that follows.

The wonder of ‘white nights’ is of course best experienced far up north, where, this year, Umeå is hosting the European Capital of Culture event, the northernmost city ever to hold the title. Half way through the program, we look at the highlights of the event and how the festival is enabling the Sami people to take centre stage.

The Sami are the only indigenous people within the EU and yet we hear all too little about their traditions and culture.

As any Swede knows, summer kicks off in earnest with Midsummer. Our Barnsidan guide to the most popular songs and dances will save you hopping round the maypole the wrong way, while on p.15 you can read about the history and traditions behind this most Swedish of celebrations.

If you’re planning a trip to the motherland this summer, don’t miss our overview of the best music festivals around the country. And if you’ve ever wondered how the music and sounds behind some of Hollywood’s most successful Hollywood films get made, read our fascinating interview with multi Oscar-winning sound editor and proud Ölanning, Per Hallberg, Wishing you a joyful start to the summer!

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eministiskt Initiativ (The Feminist Initiative, or Fi), Sweden’s feminist political party, was formed in 2005 as a pressure group by Gudrun Schyman, former leader of the Left Party. In 2008 it became a fully-fledged political party. The party has attracted a significant amount of media attention and some controversy over the years, but hasn’t been taken seriously as a political contender – until now, with latest poll figures showing 4.3% of public support, enough to gain them their first ever seat in the upcoming European parliament elections. This is a significant gain on their 0.68% in 2006 and 2.2% in 2009 Over the years, the party has found support from famous names such as American actress Jane Fonda, who in 2006 came to Sweden to support the party’s election campaign, and ABBA’s Benny Andersson, who has donated more than one million Swedish kronor to the party. ‘I support the Feminist Initiative with money because they don’t have the possibility of carrying out a reasonable campaign without it, and because they are needed in Swedish parliament!’ Andersson commented to Expressen newspaper.

Over the past few months, Schyman herself has been raising funds and awareness through a series of ‘house parties’. Schyman has promised to show up free-of-charge at the home (or other venue) of anyone who can gather together 25 people to listen to her talk ideology. In an earlier publicity stunt in 2010 the party burned 100,000 Swedish kronor in a protest against unequal pay.

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The party has received criticism for focusing solely on a single issue, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt recently questioning Fi’s lack of a concrete economic policy. Schyman has promised to present her party’s

budget proposals during the political week in Almedalen in the beginning of July, adding, ‘Reinfeldt should be more concerned about all the women who previously voted conservative who have now had enough.’

There are those who question whether a feminist party is relevant at all in a country which is, on paper at least, one of the most equal in the world. To this, the feminists would respond that a country in which only 22% of board positions in leading companies are held by women, in which women are still paid significantly less than man and which has the highest sexual assault rate in Europe, still has a long way to go. ‘If we want an equal place in society, free from all forms of discrimination, the feminists must take a place in politics,’ says Schyman.

Whether or not Fi win a seat in the European or Swedish parliament remains to be seen, but their increasing popularity puts feminist issues back on the agenda and highlights the areas in which Sweden is still far from being the egalitarian paradise it is often portrayed as.

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News at a Glance Passengers block deportation A Kurdish refugee facing deportation from Sweden was granted a reprieve after fellow passengers on his flight from Östersund to Iran, via Stockholm, prevented it from taking off by refusing to fasten their seatbelts. Facing persecution in his home country of Iran, Ghader Ghalamere fled the country years ago and joined his wife Fatemeh, a Swedish resident, with whom he now has two young children.

With the flight unable to depart, Ghalamere was taken to a migrant

Leaders of Sweden’s main political parties locked horns recently in a televised debate. With only a few months to go before Sweden’s General Election in September, unemployment and immigration were the main topics on the agenda.

The Social Democrats’ Stefan Löfven attacked Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s claims that Sweden, together with the Netherlands, has the highest labour force participation rate in the EU, commenting: ‘I can only see that we have a higher unemployment rate than when you took office.’

