Hello Dagmar sorry for my lateness.  Thanx for the invite I am happy to be here and I am pleased to hear that you love Sweden - where you are sounds so beautiful and serene.  I have only even been to Australia and Rarotonga I have never been to Europe.  But I am moving next year to Australia, Melbourne my youngest son lives there with my daughter-in-law and my two grandsons - and I am looking forward to that - it is a big move for a 67 yr old but it will be like a great big adventure.  Which I guess is what you are experiencing now.

Thanx again for the invite Dagmar and I wish you happiness and peace in your new home.

Love, Light & Blessings. jos

Hello Dagmar thanks, I'm happy to be here. 

 I'm also a Reiki Master...

and I teach T'ai Chi and qigong.

Walk in Peace                                  

Dagmar, thanks for the invitation.  I look forward to reading about people in your countries, Sweden and Norway.  I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and originally many years ago came from South Africa.  I like living here, it is a pleasant city and known as one of the most ethnically diverse there is.  I am fond of smorgasbord when I get this chance!

and nice to see you stepping in.... this group has been very quiet for a while and maybe we can revitalize it a bit

thank you for your invitation !!! I will lern many things from Sweden in your group !!!

marieemma

Hi everyone, I am Amanda from Illinois in the United States. I do not know much about Swedan but was interested in joining the group from Dagmar's invitation. I do not travel much but will enjoy reading about other people's travels and how they have come to enjoy the area. Thank you for inviting me to the group.

Thank You so much Dagmar for inviting me to this group. I hope to learn a bit as I have never been to Sweden.I do hope to one day who knows? I am so happy to see so many others I know and a few I do not.Love to you all, Susie.

Hello,
Thank you Dagmar for the invitation to this group. I am always interested in learning about new places,cultures ect...
I am an American as you know. I have never been out of my own country,not even to Canada which is right next door. Unless a rich Uncle leaves me a lot of money or I win a lottery,I probably won't be venturing any farther than my own country. And there is so much of my own country that I have yet to see.
I do look forward to learning more from this group.

Michelle

Hi Dagmar,
Thanks for inviting me to this group, my friend. I so look forward to learning about Norwegian culture. I love the idea of expanding my friend circle around the world and hope to be enriched by so much diversity and also to enrich in whatever way I can.
I look forward to being an active member here
Love & Peace,
Cherida

Welcome to all and especially those born here in Scandinavia ...please share about all you can think of as interesting to others....

Hello all. I am happy to be here and happy to be here with you.

Though not Scandinavian, I know that we are similar. We all search for the land of the free and the clean of the Earth. We all love the same skies and share the same water. And our menaces are the same. The imaginary lines on the ground that are said to divide us serve as smokescreens and make us forget and ignore our deep nature.

So with all that I have
And all that I know
Together
Like we were before
As One People
One Life
One God
Under One sky
On One Earth
In One Universe
Bound into eternity.

Peace to All.

Hi everybody and thank you Dagmar for inviting me. This seems to be a very interesting group. Since I'm as swedish as a girl can be it is fun to read about your impressions of this country I hope I can contribute in some way later on!

Hi everyone! I am Veronica, & like Anna, as Swedish as a girl can be....SMILING!

I am born in Småland, Vetlanda  (you know Astrid Lindgren http://www.astridlindgren.se/pippi/ with Pippi Långstrump, Emil in Lönneberga, etc) + not very far from Vimmerby or Lönneberga.....

and live in Linköing, Östergötland.

Wow, Småland and Astrid, that is very swedish

At the moment I live and study in Uppsala, we had a beautiful and sunny autumn day here today and all the leaves are turning yellow and red. I love Sweden this time of the year ^^

YAY! Hello / hej där ANNA! Good luck in studies, and sunshiny day to you!

"How can one not speak about war, poverty and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?" - Isabel Allende

"Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contibute the best that they have and all that they are." - Hafsat Abiola

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last." - Marcus Aurelius

“To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.” - Christina Baldwin

Blissings, Ani 

Nice Ani! TY!

Happy weekend! (group)

Lady Athena

Welcome back,  Dagmar!

....though I had a great time in US , flying in to Stockholm and seeing the wonderland country from above , the hills, the woods and the fog was like coming home ....and YES Sweden has become home to me in this last year while my partner and I settled in Vaermland.

I think we are very fortunate and lucky that not many people like to live in cold areas , other Scandinavia would be overcrowded I guess

Well, I have to say that even though I sometimes miss the sun I don't think I could live without the cold and frosty winters and the foggy autumns that we have here!

You are so welcome, Dagmar and I am happy to have seen your Värmland/house and institute a week ago. I love the fireplace room and the house with the *veronica* door.... blink....the doggiez/catz/bear () and both of you! TACK SÅ MYCKE'! / thank you so much!

Anna =) Good....comment! Thanks! I also enjoy our seasons..even if I love sun and beaches....a little bit more...than a month....hehe.../ this year     .

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and its been such a pleasure to have you here and spend such an intense time together ... we love you, tooo !!!!!!!!!!

Hi, my name is Ginnie.  Although I live in South Carolina USA, I am looking forward to this group.  Thank you Dagmar for inviting me.  My ex brother-in-law has traveled extensively and has lived in Norway for a year.  He is back now, his current wife wanted to be closer to her kids.  But she is originally from Norway.  If he could have he would have stayed.  He loved it. 

Back in my younger years Dick and I hosted a couple of Norweigan guys in their early 20's at our farm.  They were traveling the US from coast to coast and working their way along.  They stayed with us three weeks the first time and two weeks the second time and put in fencing for our pasture.  Loved those Norwiegan pancakes they made.  They were a whole lot of fun.  One of them is an actor now and doing quite well.  We enjoy seeing him on the screen. 

I've heard so much about Norway, I'd love to visit. 

Thanks for the invitation Dagmar.

I am Charlotte, a Dane living in Ireland. My husband is also Danish and he plays nordic trad. music on 5 row acc. plus violin, guitar... He is a master-carpenter and I teach classical singing and compose a bit.

contact

Thanks for the invite! I am glad to be here, One side of Darren´s family is from Norway, he is a Vikingo

Thanks for Invitation: younger brother live in Gotenberg and is swede Indian: Not been to Swede Thanks

Ginnie, Charlotte, Teresa, Naresh

and

Thanks to you for inviting me

Hi Dagmar,
Thank you for inviting me . As I love to live in the mountains, your home land is beautiful. Thank you again
Vivianne

Greetings from San Francisco, CA, USA!
Hello Dagmar and All Members,
I am grateful for the invitation to be here.
I am first generation Finn, born in Oakland, CA, USA
Father's last name was William Theodore Lindblad. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone when it was under US control, back in 1917.... his mother (don't know her name) and father (Theodore Lindblad) were there on a Finnish ship .... My grandfather was in the Finnish Navy.
I know I have relatives in Finland because my father had two sisters, one was called Alice and they married. I might have cousins, nieces or nephews. I'd be interest in any information on Finland and the Lindblad family ... will be reading daily and posting when I come across info.
Thank you,
Corinne D.

HELLÅ (HEJ) Thanks for sharing and very welcome here new members.

Love co host

Lady Athena

If you need any help re: Finland etc let me hear 

WHASS UP!!!!!