Photos from Sweden (Svealand)
The word for Sweden in Swedish, Sverige, comes from 'Svea Rike', the kingdom of the Svear, a North-Germanic tribe based in the region around Uppsala (still called today Svealand). Their religious center and political centre was in today's Gamla Uppsala, whose archeological heritage testifies from these ancient times. As the influence of the Svear grew over the centuries, their land slowly evolved into the modern Swedish nation.
Along the river near Uppsala
Little red house in the snow near Uppsala
Another example of traditional wooden house in the snow near Uppsala
Lake Ekoln (northern end of Lake Mälaren) frozen in winter, near Uppsala
The Archipelago just outside Stockholm
Can it be more swedish ?
Dark clouds over a sunlit field near Uppsala
Sunset light on snow with trees shadows
Sunset colours on a snow field
Sunset from my flat, one evening...
House and trees in the swedish autumn...
Valborg or Walpurgis (30th April) in Uppsala :
Frost on stigs
Stockholm : the old town (Gamla Stan)
Quiet lake in the Falun area
Falun mining town, where the red paint, based on a copper residue, comes from.