The KINGDOM of SWEDEN – a wonderful country of many, many islands, where they celebrate summer by singing and dancing, flowers and wine, and trips to their summer houses.
The ferry to Sweden from Helsinki is a very obvious ship, and one I used in the novel Cruise Ship Art theft… which involves the theft of art from ships to Russia and the KGB. The festival is also used…. too much. Cruise Ship Art Theft, I have said too much already.
So, it is the place of great TV drama, great music (not just from ABBA) and the less successful VASA.. the ship that sunk.
It has always been inhabited by Germanic people and had close links with Russia. More recently, in 2022, Sweden applied for NATO membership after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the NATO Summit in Madrid, it was invited to join. It is in Northern Europe, and has a bridge and tunnel link to Denmark, borders Norway and to the East is Finland.
The currency is the Swedish krona. kr. It has always voted against the Euro.
BALTIC SEA - Sweden
Port of Helsingborg, Sweden
Karlskrona ferry terminal.
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden.
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden.
Malmo.
Malmo, Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark by THE BRIDGE
If you dock in Malmo with the intention of seeing Copenhagen, you can’t walk it but the train from the central station is easy.
Malmö, Sweden – one side of the great TV series THE BRIDGE
Ships Dock Here – Google Map position Malmo is the police force Saga came from in fabulous TV show THE BRIDGE.
Sweden
ABBA VOYAGE + ABBA MUSEUM. The Future of Cruise Ship Entertainment
Abba Voyager sounds like the name of a cruise ship. So, we went to Pudding Mill Lane to investigate.
Stockholm Old Town
Stockholm is famous for 3 things, Abba, Ikea and Nobel. The Nobel Peace prize is still presented in Stockholm each year,
Stockholm Palace, Changing of the Guard
Though it is said to be famous for 3 things, Abba, Ikea, and Nobel, the Changing of the Guard to the music of a Swedish Armed Forces
Stockholm, Abba Museum / Mamma Mia – here we go again, on a tour
The Abba Museum in Djurgården in the Country that gave us the TV series The Bridge, is mega popular.
An industrial town with industries from banking and insurance, to pulp paper and aluminium.
Trelleborg is the southernmost town in Sweden. It is 10–15 kilometres west of the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian peninsula.
Strictly Human Raises Questions About Humanity and Identity
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The Good Ship Murder and Cruise Ship Crime Investigators: Spot the Similarities
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We predicted this a year ago – Ryan Air are now fully digital – don’t turn up with a paper printed boarding pass
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Celebrity Solstice in Asia 2026
The Celebrity Solstice immediately struck Elaine and Lindsey as a ship designed to impress at first glance
Chocolate Cake Day – on board ship
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Sweden
Strictly Human Raises Questions About Humanity and Identity
Dwight Ritter doesn’t walk so much as fight his way forward.His stride is wide, mechanical, his hips compensating for what his knees can no longer do. Every step is effort. Every step is victory.
A Post Re-fit Splendida is off on a Summer Adventure Across the Mediterranean Sea
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The Good Ship Murder has sailed into its third series – and not a week goes by without someone asking me, “Be honest… did they
We predicted this a year ago – Ryan Air are now fully digital – don’t turn up with a paper printed boarding pass
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Västervik is one of three coastal towns with notable population size in the province of Småland, on the mainland opposite Visby on the Island of Gotland.
Visby is on the Swedish island of Gotland.
Visby, Gotland in the Baltic Sea on a Baltic Cruise for Doris Visits
At one time the most important Hanseatic town,
VISBY, the capital of Gotland, the largest Swedish island in the Baltics
Gotland is a relaxing calming island in south East Sweden