Unsurprisingly, Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson blamed a large part of the unemployment problem on immigration.

Anti-Nazi church bells ring in Jönköping The church bells of Jönköping pealed in warning for two hours on May Day as a protest against the Neo-Nazi demonstrations taking place in the town, the first time they have been rung in alarm since the outbreak of World War II. The Swedish Church, the Pentecostal congregations, the Salvation Army and the Catholic Church also welcomed members to an outdoor inter-religious service, with Muslims and Hindus also in attendance. There were 19 arrests in Jönköping following the May Day march, as counter demonstrators clashed with the far-right marchers.

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US drug giant Pfizer’s proposed takeover of Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has met with concern and criticism from politicians and union members. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt recently expressed his concerns that a takeover could

mean job losses and research cuts, pointing to Pfizer’s previous acquisition of Pharmacia: ‘The prospectus detailed that it would mean jobs and investments in Sweden which we don’t think they lived up to,’ Reinfeldt told TT news agency.

Volkswagen buys out Scania

German car giant Volkswagen looks set to take over Swedish truck manufacturer Scania after shareholders Alecta, a Swedish pension fund which owns 2,04% of Scania’s capital, agreed to sell its stake, giving Volkswagen a 90% acceptance rate for their offer. Alecta had previously held out for higher share price than the 200 kronor per share Volkswagen was offering but changed their minds when they realized Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest car manufacturers, was not going to increase their bid.

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Pfizer, AstraZeneca takeover

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detention centre in Gävle, where he was granted a temporary reprieve.

Ikea to open museum

Ikea has announced their plans to turn their first store into a museum.

The original Älmhult store, which opened in 1958, moved to a new site in 2012, leaving the building free to use as a museum. The 3,500 square metre former flagship store will be renovated and used to showcase the furniture company’s 70 year history.

They expect to open in 2015 and attract around 200,000 visitors a year.

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[Swedes] in the News Myllimäki wins gold

Princess Leonore christening

Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, famed for his documentary ‘Searching for Sugarman’, was recently found dead in Stockholm. The cause of the 36 year old’s death was reported by his family as being suicide.

Chef Tommy Myllimäki lead the Swedish culinary team to victory at the recent Bocuse D’Or Europe cooking competition.

Scandinavians dominated the event with silver medal going to a Danish chef and bronze to a Norwegian.

H.R.H. Princess Estelle, H.R.H. Princess Leonore.

Photo: H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria, The Royal Court, Sweden

Boatwright dies in Sweden Michael Boatwright, the mysterious American man who woke up from a coma speaking only Swedish, has died in an apparent suicide at his apartment in Uddevalla, where he had been living since August 2013.

His strange story attracted attention around the world and Swedish filmmakers hoped to make a documentary about his forgotten past. He never regained his ability to speak English and, in an interview to a local Swedish newspaper last March, he spoke of his happiness about moving to Sweden, where he had previously lived on and off for twenty years. ‘I feel like I’ve been born again,’ Boatwright told Bohusläningen.

‘I’m so lucky.’

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he Swedish Royal Palace recently released details about the christening of Princess Leonore, baby daughter of Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill, as well as adorable new pictures of her with her cousin Princess Estelle, taken on a recent visit by Crown Princess Victoria to her sister in New York. The christening will take place in the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace on Sunday 8 June, exactly one year to the day after her parents’ wedding day.

Robyn new Volvo face

Following in the illustrious footsteps of fellow Swedes Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Swedish House Mafia, pop star Robyn is the latest celebrity to lend her face to

Volvo’s major new advertising campaign. The campaign is to launch Volvo’s new environmentally-friendly cars and the new advert, which premiered on May 2, will look at Sweden in relation to Los Angeles.

Megachurch Pastor Ulf Ekman, founder of Scandinavia’s largest Bible school, has shocked his congregation by announcing his decision to convert to Catholicism.

