↟ Native Scandinavian Americans ↟

In the year 1867 – 1869 there was a severe famine in Scandinavia, the last major one in Northern Europe. The bad harvests during these years contributed to a great emigration of native Scandinavians to America, Vinland – where the soil was more fertile and much land was given for a small amount of money.

During the beginning of the 1860s, Sweden had suffered poor harvests on several occasions, and spring and summer were much colder than usual due to long winters all over Scandinavia. In 1867 it was still snow in May, and no ships could go through the ice. It was hard to transport and distribute emergency food supplies to the already starving areas. As late as in Midsummer same year, was the first time you could start sowing – that's how cold it really was. The late spring was then followed by a very short summer and an...- continues in comment below ⬇️

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↟ Something that is more precious than any gold is where the soil thrives. Native Scandinavian from Sweden with an ancient traditional instrument called Näverlur 🌲

Näverlur – Lúðrblást/Norse Hornblést (Birch Horn), is an ancient traditional Scandinavian instrument made of wood of fir and birch. The instrument is dating back 1100 years ago and the oldest Näverlur that has been found in Sweden can be tracked back as far as 900s.

The Näverlur is associated with the old Scandinavian "fäbod-culture" where it was used to attract the animals to come home, scare predators, to keep evil forest creatures away (creatures form our Scandinavian folklore), and to send different messages to other villages over long distances. The sound from a Näverlur has the capacity to travel up to more than 5 kilometres.

There are different melodies for different messages and it was...- continues in comment below ⬇️

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↟ Vitsippa – Anemone Nemorosa L.

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Vitsippan är en Nordisk vildblomma som tillhör släktet ranunkelväxter och växer vilt här i Skandinavien. De blommar tidigt om våren, beroende på kyla och snö. I Skandinavien blommar dem nu och redan tidigt i April kan vi skåda dessa vackra blommor likt ett vitt hav av vitsippor. 

Vitsippan frodas i skogs -och hagmark samt lundar. Blomman sluter sig och böjer sig mot marken på kvällen, för att sedan öppna upp sig på förmiddagen igen. Likt majoriteten av vår svenska Flora och Fauna, så var det Carl von Linné som upptäckte och namngav denna blomma. På Linnés tid kallades den då för 'vitlock' och idag i Hälsingland kallas vitsippan för 'Tjälblomster'. Vitsippan är för oss Skandinaver ett tydligt vårtecken, nu vet vi att våren är här för att stanna. Gå ut och återta kontakten med naturen 🤍

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