lena och riddaren dansa rosenlundsgatan

lena och riddaren dansa rosenlundsgatanPoster with the painting Lena and the Knight Dance by John Bauer from 1915. The picture was an illustration for WE Bjrk's fairy tale The Golden Keys in the fairy tale collection Among Elves and Trolls . The story is about the poor shepherd girl Lena who receives a golden key that leads to the garden of her dreams. The key is a secret she is not allowed to tell, but despite this she sacrifices eternal happiness to save the young king and eventually

Hilma af Klint is considered to be one of Sweden's foremost female artists of all time

Poster with August Strindberg's painting Wonderland from 1894

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Where male gymnastics was more focused on strength and explosiveness

This photo was taken in 1904

The oldest discovered octopus fossils date back to 500 million years ago

the Nordic countries and England

Sweden's first "chauffeuse" at the steering wheel of an Oldsmobil on Södermalm in Stockholm in 1904

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the magpie was associated with witchcraft

A military parade at Gärdet

Zorn worked primarily in watercolor