But fishing used to be associated with great risks. A fishing team at the quay in Marstrand, Bohuslän, Sweden. Swedish fisherman from the province Bohuslän, located on the Swedish west coast. The photo was taken by Countess Martina Kalling. In 1910 Anna moved from the cottage and she died 1911 from old age weakness. Jöns Anderson died in the cottage in November 1905 of a breast disease. They then lived in the cottage with their 5 youngest children and Jöns Andersson worked as a tailor and a farmworker. To the cottage under Älgkärr, the family came 1883 from Bogen parish in Värmland. In the picture from about 1904 she stands outside her home – a cottage that was located under Älgkärr in Hidinge parish, Örebro county. Anna Håkansdotter was born 1835 in Norra Backa in Gunnarskog’s parish in Värmlands county, Sweden. Photo from Götene parish in the province Västergötland. A gathering in the open air outside a farm. This version of the photo has been colorized, the original is black and white and in higher resolution. The photo was taken in 1953 by Gösta Skoglund and was given in 2008 as a gift to Bohuslän’s museum. Gerda was born in 1883 and died at Flatholmen in 1964. Rowing in to Tjörn to pick up mail, and sometimes even goods and passengers, was carried out 3-4 times a week. Gerda Nilsson also had a small post office at home. In order to support herself, she rowed out the mail to Flatholmen and distributed it to the population of about 130 permanent residents, all dependent on fishing and sea freight. She became a widow in 1936, at the age of 53, when her husband fisherman Oskar Nilsson died of cancer. Postal rower Gerda Nilsson lived on the island Flatholmen outside Tjörn in Bohuslän. Original photo taken by August Christian Hultgren (1869 – 1961). One of them, Elsa Josefina Albertina died in 1905, only 15 years old, of heart disease. Five children were born in the cottage between 1880-1898. Hanna Maria moved to the cottage when they married in 1880. Sven Peter came to the cottage as early as 1876 as a soldier. They were living in the former soldier cottage Kvarntorpet under Attarp in Svinhult parish, Östergötland. Swedish former soldier Sven Peter Skog (born 1856) and Hanna Maria Jonsdotter (born 1862). Colourized photo taken on the farm “Bo” in Lugnås parish, located in the Swedish province Västergötland. A beautiful church on a beautiful day! Payday! Four Swedish gentlemen drinking at the restaurang “Teaterkällaren“ in the city Kalmar, located in the province Småland. The church was built 800 years ago and has shifted shape through the years. Tingstad church, located in the Swedish province Östergötland. Year unknown, photo belongs to “Upplandsmuseet” in Sweden. A poor Swedish student in the city Uppsala, province Uppland. The wedding was staged but even then it is a beutiful photo from around 1904-1906. Bridal couple was siblings Erik and Märta Ehn. A Swedish mock wedding staged for entertainment in Delsbo, Hälsingland. Small coastal town Lysekil in Bohusläns county. Now Thure Philip Hornvall is resting at the church ruin and his grave cross remind us of life in old Sweden. An archaeological excavation of the church ruin found over 100 coins, of which the oldest were from the 13th century. The church was demolished during the 1870s when a new church was built a few miles north. Thure Philips grave cross is located at Hannäs church ruin along with 5 other gravestones. His parents were organist Johan Fredrik Hornvall and Ulrika Kindmark. On May 21, 1857, 4-year-old boy Thure Philip Hornvall died in the schoolhouse in Hellingsfall, Hannäs parish in Östergötland. The drunkenness was supposed to have happened in 1866 but the listing in the church records followed her through her life. A listing in the parish book says “fined for drunkenness” and “had several (3) illegitimate children”. When she died of chronic bronchitis 1895 she lived with one of her children in Gränna’s poorhouse. Brita Lisa Kalling was born 1823 in the Swedish parish Gränna, on the eastern shore of lake Vättern. Location was near the small city Söderhamn in Gävleborgs county.
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