Menu
Global Europe
  • Eastern Europe
    • Economy
    • Music
  • European Union
    • Italy
    • Ireland
  • More Continents
    • Ports in Southern Africa
    • Music in Central America
    • Asia History
  • History
    • Albania Recent History
    • Andorra Recent History
    • Armenia Recent History
    • Austria Recent History
    • Azerbaijan Recent History
    • Belarus Recent History
    • Belgium Recent History
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina Recent History
    • Bulgaria Recent History
    • Croatia Recent History
    • Czech Republic Recent History
    • Denmark Recent History
    • Estonia Recent History
    • Finland Recent History
    • France Recent History
    • Georgia Recent History
    • Germany Recent History
    • Greece Recent History
    • Hungary Recent History
    • Iceland Recent History
    • Ireland Recent History
    • Italy Recent History
    • Latvia Recent History
    • Liechtenstein Recent History
    • Lithuania Recent History
    • Luxembourg Recent History
    • Macedonia Recent History
    • Malta Recent History
    • Moldova Recent History
    • Monaco Recent History
    • Netherlands Recent History
    • Norway Recent History
    • Poland Recent History
    • Portugal Recent History
    • Romania Recent History
    • San Marino Recent History
    • Slovakia Recent History
    • Slovenia Recent History
    • Spain Recent History
    • Sweden Recent History
    • Switzerland Recent History
    • Ukraine Recent History
    • United Kingdom Recent History
    • Vatican Recent History
    • Yugoslavia Recent History
  • Arts and Literature
    • Albania Arts and Literature
    • Austria Arts and Literature
    • Belarus Arts and Literature
    • Belgium Arts and Literature
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina Arts and Literature
    • Bulgaria Arts and Literature
    • Croatia Arts and Literature
    • Czech Republic Arts and Literature
    • Denmark Arts and Literature
    • Estonia Arts and Literature
    • Finland Arts and Literature
    • France Arts and Literature
    • Germany Arts and Literature
    • Greece Arts and Literature
    • Hungary Arts and Literature
    • Iceland Arts and Literature
    • Italy Arts and Literature
    • Latvia Arts and Literature
    • Lithuania Arts and Literature
    • Luxembourg Arts and Literature
    • Malta Arts and Literature
    • Moldova Arts and Literature
    • Montenegro Arts and Literature
    • Netherlands Arts and Literature
    • Northern Macedonia Arts and Literature
    • Norway Arts and Literature
    • Poland Arts and Literature
    • Portugal Arts and Literature
    • Romania Arts and Literature
    • Serbia Arts and Literature
    • Slovakia Arts and Literature
    • Slovenia Arts and Literature
    • Spain Arts and Literature
    • Sweden Arts and Literature
    • Switzerland Arts and Literature
    • Ukraine Arts and Literature
    • United Kingdom Arts and Literature
  • Mass Media
    • Mass Media in Czech Republic
    • Mass Media in Denmark
    • Mass Media in Eastern Europe
    • Mass Media in Finland
    • Mass Media in France
    • Mass Media in Germany
    • Mass Media in Greece
    • Mass Media in Iceland
    • Mass Media in Italy
    • Mass Media in Lithuania
    • Mass media in Netherlands
    • Mass Media in North America
    • Mass Media in Northern Europe
    • Mass Media in Norway
    • Mass Media in Oceania and Australia
    • Mass Media in Russia
    • Mass Media in South America
    • Mass Media in Southern Europe
    • Mass Media in Spain
    • Mass Media in UK
    • Mass Media in Ukraine
    • Mass Media in Western Europe
Global Europe

Aland Arts and Literature

Posted on December 1, 2020August 14, 2020 by globalsciencellc

Literature

Distinctive nature, shifting history and the mobility that characterizes life in an island form the background to the Ålandic literature, which is and has always been rich in abilities.

An early writer read on the islands was Hanna Rönnberg, who portrayed both folk and artist life in Åland. Two slightly later authors were Helle Hellberg and Georg Kåhre (pseudonym Stefan Sylvander). The former wrote tight countryside stories, e.g. the cut-out novel “The Gift of Gloria” (1923), the latter mainly lyric. In 1936, Sally Salminen from Vårdö won a Nordic prize competition with “Katrina”, a novel about an Åland woman who, despite poverty and other adversities, manages to create opportunities for her own. The novel is still being read and translated into twenty languages. Her name, the essayist and literary researcher Johannes Salminen, in her writing has emphasized strongly her Ålandic background.

Joel Pettersson, farmer’s son from Lemland, was a contemporary proseist in many respects, something that first emerged in the 1970’s, when his abandoned, previously unpublished texts were discovered and began to be published by Valdemar Nyman, himself author of historical novels. Anni Blomqvist, as well as Sally Salminen from Vårdö, made herself known through her autobiographical and psychologically astute novels about the life of Åland fishermen, among others. “The Storm Cutting Suite” (1–5, 1968–73). Ulla-Lena Lundberg from Kökar has been noted for her book on the home island (1976) and, above all, for her trilogy about an Åland seafarer family (1989–95) that depicts the development of Åland society through its people, from the mid-19th century to the present.

Arts

One of Åland’s first artists was Karl Emanuel Jansson, active around 1870, who during his short life became known for his interiors and human depictions. A little later, landscape painter Victor Westerholm appeared in Åland. He created here a colony of outdoor painters, the Önningby colony, which was very lively around the turn of the century. In our own time, Guy Frisk and Johan Scott have also been noticed outside of Åland.

Folk culture

The traditional folk culture in Åland has its roots in a population of farmers, fishermen and sailors, spread over an island world that served as a cultural bridge between Sweden and Finland. Åland also serves as a meeting place for Western and Eastern cultural expressions. The maritime touch has been strong; The seamen’s auditors have a central place in folklore and sailing ships belong to the shipping symbols in the numerous corn sticks (midsummer sticks) that are erected on Åland.

The older settlements are grouped into villages, and the farms lay around a yard like the North Swedish farm. The houses were divided into farms and farms. Among the economy buildings there were pillars and sheds for eg. men’s and women’s clothing, respectively.

The wedding customs were marked by grand ceremonies in which, for example, erected wedding trees and wedding gates.

The Åland peasant culture is especially nurtured in the open air museum Jan Karlsgården, near Kastelholm Castle in Sund. Black bread, now sweet, and the Åland pancake, previously made on seabird eggs, are included in the traditional diet of the Ålanders.

Recent Posts

  • History of the Netherlands
  • Portugal Attractions
  • Politics and Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • France Attractions
  • Politics and Economy of Malta

Categories

©2022 Global Europe