{"id":2683,"date":"2023-08-07T02:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:51:54","slug":"sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden &#8211; Day 4. Family history and cousin Britt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2683\" class=\"elementor elementor-2683\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c48321c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c48321c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c71ea65\" data-id=\"c71ea65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e31e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e31e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Back to posting after several busy days of visiting.\u00a0<br \/>On day 4 cousin Torsten picked us up in Uppsala and we drove to several stops. First was Lovstabruk which is a town where our ancestors were smiths who had come to Sweden from France long ago.<\/p><p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-56f289c58ebc8b03733a86ae9aea70b9-2683'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"14\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"14\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Lovstabruk\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t\t<h3>And the actual palace.  Our ancestors did not live here.<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/lovstabruk\/IMG_1536.jpeg?t=1691395529'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/lovstabruk\/IMG_1536.jpeg?t=1691395529\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/lovstabruk\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1536.jpeg?t=1691395529\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"54\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_1536.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"And the actual palace.  Our ancestors did not live here.\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"56f289c58ebc8b03733a86ae9aea70b9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title='And the actual palace.  Our ancestors did not live here.'\n\t\t\t\talt='And the actual palace.  Our ancestors did not live here.'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/lovstabruk\/IMG_1536.jpeg?t=1691395529'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-53'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt\/nggallery\/image\/img_1541\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-53'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt\/nggallery\/image\/img_1541\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t2\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec1502 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec1502\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a61d548\" data-id=\"a61d548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e049b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e049b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We next met up with cousin Britt and her husband Stig in H\u00e5lln\u00e4s where we visited a graveyard with some family graves. \u00a0 My Aunt Kaaren came to Sweden some years ago and left some of grandmother Elma\u2019s ashes at this memorial. <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2695\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1554-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-951a5fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"951a5fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9125d10\" data-id=\"9125d10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-967c62d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"967c62d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We then stopped at the house where Elma was born and were joined by cousin Jan-Olaf, Britt\u2019s brother, and his wife Rosemary. The house has been remodeled some but the oak tree that was there when Elma was a baby is still standing. Just a whole lot bigger. \u00a0We then went to Britt and Stig\u2019s house for fika and a walk to the Baltic Sea. \t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-d05640efa899bd92265b3c0c686ae070-2683'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"15\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"15\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Hallnas\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t\t<h3>The Baltic Sea<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/hallnas\/IMG_1564.jpeg?t=1691396934'\n\t\t\ttitle=' '\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/hallnas\/IMG_1564.jpeg?t=1691396934\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/hallnas\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1564.jpeg?t=1691396934\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"59\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_1564.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"The Baltic Sea\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\" \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"d05640efa899bd92265b3c0c686ae070\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title='The Baltic Sea'\n\t\t\t\talt='The Baltic Sea'\n\t\t\t\tsrc='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/hallnas\/IMG_1564.jpeg?t=1691396934'\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-nav'>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='back'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-prev'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-prev-57'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt\/nggallery\/image\/img_0805\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='next'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class='ngg-browser-next'\n\t\t\t\t\tid='ngg-next-60'\n\t\t\t\t\thref='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-4-family-history-and-cousin-britt\/nggallery\/image\/img_1568\/'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='counter'>\n\t\t\t\tImage\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t\tof\t\t\t\t6\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser-desc'>\n\t\t\t<p> <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to posting after several busy days of visiting. On day 4 cousin Torsten picked us up in Uppsala and we drove to several stops. First was Lovstabruk which is a town where our ancestors were smiths who had come to Sweden from France long ago. We next met up with cousin Britt and her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2729,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions\/2729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}