As I told you before, I was born in Seville but my dad is from Sweden. Here is a presentation of my father´s family in Sweden!
Into The Wild
My dad was born in a very small village in the north of Sweden. It´s called Åkroken and when he was young, there were 13 people living in the village. Now there are only 4 people: my grandparents and another couple. Below you will see a map of Sweden with the village of Åkroken highlighted, and also Stockholm, the capital of Sweden:
The needle is where Åkroken is. The hear indicates Stockholm,
the Swedish capital.
Åkroken is part of a slightly bigger village called Graninge but there are only around 500 inhabitants in the whole area. My dad calls it "The Village where nothing happens", please see:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/48817800501
Åkroken lies about 500 km north of Stockholm, it takes about 5-6 hours to travel from Stockholm to Åkroken by car/train.
It can be very cold in winter, down to minus 30 degrees Celsius. And there can be a lot of snow, as you can see here:
View from my grandparents house in winter
My Swedish grandparents
This my grandmother Ammi and my grandfather Torbjörn! My grandma was born in 1952 so she is 70 years old. My grandfather was born in 1947 so he is 75. I will celebrate his 76 birthday with him this year, on the 19th of January!
My grandfather Torbjörn worked in the construction industry but now he is retired. My grandma Ammi took care of the farm (cows, horse, hens, pigs...) they had before (until 1990 something) and then she worked as a kindergarten teacher, as a chef and at retirement home. My grandmother is also a pensioner now.
My grandparents house in Åkroken, Graninge, Sweden
My aunt and my cousins
My aunt Ninni & me, summer 2021
My aunt, Faster Ninni, was born in 1978 so she is 44 years old. She is 4 years younger than my father.
She is a nutrionist and works at a spa/health center. She is also a personal trainer. She is fit as a flee indeed... We spend a lot of time together when I am in Sweden and we have a lot of fun!
This is my cousin Ida. She is 26 years old (1996). She lives in Stockholm and works at the Swedish Police.
This is my cousin Hugo. He was born in 2004 so he is 18 years old. He studies at high school, to become a plumber. He likes to drive his EPA-traktor (a car but you cannot drive fast with it) and his snowmobile in winter. He goes to the gym and plays football. He spends all his free-time with his friends.
This is my cousin Ville. He is 14 years old (2008). Ville likes to go fishing and to be with his friends. He goes everywhere by bike. He goes to the gym and likes to do downhill skiing in winter.
My grandparents, my aunt and my dad. Sweden, summer 2022
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.jpeg "Mis primas Frida (izquierda) y Emilia (centro), julio 2022")
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