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The Emigrants #1
丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳
賰鬲丕亘 賮賷賱賴賱賲 "丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳" 賴賵 賯氐丞 賲賱丨賲賷丞 鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 賴噩乇丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 廿賱賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷丞
賵賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賷氐賵乇 賲賵亘賷乇睾 鬲賱賰 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱丞 丕賱賲賮氐賱賷丞 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳貙 賵賷鬲毓賯亘 亘丨爻丕爻賷丞 賴丕卅賱丞 鬲賳丕賵亘 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱兀賲賱 賵丕賱丨賳賷賳貙 賵丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇睾賲 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 毓賱賶 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賲賳賮賶.
賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 兀賰亘乇 賴噩乇丞 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 丨鬲賶 亘賱睾鬲 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賱賷賵賳 賲賴丕噩乇 賷賲孬賱賵賳 乇亘毓 丕賱爻賰丕賳 丌賳匕丕賰貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 賵氐賮鬲 亘丕賱賰丕乇孬賷丞.
賵鬲賲賰賳 賲賵亘乇睾 賲賳 亘賷毓 賲賱賷賵賳賷 賳爻禺丞 賲賳 乇亘丕毓賷鬲賴貙 賵鬲乇噩賲鬲 兀毓賲丕賱賴 廿賱賶 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 20 賱睾丞 毓丕賱賭賻賭賲賷丞. 賵鬲賲孬賱 賲賱丨賲丞 (丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳)貙 胤亘賯丕 賱鬲氐賳賷賮 丕賱賳賯丕丿貙 乇賵丕賷丞 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賱丕毓賵丿丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷丞.
鬲丨丿孬 賲賵亘乇睾 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 "丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳" 毓賳 丕賱兀爻乇 丕賱兀賵賱賶 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇乇鬲 鬲乇賰 丕賱賵胤賳 賵丕賱賴噩乇丞 廿賱賶 兀賲賷乇賰丕 賲賳匕 爻賳丞 1850貙 賵鬲鬲丕賱鬲 廿賱賶 爻賳丞 1930. 賵賰丕賳 賱賰賱 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳賴丕 兀爻亘丕亘賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞貙 賵賮賷 賲賯丿賲鬲賴丕 丕賱兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱丕賯鬲氐丕丿賷丞貙 丕賴鬲賲 賲賵亘乇睾 亘鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賮賷 禺胤賺 賲賵丕夭賺 賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲賴 亘丕賱兀丿亘..
賮賷賱賴賱賲 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賵丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲亘乇 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳貙 丨丕夭 毓賱賶 毓丿丞 噩賵丕卅夭 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賰丕賳 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱兀爻賲丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲 乇卮賷丨賴丕 賱噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱丌丿丕亘 賵賳丕賱 卮賴乇丞 毓丕賱賲賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇亘丕毓賷鬲賴 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿賲鬲 賮賷 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賲賱丕賳 賲賳賴丕.
賵賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賷氐賵乇 賲賵亘賷乇睾 鬲賱賰 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱丞 丕賱賲賮氐賱賷丞 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳貙 賵賷鬲毓賯亘 亘丨爻丕爻賷丞 賴丕卅賱丞 鬲賳丕賵亘 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱兀賲賱 賵丕賱丨賳賷賳貙 賵丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇睾賲 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 毓賱賶 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賲賳賮賶.
賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 兀賰亘乇 賴噩乇丞 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 丨鬲賶 亘賱睾鬲 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賱賷賵賳 賲賴丕噩乇 賷賲孬賱賵賳 乇亘毓 丕賱爻賰丕賳 丌賳匕丕賰貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 賵氐賮鬲 亘丕賱賰丕乇孬賷丞.
賵鬲賲賰賳 賲賵亘乇睾 賲賳 亘賷毓 賲賱賷賵賳賷 賳爻禺丞 賲賳 乇亘丕毓賷鬲賴貙 賵鬲乇噩賲鬲 兀毓賲丕賱賴 廿賱賶 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 20 賱睾丞 毓丕賱賭賻賭賲賷丞. 賵鬲賲孬賱 賲賱丨賲丞 (丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳)貙 胤亘賯丕 賱鬲氐賳賷賮 丕賱賳賯丕丿貙 乇賵丕賷丞 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賱丕毓賵丿丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷丞.