Ekman was ordained in the Lutheran Church and in 1983 founded the Word of Life church in Uppsala, which in 1989 prayed against the visit of Pope John Paul II to Sweden. The pastor has publicly asked for forgiveness for this and has said that he and his wife Birgitta have found ‘great peace and great joy’ in their decision and were looking forward to the sacramental life of the Catholic Church.

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t’s a classic mistake to confuse Sweden with Switzerland, but one thing that almost everyone associates with the Swiss rather than Swedes is watchmaking. And while it’s true that Switzerland continues to dominate the watchmaking market, Sweden in fact also has a long and proud tradition in this area, including famous names such as pocketwatch manufacturers Halda and 19th century watchmaker and scholar Victor Kullberg.

It’s this tradition that engineers and watch aficionados Mikael Sandström and Christer Sjöö set out to revive and develop when they launched their handmade watch company Sjöö Sandström 30 years ago. In 1993, they launched the Automatic S1, which went on to win the Excellent Swedish Design (Utmärkt Svensk Form) award in 1995, and with

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their next launch, in 1997, the Chronolink Worldtimer UTC, they got their big break, with the watch’s unique combination of a mechanical movement in an electronic watch attracting worldwide attention and accolades.

The company now produce 18 different models, including the UTC Skydiver, which was developed in cooperation with the Swedish Air Force and is an official part of each one of the Swedish fighter jet pilots’ uniforms, and the Landsort, named after the deepest point in the Baltic Sea and developed in cooperation with the Swedish Navy. In 2001, their Ocean Race Chronograph was the official timekeeper of the Volvo Ocean Race and also became the world’s most expensive digital watch at that time, each watch costing 25,000 SEK. (Sjöö Sandström watches start at 10,000 SEK) Each model embodies clean, Swedish design, and all watches are handmade by one of the company’s

five watchmakers on site in Stockholm. The Swedishness of the brand is further underlined by the fact that all digital watches show the current week number and the diving watches show depth in metres, rather than ATM. This year looks set to be a big one for the brand, with a new launch in September and plans to increase their presence in other countries. Sjöö Sandström watches are currently sold via 30 retail stores in Sweden and abroad, including one boutique in the US, in Dallas, with plans for more. ‘We’re slowly spreading the word,’ says Therese Cederblom, the company’s brand manager, adding, ‘the potential abroad is really great.’ www.sjoosandstrom.se

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Eight spectacular seasons T he Sami people divide the year into eight, rather than four, seasons and it is these eight seasons, closely linked to the life cycle of the reindeer, which provided the structure and starting point for the year-long schedule of cultural events that make up Umeå 2014.

The choice of Umeå – the northernmost city ever to hold the title of Cultural Capital of Europe – was partly due to the city’s very special connection with the EU’s only indigenous people and their fascinating culture.

‘The Sami seasons are still relevant to the Sami lifestyle today,’ explains Shauna Mae Adams, the event’s Program Producer,

‘each season has it’s own story.’ The Umeå2014 events began on 30 January, in ‘Dálvvie’, the first season, when the earth rests under a thick blanket of snow. The opening ceremony, ‘Burning Snow’ attended by

Burning Snow, the opening ceremony of Umeå2014.

Photo: Håkan Larsson

Crown Princess Victoria, was a multi-media spectacular which literally and metaphorically set the Umeå river on fire.

Other highlights of the Dálvvie season included a Sami-Chinese dance

project, the opening of Guitars – The Museum and an exhibition called ‘Umeå – The European Capital of Hardcore 1989-2000.’

Dálvvie gave way to Gijrradálvvie – the early spring time of awakening.

This was celebrated with a concert by Umeå native, indiepop singer Sofia Jannok and the largest literary festival in Sweden, among many other events.

Gijrra, the spring season, began on 30 April and saw a spectacular collaboration between five Norrland theatre companies called Norrländsk Passion.

