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SWEDEN

 

Born in the United States to Swedish parents, I spent my childhood moving between suburban Long Island, N.Y., and Sweden, where my family spent summers at an inherited cottage on the coast. I returned for good to the United States at the age of eighteen and rarely thought of Sweden for two decades, when I began to revisit the cottage and reclaim a nearly forgotten part of memory and self. 

 

The Swedish West Coast offers photographs and descriptions of the rocky coastline to the north and south of the cottage while The Midsummer Sun reflects on my experience growing up American and Swedish and the deep sense of grounding that my returns to Sweden as an adult brought. Finally, Anna's Summer in Sweden tells the story of a young girl who travels from the United States to visit her grandmother in a cottage on the Swedish coast one summer.

© Erika Alin 2026
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