Phantom Runes

On the elusive marks on the Vinsa Stone – and the first expedition they launched beyond the Arctic Circle (1687).

Feb 19 • Bernhard

Threshold to Elysium (part II)

Encounters with the present reality of the Ljusnan River – from seeking lands of myth to a pilgrimage of awe.

Feb 12

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Seasons of Remembering

Encountering a village submerged by the damming of the Ljusnan River.

Feb 5 • Bernhard

January 2026

The Mountain on a Needle Tip

How Olof Rudbeck used botany to anchor the Atlas Mountains in the North.

Jan 29 • Bernhard

Ashen Flowers

A burnt forest, an atlas depicting all plants on earth, and the traces of Rudbeck's Elysian vision that survived the inferno.

Jan 22 • Bernhard

Threshold to Elysium (pt. I)

Scouting along the banks of Ljusnan and the 'Elysian Fields' of ancient myth – landscapes that shaped "Frozen Atlantis".

Jan 11 • Bernhard

December 2025

The Calendar Guys

A hitchhiker's guide through the Swedish province, following the traces of a 1675 expedition.

Dec 9, 2025 • Bernhard

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November 2025

The Stone in the Green Valley

From a furrowed rock in Patagonia to an enigmatic stone in Sweden’s North – a journey tracing how we project meaning.

Nov 17, 2025 • Bernhard

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The Flowers

Wandering through Dag Hammarskjöld's inner landscapes, from a discovery in his copy of the 'Atlantica'.

Nov 17, 2025 • Bernhard

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The Beard of Atlas

Following a 17th-century panorama to the Swedish mountains – resurfacing in their 21st-century reality.

Nov 17, 2025 • Bernhard

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Atlantis Ablaze

On the Great Fire of Uppsala (1702) that turned the collections and printing projects of Olof Rudbeck to ashes.

Nov 17, 2025 • Bernhard

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New to The Notebook?

Your signpost to exploring this site.

Nov 16, 2025 • Bernhard

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