Hike through the setting of the Kärlek & Krig (Love & War) novel series by author Erik Eriksson.
Experience the dramatic story up close in Grisslehamn, the village that was once a gateway to the world.
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1. Skatudden
The cliff of the waiting women
From the high cliff at Skatudden in clear weather you can see across to Signilskär on the far side of the Sea of...
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2. Militärbaracken (Military Barracks)
When war was looming
During the Second World War, Skatudden was an important location along Sweden’s coastal defences. The conscripts lay ready for...
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3. Gamla restaurangen (The Old Restaurant)
Summer visitors and politics
At the beginning of the 1900s, Grisslehamn became a summer paradise for those town-dwellers who could afford to take...
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4. Hamnen (The Harbour)
The Cossacks are comming
In March 1809 the Finnish War was nearing its end. In severe cold weather, Swedish troops led by General von Döbeln...
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5. Fisket förr och nu (Fishing Then and Now)
The Klondike of the East Coast
Fishing in the Sea of Åland has had its good times and its bad. During the Second World War and the years that...
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6. Flyktens hav (Escape by Sea)
They came from the other side
Refugees have often come across the sea to Grisslehamn. Many Ålanders came during Charles XII’s war in the 1700s,...
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7. Kulneffstugan (Kulneff’s Cottage)
The general’s quarters
The Cossacks who took Grisslehamn in March 1809 were led by the famed and feared General Kulneff. Many residents had by then...
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8. Borgen (The Fort)
Barracks and boarding house
The alley leading from the main road to the old posthouse has a great history. The oldest of the trees along the gravel...
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9. Grisslehamns posthus (Grisslehamn’s Post House)
Love and war
Grisslehamn’s post house was finished in 1756 and the village was then built around the post house. A short way down the coast of Väddö...
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10. Gamla värdshuset (The Old Inn)
When the English fleet came
The Crimean War took place not just on the Black Sea, but also on the Sea of Åland. In 1854 the English fleet came to...
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11. Kanonberget
Signal station in Grisslehamn
An old signalling cannon stands on the rocky outcrop at the entrance to Grisslehamn’s harbour. Before the small mail...
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12. Optiska telegrafen (The Optical Telegraph)
When words flew over the sea
The optical telegraph consisted of a high frame with ten shutters which could be raised and lowered with the help of...