Erik was invited by archeologist Anna Nyqvist Thorsson to Husaby Church near Skara in the Götene municipality. His task was to inspect the sandstone used in the construction of the church and the two impressive tombs lined up at each side at the entrance to
A couple, Pär Caldenby and wife, are living in the same neighbourhood Landala Egnahem as us and are the lucky owners of the prestigious and award-winning Swedish whisky distillery called 'Smögen' - read more here: https://smogenwhisky.se and https://www.whisky.nu/smogen-whisky/. As we often meet them on our
Boat trip to - not Virgin Island - but nearly as good, Vinga Island in the Swedish West coast archipelago. Actually, the first island you approach when entering Swedish water by boat. In the old days, you would have the enemy Denmark on both side.
Erik, I and the dogs went to the old town of Lödöse to inspect the sites where some of Erik's students have performed geophysical studies of the monastery hill and below the castle hill. They did this work for their Masters' studies at the University
by Erik Sturkell The annual meeting for the Geological Society 2025 in Skövde On Friday the 9th of May, the Geological Society had its annual meeting. In the afternoon, after the meeting, we had a mini conference about geo-learning, including university didactics, outreach, and more. At the end of
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell On the 19th of February I traveled to Iceland to spend a week. There were a lot of things to attend both big and small. I had hopes high to be able to visit Grindavík and to see the new lava
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell Gabrielle, Adrian, and I came down from the volcano Askja in the afternoon of the 22nd of August. The next day, Otto Hermelin and Draupnir Einarsson from Stockholm University came to Reykjahlíð to pick me up. Otto and I were the
Written by Erik Sturkell At the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University it’s possible to attend public evening courses. These are organized as evening classes and have been offered since 2001. Otto Hermelin started this successful program and together with colleagues offered courses in interesting
Erik has had a good January month and received funding from Elna Bengtson's fund in Sweden for an excursion guide to natural stones used for facades in Gothenburg. This project is carried out in collaboration with 'Kulturvård' at University of Gothenburg and the Swedish Geological
This weekend, geologist Thomas Eliasson from the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) arranged the annual Autumn excursion to the spectacular landscape of Bohuslän's granites. We met around 9:30 and we brought our two dogs with us. At age nearly 6 months, Jörfi took part in this