SWEDEN
BY
REV. WM. LIDDLE, M.A., B.D.
AND
MRS. LIDDLE
WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
BY
ANDERS ZORN, CARL LARSSON,
AND OTHERS
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1911
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I]. | SWEDISH HISTORY | 1 |
| [II]. | GOTHENBURG | 10 |
| [III]. | A SUMMER HOLIDAY AT MARSTRAND | 15 |
| [IV]. | ACROSS SWEDEN BY WATER | 21 |
| [V]. | STOCKHOLM—I. | 26 |
| [VI]. | STOCKHOLM—II. | 31 |
| [VII]. | THE SWEDES AT WORK | 36 |
| [VIII]. | THE SWEDES AT PLAY | 40 |
| [IX]. | EDUCATION IN SWEDEN | 47 |
| [X]. | DALECARLIA | 52 |
| [XI]. | CUSTOMS | 57 |
| [XII]. | THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND AND TOWN OF VISBY | 63 |
| [XIII]. | FAIRY-TALES | 69 |
| [XIV]. | JUL, OR CHRISTMAS | 75 |
| [XV]. | MIDSUMMER | 80 |
| [XVI]. | SOME WELL-KNOWN SWEDES | 84 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| ARTIST. | ||
| [A FLODA GIRL] | Anders Zorn | frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| [OUR COUNTRY] | Otto Hesselbom | 9 |
| [A SWEDISH SHEPHERDESS] | Anders Zorn | 16 |
| [SUMMER EVENING ON THE WEST COAST OF SWEDEN] | Oscar Hullgren | 25 |
| [GUSTAVUS VASA’S ENTRY INTO STOCKHOLM, MIDSUMMER, 1523] | Carl Larsson | 32 |
| [A SUMMER DAY IN NORTH SWEDEN] | Carl Johansson | 41 |
| [A SKI-RUNNER] | Hallström | 48 |
| [“BRASKULLA,” A PEASANT GIRL FROM MORA] | Anders Zorn | 57 |
| [IN DAYS OF OLD] | Ankarcrona | 64 |
| [A GIRL WITH “KICKER”] | Carl Larsson | 73 |
| [DANCE ON MIDSUMMER’S EVE] | Anders Zorn | 80 |
| [A GIRL FROM RÄTTVIK] | Anders Zorn | on the cover |
| [Sketch-Map of Sweden on p. viii.] |