Coming Events


During the 2023 season we are showing an exhibition called “Not to Encumber the Earth” about Dag Hammarskjöld’s thoughts on the preservation of nature.

 

Saturday June 3 at 3 pm, 2023 the Chairperson of STF, Pia Jönsson Rajgård, will inaugurate the exhibition.

 

Eva Selin, landscape antiquarian and the curator of the exhibition, will give a speech.

 

The PAX choir will under the leadership of Håkan Olsson perform musical compositions inspired by Markings.

  

Three lectures related to the exhibition are planned during the season:

 Saturday July 29, 2023 “Hammarskjöld’s mountain life and perspective on nature - with glimpses of everyday life”.  Eva Selin, PhD and landscape antiquarian at Gotland’s Museum.

  Saturday August 12, 2023 “Beautiful is the Earth – about the mountains, the weather and all that has not yet been lost”. Mats Söderlund talks about his new book.


     Saturday August 26, 2023 “Our Lapland glaciers in an increasingly warmer climate”. Per Holmlund, professor of glaciology at Stockholm University.


Other events

Saturday July 15, 2023 Staffan Carlsson presents his book about Dag Hammarskjöld as politician and talks about the book with Albert Bonnier.

Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September, 2023 "Backåkra Poetry and Prose"

Lectures start at 17.00, tickets to each lecture 200 SEK (including the museum).

 

All lectures are in Swedish.