鬲丨丿孬 賲賵亘乇睾 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 "丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳" 毓賳 丕賱兀爻乇 丕賱兀賵賱賶 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇乇鬲 鬲乇賰 丕賱賵胤賳 賵丕賱賴噩乇丞 廿賱賶 兀賲賷乇賰丕 賲賳匕 爻賳丞 1850貙 賵鬲鬲丕賱鬲 廿賱賶 爻賳丞 1930. 賵賰丕賳 賱賰賱 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳賴丕 兀爻亘丕亘賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞貙 賵賮賷 賲賯丿賲鬲賴丕 丕賱兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱丕賯鬲氐丕丿賷丞貙 丕賴鬲賲 賲賵亘乇睾 亘鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賮賷 禺胤賺 賲賵丕夭賺 賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲賴 亘丕賱兀丿亘..
賮賷賱賴賱賲 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賵丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲亘乇 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳貙 丨丕夭 毓賱賶 毓丿丞 噩賵丕卅夭 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賰丕賳 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱兀爻賲丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲 乇卮賷丨賴丕 賱噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱丌丿丕亘 賵賳丕賱 卮賴乇丞 毓丕賱賲賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇亘丕毓賷鬲賴 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿賲鬲 賮賷 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賲賱丕賳 賲賳賴丕.
432 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1949
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About the author
Vilhelm Moberg
167听books193听followersVilhelm Moberg was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater best known for his Emigrant series of novels about Swedish emigrants to America. He also wrote other novels and plays and also participated in public debates about the Swedish monarchy, bureaucracy, and corruption. Among other works are Raskens (1927) and Ride This Night (1941), a historical novel of a 17th-century rebellion in Sm氓land acknowledged for its subliminal but widely recognised criticism against the Hitler regime.
A noted public intellectual and debater in Sweden, he was noted for very vocal criticism of the Swedish monarchy (most notably after the Haijby affair), likening it with a servile government by divine mandate, and publicly supporting its replacement with a Swiss-style confederal republic. He spoke out aggressively against the policies of Nazi Germany, the Greek military junta, and the Soviet Union, and his works were among those destroyed in Nazi book burnings. In 1971, he scolded Prime Minister Olof Palme for refusing to offer the Nobel Prize in Literature to its recipient Alexander Solzhenitsyn 鈥� who was refused permission to attend the ceremony in Stockholm 鈥� through the Swedish embassy in Moscow.
A noted public intellectual and debater in Sweden, he was noted for very vocal criticism of the Swedish monarchy (most notably after the Haijby affair), likening it with a servile government by divine mandate, and publicly supporting its replacement with a Swiss-style confederal republic. He spoke out aggressively against the policies of Nazi Germany, the Greek military junta, and the Soviet Union, and his works were among those destroyed in Nazi book burnings. In 1971, he scolded Prime Minister Olof Palme for refusing to offer the Nobel Prize in Literature to its recipient Alexander Solzhenitsyn 鈥� who was refused permission to attend the ceremony in Stockholm 鈥� through the Swedish embassy in Moscow.
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April 4, 2017
History and literature in happy marriage!
I have grown increasingly impatient with historical fiction in recent years, but this opus magnum in four heavy volumes by Vilhelm Moberg is still one of my favourite reading experiences of all time. I must have read the books at least three or four times, and I can't even recall how many times I watched the well-made movie. I even went so far as to travel to Karlshamn and to stand in reverence and awe in front of the Emigrant Monument, featuring the two main characters of the series, Karl-Oscar and Kristina Nilsson. In accordance with their personalities, Karl-Oscar looks straight forward facing the ocean, while Kristina hesitantly turns around towards the Swedish country-side she will always call home, but never see again, once she boards the ship for America.
I love the musical as well, created by Benny Andersson and Bj枚rn Ulvaeus, the two Bs in ABBA. Hardly a day goes by without me asking my son to play the theme "Guldet blev till sand" on the piano while I cook dinner, telling the story of a young Swedish adventurer who returns completely broken to his farming brother Karl-Oscar in Minnesota after failing to succeed in the Californian gold rush.
This 4-volume novel encompasses the quintessence of Swedish emigration and integration into American society in the 19th century. The first volume is concerned with the reasons they left the poverty and brutal social conditions in Sweden. The group which the reader follows is a mixed bag: from farmers who give up working themselves to exhaustion only to see their children starve, to adventurous youths who refuse to let their masters beat them into disability, to single-mum involuntary prostitutes who suffer from rigid moral codes and hypocrisy, to religious dreamers who collide with the harsh rules of the intolerant Swedish state church.
