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The name of the Swedish 17th century village Grythyttan refers to a place where pots are made, since "gryta" means pot, and "hytta" is a smelting-house or foundry. The only problem with this perfectly reasonable-sounding linguistic theory is that, as far as the historians know, no pots have ever been made in Grythyttan!
Don't be surprised if you see the Swedish Prime Minister or various other celebrities strolling by outside your window as you enjoy your meal at Grythyttan Inn. This is a very special inn and restaurant which attracts prominent visitors from all over the world, despite its location a 3 1/2 hours drive from Stockholm. When I visited Grythyttan for a three course dinner in summer 2005, a group of six Brazilian journalists wearing traditional party hats were enjoying a cray...
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... role model, the Egyptian had much bigger shoes to fill. . "Your parents are your idols. Whether y..., a sport and leisure centre, and an 18-hole golf course. . In the referendum that followed, an impr...
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...Armada, Stereophonics, Jet, . Blood Red Shoes, Amy . MacDonald and many more . Locality: Gurten ...Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open--golf tournament . Locality: Golf Club Gerre, Losone . P...
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Each spring Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, about a half hour inland from Malibu, Calif. welcomes a large crowd to a festival with true Nordic roots - Scandinavian Feslival, sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Hislorical Foundation with support from California Lutheran University. And it doesn't get more Scandinavian than this; the Festival began as a celebration of the college and the history of the Conejo Valley, which was settled by predominantly Norwegians in the 1890s, and is the brainchild of the late Swedish-American Professor Armour Nelson and the late Norwegian-American John Nordberg.
[Clausen] has two former employees of the private university to thank for the annual celebration. The late Amour Nelson, a Swedish-American archivist and English professor, and Jo...
..., conceived of the idea while playing golf 35 years ago. Nelson wanted to show off his collec... and vendors selling everything from wooden shoes to paintings along the campus' main thoroughfare. ...
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...Bad Ragaz . 08-09.08.2008: PGA Seniors Open Golf Tournament . Locality: 18-Loch . Championship Cour... Swiss championship for throwing military shoes . Phone: 027 475 1370 . Info: www.zinal.ch . Art &...