After leaving Stockholm, and a brief stop in Karlstad for the e-18 loppet race, we made it to Forshaga. As
this is the town where my grandmother, Margit Vanja Bengtsson came from, it was a special stop for my
family.
Here is the location of the home we rented (via AirBnB):
This rental house had a lot of land and backed up to woods. Part of the property was a barn that had a
chicken coop and each day the kids would feed and tend to the chickens and we would get fresh eggs each
morning. The house was also on a paved path that cut through Forshaga and we would walk or roller-blade each
day along this path.
While in Forshaga our days were spent shopping for food and cooking, wandering around the beautiful
countryside, taking fika, spending time with cousins Peter and Ann Calen, taking the van for drives around
Forshaga and Karlstad, visiting Stormon, and just relaxing.
Here we are at the home of cousins Peter and Ann Calen, who were so very kind to us while we visited
Forshaga.
And here are Peter and Ann at our rental house ...
Here is the rental house ...
Fica in Forshaga ...
Here are some of the wildflowers that grow all over Forshaga.