They pack their chests, and bring their most cherished valuables and customs, then face the ocean, and land on American soil after a dramatic sea journey. What they experience there is the typical immigrant story: the first generation struggles to settle, and pines for the "old country", while trying to keep up the traditions they once considered absolute truth and indispensable for life quality.
They register a change in their children, who slowly but steadily adopt a different way of life, and a different language. The once heavy Swedish rural dialect is lost, and English words appear instead, an early version of the now omnipresent Swenglish.
The last volume of the series, called "Sista brevet till Sverige", or "The last letter to Sweden", closes the chapter of their Swedish heritage and completes the transformation into Americans: full of Anglicisms, and of reports on the adventures of a disconnected offspring, the letter from old Karl-Oscar to his sister in the Swedish village "at home" symbolises closure. After his death, the natural links to Sweden are broken, and what remains is an identification with the original country on the other side of the ocean that has almost mythical aspects, but is not founded on knowledge anymore.
It strikes me as incredibly sad that the descendants of Karl-Oscar and Kristina seem to have forgotten how fortunate they were to be given a chance in America, and how they prospered as a result. They fled the religious and social repression of Sweden, and found an open society.
That is history. And literature. Highly recommended!
I have grown increasingly impatient with historical fiction in recent years, but this opus magnum in four heavy volumes by Vilhelm Moberg is still one of my favourite reading experiences of all time. I must have read the books at least three or four times, and I can't even recall how many times I watched the well-made movie. I even went so far as to travel to Karlshamn and to stand in reverence and awe in front of the Emigrant Monument, featuring the two main characters of the series, Karl-Oscar and Kristina Nilsson. In accordance with their personalities, Karl-Oscar looks straight forward facing the ocean, while Kristina hesitantly turns around towards the Swedish country-side she will always call home, but never see again, once she boards the ship for America.
I love the musical as well, created by Benny Andersson and Bj枚rn Ulvaeus, the two Bs in ABBA. Hardly a day goes by without me asking my son to play the theme "Guldet blev till sand" on the piano while I cook dinner, telling the story of a young Swedish adventurer who returns completely broken to his farming brother Karl-Oscar in Minnesota after failing to succeed in the Californian gold rush.
This 4-volume novel encompasses the quintessence of Swedish emigration and integration into American society in the 19th century. The first volume is concerned with the reasons they left the poverty and brutal social conditions in Sweden. The group which the reader follows is a mixed bag: from farmers who give up working themselves to exhaustion only to see their children starve, to adventurous youths who refuse to let their masters beat them into disability, to single-mum involuntary prostitutes who suffer from rigid moral codes and hypocrisy, to religious dreamers who collide with the harsh rules of the intolerant Swedish state church.
They pack their chests, and bring their most cherished valuables and customs, then face the ocean, and land on American soil after a dramatic sea journey. What they experience there is the typical immigrant story: the first generation struggles to settle, and pines for the "old country", while trying to keep up the traditions they once considered absolute truth and indispensable for life quality.
They register a change in their children, who slowly but steadily adopt a different way of life, and a different language. The once heavy Swedish rural dialect is lost, and English words appear instead, an early version of the now omnipresent Swenglish.
The last volume of the series, called "Sista brevet till Sverige", or "The last letter to Sweden", closes the chapter of their Swedish heritage and completes the transformation into Americans: full of Anglicisms, and of reports on the adventures of a disconnected offspring, the letter from old Karl-Oscar to his sister in the Swedish village "at home" symbolises closure. After his death, the natural links to Sweden are broken, and what remains is an identification with the original country on the other side of the ocean that has almost mythical aspects, but is not founded on knowledge anymore.
It strikes me as incredibly sad that the descendants of Karl-Oscar and Kristina seem to have forgotten how fortunate they were to be given a chance in America, and how they prospered as a result. They fled the religious and social repression of Sweden, and found an open society.
That is history. And literature. Highly recommended!
September 2, 2015
毓賳丿賲丕 兀賰鬲亘 毓賳 乇賵丕賷丞 賲丕 賮廿賳賳賷 兀賯乇乇 廿賳賳賷 爻丕丨賮馗賴丕 賮賷 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 貙 賵賱匕賱賰 賮廿賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩乇賳賷 賱賱賯賱賲 賱賰孬乇丞 賲丕 兀丨亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 廿賳賳賷 兀賵丿 兀賳 兀丿賵賳 亘毓囟 賲丕 爻乇賯賳賷 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷丞 貙 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲匕賴亘 亘賴 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 廿賱賶 賲賰丕賳 賱丕 鬲爻鬲毓丕丿 賲賳賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱亘丿賷毓丞 ..
