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Sweden: A Hundred Years Ago

Sweden: A Hundred Years Ago

A self-taught photographer, John Alinder spent his life in Uppland, a region north of Stockholm. His portraits of the inhabitants of his village are brought together for the first time in book form: images unusual for the time, taken in a garden-turned-studio to better highlight the character of the sitters.

 © Upplandsmuseet, John Alinder Welcome to rural Sweden at the turn of the twentieth century: a whole village strikes a pose before John Alinder’s camera (1878–1957). Some have come wearing their Sunday best, others in their work clothes. Some h...

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