As we enter summer and Gijrragiessie – the time of growth – the year reaches its half-way point.

Norrland Passion.

Photo: Patrick Degerman

This is the season when the midges drive the reindeer up to the mountain glaciers, calves are born and the Sami move up to the mountains with their herds. This green, fertile period, with its white nights, is celebrated with an international choral festival called ‘A Choral Midsummer Light’s Dream’ and ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ – free summer theatre performances of improvised Shakespeare.

Giessie – the short, light summer, a time of

From left to right: Gunnar Eklund and Anna Söderling in Välviljans pris. Photo: Pär Domeij and Patrick Degerman • Jörgen Stenberg. Photo: Oskar Sandström • Karl Einar Enarsson. Photo: Anders Björkman/Västerbottens museum • Tove Skeidsvoll. Photo: Jostein Skeidsvoll • Anne Nguyen. Photo: Philippe Gramard • Norrländsk passion. Grafisk form: Lia Jacobi. Photo: Per-Johan Nylund, Sheryl Yazolino Griffin, sarkophoto • Name of the next song/Andersson Dance, Photo: Rasmus Baaner • Kalle Hedberg, “Lappkvinnan Lisa Stemp”, 1945, Ricklundgården, Nationalmuseum

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Umeå's year as European Capital of Culture gives Sami society and culture an international platform. As the event reaches it's half-way point, we look at the highlights so far, the performances still to come and the legacy of this special event. contemplation, follows with an outdoor performance of Elektra by Strauss Opera and a crowd-funded music festival called U x U. As the nights start to draw in, Tjakttjagiessie, the harvest time, begins.

Highlights of this season will be a five-day food festival, with a focus on Sami food culture, and a Street Art installation among Umeå’s streets and houses.

Tjakttja, autumn, begins on 10 October and includes a film festival, an opera based on Per Olov Enqvist’s novel Blanche and Marie and interactive art from Rafael LozanoHemmer. The Sami year, and Umeå’s year-long reign as Capital of Culture,

draws to a close with Tjakttjadálvvie – the darkest time of the year, when the reindeer move to their winter pastures.

The event will end with ‘Future Flows Through Us’, a closing party which will celebrate life going forward by illuminating the city in a way which has never before been seen in Umeå.

Numerous Sami projects are included in the program throughout the year, including an exhibition of 8 Sami artists, including Katarina Pirak Sikku and Joar Nango, which brings together artists from the Sami regions of Norway and Finland as well as Sweden, and Made in Sápmi – exhibiting tra-

ditional Sami handwork, design and crafts.

‘For me, one of the key highlights of the year is the fact that we are giving a platform to Sami projects and a chance for them to stand in the limelight,’ says Adams.

‘Throughout the year we have a theme of challenging power, examining equality issues and the status of marginalized peoples.’

Elektra. Photo: Emil Nyström

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by Norrland’s Opera in August will also be a

spectacular event,’ continues Adams, ‘the largest outdoor opera in Norrland. And the Norrland Passion project was amazing, the largest theatre project of the year.’

Apart from the memories of numerous unique and spectacular musical, art, theatre and cinematic events and performances, the project is intended to create controversy, encourage debate, get people to try new experiences and start talking about culture. ‘I hope the legacy of Umeå 2014 will be that people continue to engage about the importance of culture in society,’ says Adams. www.umea2014.se

From left to right: Sun Glow by Andreas Hedberg • Rock painting in Alta, Norway. Photo: Petter Engman • Children playing by the river in central Umeå.

Photo: Henrik Olofsson • Ayla Adams. Photo: Elin Hafström • Concept Art © Benita Winkler • Tereza Ondrová and Peter Savel perform the dance work Boys Who Like to Play with Dolls at the Spring Forward festival in Umeå. Photo: Antonín Matejovský • Caught by Umeå in Paris. Photo: Andreas Nilsson • Light art © Yoko Seyama/Föreningen Kammarmusik NU 2013

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