Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-31
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
LIVELY SPORT IN STOCKHOLM
Skating Rink Mt the Athletic Ground
Furnishes Entertainment
for Hundreds.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm

IN stockholm offers during these brisk
picturesque scene, with a skating rink
n its midst. on which hundreds Of the
general public perform their evoiu-
lions, while the masters of the art
s~killfully execute their ti!Tcres within
the space reserved for them. where
sometimes a couple ofhOckey teams vie
with each other in skill and supple
ness Of movement. But skate sailing
holds a higher place in Sweden than
in any other country Of Europe. The
sport is nowadays carried on through
out nearly the whole of central and
southern Sweden, the heavy snowfall
III the north of the country preventing
It's exercise there. 1t may thus be
said that Stockholm is the center for
this branch Of sport also. There eX-
lists in the capital a very active skate
sailing club, which arranges collective
trips, issues ice reports every Satur-
day, and so on. In the ska~te-sailing
matches last year there were once as
many as 40 competitors, who started
simultaneously along a great ford,
which runs for miles within land. Ice
yachting is another kind Of ice sport
which is much in vogue at present,
Ice yachting clubs, too, exist in Stock
holm, and one can see their yachts
rushing over the frozen surface Of the
"Storavartan," a large ford In the
neighborhood Of the city and the chief
place Of resort for the members of
the clubs. The construction Of Ice
yachts is continually being brought
nearer to perfection and the same may
be said of the skill Of those who
handle them. THE society for the
promotion of skid running" arranges
every winter great national csinpeti-
tons. as well as local meetings in the
vicinity of the capital, where first
class skid hills are arranged. There
are a great number of skid running
clubs in various parts Of the country
and these. too. arrange club matches,
so that, altogether, more than one hun
dred competitions in skid running take
place every winter in Sweden. These
matches are of q magnificent descrip-
ton and awaken a feeling of the
greatest wonder in those who have not
witnessed them before, especially
when n competitor is seer to make
q bold spring into the air from some
projecting point and come to the
ground about thirty-three yards from
the starting point, after having fallen
Through a height equal to that of a
two story house.
Count Rosen has now begun his
term of Imprisonment at Langholmen.
He seems to be in good spirits and
has attracted attention among his
guards because of his genial and win
ming ways. He is fond of gymnastics
and takes lots Of exercise in his cell.
Christmas at Langholmen is always
q dull period and the count seemed ter
ribly depressed. Two or three of his
nearest relatives were allowed to see
him for a few minutes Christmas day.
He receives exactly the same food and
the same treatment as the other pris-
oneFs.
Church dedications are not as COM
mon in Sweden as they are in Ameri-
ca. There are many places that do
not have a church dedication in a
hundred years or more. But the town
of Falun had n IN the first Sunday
of December last. The dedication SER
mon was preached by Bishop Lovgren
and the music was furnished by a
musical organization OF the city, con-
sisting of 800 voices. In the summer
of 1902 the work was begun on the
erection of the new temple, the build
ing cost Of which amounts to 200. 900
crowns.
George Skanberg, one of Stock
holm's leading actors. died very sud-
denly from heart disease about two
weeks ago, aged 40 years. During his
entire theatrical career-a period of
twenty years-he had been connected
with the Dramatic theater and won
q reputation for himself which many
a Swedish actor would well envy. He
possessed an excellent figure, a mag
nificent voice and rendered his parts
In a free natural way and proved him
self an actor according to closest
definition of that term.
Ex-United States Minister w. w.
Thomas sent as a Christmas gift a
beautiful silver loving cup to j. f.
Elfstrom, Of Aspes, bearing the fol-
lowing inscriptions: Hearty thanks
for ten years services on the glorious
Fjells-Christmas, 1906" For a num-
Der Of years Mr.. Elfstrom has been
Mr.. Thomas guide during his long
hunting trips in this section OF the
country.
Johan Kindborg. the landscape
painter, died In Stockholm Jan. 4 after
= few days illness. During the past
Eve years he had made wonderful
progress as an artist and had he lived
to complete the work he started would
undoubtedly have taken rank as one
Of Sweden's greatest painters.
Crown Princess Victoria spent the
holidays in Berlin. She IL in I'll
health and has been so for many years.
The crown princess will spend the re-
mainder Of the winter In Italy.
The medical board Of the hospital
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