Christmas 2022 was celebrated with my mother in her new home in Gundsømagle in Denmark. Less space of course than in her old house but it worked pretty well with 3 people, 2 dogs and 2 cats. We went around to friends and neighbours in
Erik's father Carl-Edvard Sturkell peacefully passed away on December 8 in the afternoon at Dufvegården in Katrineholm. He was born on 2 November 1924 in Katrineholm and thus recently reached the honourable age of 98. Carl-Edvard always said he had no ambition to become 100
Earlier in the week we went to Katrineholm to visit Erik's father Carl Edvard who is now quite old (97) and staying at an elderly home. If life and health allows it, he will turn 98 in early November - an impressive age but his
While Erik was on fieldwork in Iceland, I spent two weeks at my mother's new home in Gundsømagle, Denmark. It gave me a chance to meet a lot of friends, to socialise the puppy Jörfi, and to do some work with colleagues in Denmark. The
Finally, after 15 weeks of waiting we could welcome Smooth Collie Jörfi to our home. She travelled all the way from Dordrecht in the Netherlands on a long journey by car to first Denmark and then Sweden. Back home, a very curious Deli and delighted
Directly after returning from Greenland, I continued with my mother by car to the Netherlands. The main purpose was to pick up our pup 'Jörfi', but it gave us the possibility for a short family visit, too. We finally had the chance to celebrate my
Louise, daughter of my cousin Michael Heldrup and his wife Helene Wolff, celebrated her school days are over after graduating from high school. This meant that the whole family and friends could join her in celebration on a sunny Sunday in June. Next stop for
My mother Marlous and my aunt Helma Stockmann came to visit us in Gothenburg, which happened to coincide with the Swedish midsummer celebration. This is one of the most important traditions of Sweden and fun for foreigners to experience. I took my mother and Helma
Erik is turning 60 on Wednesday but decided to have his birthday party this weekend. Colleagues, friends and family were invited and almost 50 guests showed up including 5 children and 3 dogs. Erik had hired Julius with friend Matthias to take care of the
As Erik was going with the Glaciological Society of Iceland 'JÖRFÍ' up on the Vatnajökull glacier and needed transport to Copenhagen Airport, I decided to spend the time in Denmark at my mother's new home, and celebrate my 50+ birthday with friends in Gundsømagle. It's