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Selma Lagerlöf poetically recorded old Norse fairytales and profoundly influenced Swedish identity. Her work was so brilliant, she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. In old age, she turned her poetic pen to her own life, recalling winters in the 1860s at her beloved Varmland farmhouse, Mårbaka.
For our annual Christmas Special, we bring her poignant memoirs to life, accompanied by an audio feast of traditional Swedish music. God Jul!
You can find a digital copy of Mårbaka and all of Selma Lagerlöf’s books at Project Gutenberg. Selma’s home at Mårbaka is now a museum.
painted by Carl Larsson, 1908
image courtesy of Mårbacka
photo by Ulf Z
image courtesy of Mårbacka
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Music featured in this episode was provided by
Blås, Balg & Tagel, Haga Vokalensemble, MrsBean 1987, Kevin MacLeod, Aaron Kenny, DJ Williams, The Westerlies, and Wayne Jones.
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