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨賰賷 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賲賱丨賲丞 賴噩乇丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 廿賱賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕 兀乇囟 賰賱 丕賱廿丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 亘丨孬丕 毓賳 賲兀賵賶 貙 賱兀爻亘丕亘 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳賴丕 丕賱賮賯乇 賵丕賱氐賯賷毓 丕賱匕賷 噩賲丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 賵丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱氐禺乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賮 丨丕卅賱丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓 賵丕賱夭乇丕毓丞 貙 毓賳 丨賷丕丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賰賮丕丨 賵丕賱賰丿丨 丕賱卮丕賯 賲賯丕亘賱 丕賱囟卅賷賱 賲賲丕 鬲賯丿賲賴 丕賱兀乇囟 貙 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賰丕乇賱 賵賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 丨丕賱 亘賯賷丞 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓賷賳 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵鬲爻賵賷丞 丕賱兀乇囟 賵氐賳毓 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱噩賴賵丿 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘匕賱 賰丕賳鬲 鬲囟賷毓 賮賷 丕賱賴賵丕亍 賱賴賲 賰賲丕 廿賳 賵賮丕丞 丕亘賳鬲賴賲 亘爻亘亘 丕賱賲噩丕毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 囟乇亘鬲 丕賱爻賵賷丿 爻乇賾毓 賲賳 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賯乇丕乇 亘丕賱乇丨賷賱 ..
賱賲 賷賯賮 賲賵亘賷乇睾 毓賳丿 賴匕丕 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 乇卅賷爻賷丕 賮賷 乇丨賷賱 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 廿賳賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賱兀爻亘丕亘 兀禺乇賶 賰賲丕 賴賷 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賵乇睾亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵丕賱廿賰鬲卮丕賮 賵毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 貙 賵噩賲丕毓丞 爻鬲賮賷賳爻賵賳 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇乇鬲 丕賱乇丨賷賱 賱兀爻亘丕亘 丿賷賳賷丞 賵賲丨賱賷丞 賵爻賷丕爻賷丞 賳丕賴賷賰 毓賳 爻賷胤乇丞 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賳毓賴賲 賲賳 賲賲丕乇爻丞 卮毓丕卅乇賴賲 亘丨乇賷丞 貙 兀乇賮賷丿 賵乇睾亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賲賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱匕賷 賷囟胤賴丿賴 賵睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 兀爻亘丕亘 賰賱 匕賱賰 噩賲毓 賲賳 賴丐賱丕亍 丕賱兀卮噩丕氐 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賮乇賵賳 賵噩毓賱賴賲 兀爻乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賴賲賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 .. 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨賰賷 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賯氐丞 丕賱乇丨賷賱 賮賷 賲丨賷胤 卮丕賴賯 賵鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱廿亘丨丕乇 丨賷孬 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賯丿 丕禺鬲乇毓鬲 丕賱爻賮賳 丕賱亘禺丕乇賷丞 賵賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴賲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 卮賴乇賷賳 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 賲賰鬲囟丞 亘賲卅丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇貙 ,賵丕賱鬲毓乇囟 賱賲禺鬲賱賮 兀賳賵丕毓 丕賱兀賲乇丕囟 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賷亘 賲乇鬲丕丿賷 丕賱亘丨乇 賷丨丿賵賴賲 兀賲賱 賵丕丨丿 賵賴賵 賲賱丕賲爻丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱賲賵毓賵丿丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱丨賱賲 ..
丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賰鬲亘鬲 亘卮賰賱 噩賲賷賱 賱賱睾丕賷丞 廿賳賴賲 賱丕 賷卮亘賴賵賳 亘毓囟賴賲 賵賴匕丕 賷亘乇夭 亘乇丕毓丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丨賯賷賯丞 賮賴賳丕賰 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕乇賱 丕賱賲丨亘 賱兀爻乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 廿賳賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕賱氐賲鬲 氐丕丨亘 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱丿丐賵亘 賵賱毓賱 賲卮賴丿 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 賵賴賷 鬲賲賵鬲 亘亘胤亍 賲賳 賲乇囟 丕賱兀爻賯乇亘賵胤 賵賲賵賯賮 賰丕乇賱 鬲噩丕賴賴丕 賷噩毓賱 賰賱 兀賳孬賶 鬲鬲賲賳賶 兀賳 賷賮毓賱 賰丕乇賱 賲丕 賮毓賱賴 賱兀噩賱 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 貙 乇賵亘乇鬲 賰丕賳鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 鬲賳丕爻亘 爻賳賴丕 鬲賲丕賲丕 賲睾丕賲乇 賱賳 賷爻鬲賰賷賳 賱賱毓亘賵丿賷丞 賷丨賱賲 賵賷鬲賲賳賶 賵賷爻毓賶 賱兀噩賱 兀丨賱丕賲賴 卮禺氐賷丞 賲賴賲丞 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 鬲胤賵乇 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻乇丿 賵爻丕賯鬲賴 廿賱賶 丨賷孬 賷乇賷丿 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲夭乇毓丞 賰丕乇賱 貙 卮禺氐賷丞 賰乇賷爻鬲賷賳丕 賰夭賵噩丞 賲胤賷毓丞 賱賴丕 賮賵乇丕鬲 睾囟亘賴丕 賵鬲賯乇賷毓賴丕 賱夭賵噩賴丕 亘賷賳 賵賯鬲 賵丌禺乇 賵兀賵賱乇賷賰丕 丕賱毓丕賴乇丞 丕賱賮丕囟賱丞 貙 賵夭賵噩丞 賯乇賷亘丞 賰乇賷爻鬲賷賳丕 丕賱禺丕賳睾丞 賱乇噩賱 丿賷賳 賵丕賱鬲賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賱賯丕乇賶亍 兀賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱匕賷 賷丿毓賵 賱賴 夭賵噩賴丕 .. 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀卮毓乇 兀賳 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賱賲 賷毓胤賴丕 丨賯賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賰丕賳鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 丌乇賮賷丿 賵丕賱匕賷 賱丕 兀卮賰 兀賳 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賳爻賷賴 鬲賲丕賲丕 !
賴賳丕賰 爻賷丕賯 兀禺賱丕賯賷 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷鬲囟丨 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 亘賷賳 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 賵賰丕乇賱 賵丕囟胤賴丕丿 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賱丌乇賮賷丿 貙 賵毓賱丕賯丞 兀乇亘丕亘 丕賱毓賲賱 亘毓丕賲賱 丕賱兀乇囟 賵賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丿孬 亘賷賳 丕賱賲爻丕賮乇賷賳 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 毓丕亘乇丞 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮賵丕 毓賳 亘毓囟賴賲 .. 賵賴賳丕賰 爻亘丕賯 賲丨賲賵賲 賲毓 丕賱賯匕丕乇丕鬲 賵丕賱兀賲乇丕囟 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 賴賳丕賰 賲卮丕賴丿 睾賳丕卅賷丞 丨賯賷賯丞 禺丕氐丞 丨賷賳 丕亘鬲毓丿鬲 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 毓賳 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱兀賲 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 丕賱賰賱 賷賳馗乇 廿賱賷賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 賮賱賲 鬲毓丿 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賴賷 匕賱賰 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱匕賷 賱賮馗賴賲 亘賯賵丞 亘賱 賴賵 丕賱賵胤賳 賵丕賱丨賳賷賳 ..賰賲丕 賴賵 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱睾賳丕卅賷 丕賱丌禺乇 賵丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 賰乇丨賲丞 賲賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 貙 丨賷賳 丨胤 胤丕卅乇 睾乇賷亘 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賱賰賷 賷賰賵賳 乇賲夭丕 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱兀賲賱 廿賳 賲孬賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱睾賳賷丞 亘丕賱氐賵乇丞 賵丕賱氐賵鬲 賴賷 賲丕 兀毓胤賶 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 夭禺賲丕 賵孬乇丕亍丕 賵兀亘毓丕丿 賮賳賷丞 鬲噩毓賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賰賵賳賴丕 賲噩乇丿 乇賵丕賷丞 賵孬丕卅賯賷丞 ..
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賵鬲 賵丨賷丕丞 ..
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨賰賷 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賲賱丨賲丞 賴噩乇丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 廿賱賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕 兀乇囟 賰賱 丕賱廿丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 亘丨孬丕 毓賳 賲兀賵賶 貙 賱兀爻亘丕亘 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳賴丕 丕賱賮賯乇 賵丕賱氐賯賷毓 丕賱匕賷 噩賲丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 賵丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱氐禺乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賮 丨丕卅賱丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓 賵丕賱夭乇丕毓丞 貙 毓賳 丨賷丕丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賰賮丕丨 賵丕賱賰丿丨 丕賱卮丕賯 賲賯丕亘賱 丕賱囟卅賷賱 賲賲丕 鬲賯丿賲賴 丕賱兀乇囟 貙 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賰丕乇賱 賵賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 丨丕賱 亘賯賷丞 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓賷賳 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵鬲爻賵賷丞 丕賱兀乇囟 賵氐賳毓 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱噩賴賵丿 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘匕賱 賰丕賳鬲 鬲囟賷毓 賮賷 丕賱賴賵丕亍 賱賴賲 賰賲丕 廿賳 賵賮丕丞 丕亘賳鬲賴賲 亘爻亘亘 丕賱賲噩丕毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 囟乇亘鬲 丕賱爻賵賷丿 爻乇賾毓 賲賳 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賯乇丕乇 亘丕賱乇丨賷賱 ..
賱賲 賷賯賮 賲賵亘賷乇睾 毓賳丿 賴匕丕 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 乇卅賷爻賷丕 賮賷 乇丨賷賱 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 廿賳賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賱兀爻亘丕亘 兀禺乇賶 賰賲丕 賴賷 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賵乇睾亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵丕賱廿賰鬲卮丕賮 賵毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 貙 賵噩賲丕毓丞 爻鬲賮賷賳爻賵賳 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇乇鬲 丕賱乇丨賷賱 賱兀爻亘丕亘 丿賷賳賷丞 賵賲丨賱賷丞 賵爻賷丕爻賷丞 賳丕賴賷賰 毓賳 爻賷胤乇丞 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賳毓賴賲 賲賳 賲賲丕乇爻丞 卮毓丕卅乇賴賲 亘丨乇賷丞 貙 兀乇賮賷丿 賵乇睾亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賲賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱匕賷 賷囟胤賴丿賴 賵睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 兀爻亘丕亘 賰賱 匕賱賰 噩賲毓 賲賳 賴丐賱丕亍 丕賱兀卮噩丕氐 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賮乇賵賳 賵噩毓賱賴賲 兀爻乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賴賲賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 .. 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷丨賰賷 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賯氐丞 丕賱乇丨賷賱 賮賷 賲丨賷胤 卮丕賴賯 賵鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱廿亘丨丕乇 丨賷孬 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賯丿 丕禺鬲乇毓鬲 丕賱爻賮賳 丕賱亘禺丕乇賷丞 賵賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴賲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 卮賴乇賷賳 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 賲賰鬲囟丞 亘賲卅丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇貙 ,賵丕賱鬲毓乇囟 賱賲禺鬲賱賮 兀賳賵丕毓 丕賱兀賲乇丕囟 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賷亘 賲乇鬲丕丿賷 丕賱亘丨乇 賷丨丿賵賴賲 兀賲賱 賵丕丨丿 賵賴賵 賲賱丕賲爻丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱賲賵毓賵丿丞 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱丨賱賲 ..
丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賰鬲亘鬲 亘卮賰賱 噩賲賷賱 賱賱睾丕賷丞 廿賳賴賲 賱丕 賷卮亘賴賵賳 亘毓囟賴賲 賵賴匕丕 賷亘乇夭 亘乇丕毓丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丨賯賷賯丞 賮賴賳丕賰 卮禺氐賷丞 賰丕乇賱 丕賱賲丨亘 賱兀爻乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 廿賳賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕賱氐賲鬲 氐丕丨亘 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱丿丐賵亘 賵賱毓賱 賲卮賴丿 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 賵賴賷 鬲賲賵鬲 亘亘胤亍 賲賳 賲乇囟 丕賱兀爻賯乇亘賵胤 賵賲賵賯賮 賰丕乇賱 鬲噩丕賴賴丕 賷噩毓賱 賰賱 兀賳孬賶 鬲鬲賲賳賶 兀賳 賷賮毓賱 賰丕乇賱 賲丕 賮毓賱賴 賱兀噩賱 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 貙 乇賵亘乇鬲 賰丕賳鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 鬲賳丕爻亘 爻賳賴丕 鬲賲丕賲丕 賲睾丕賲乇 賱賳 賷爻鬲賰賷賳 賱賱毓亘賵丿賷丞 賷丨賱賲 賵賷鬲賲賳賶 賵賷爻毓賶 賱兀噩賱 兀丨賱丕賲賴 卮禺氐賷丞 賲賴賲丞 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 鬲胤賵乇 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻乇丿 賵爻丕賯鬲賴 廿賱賶 丨賷孬 賷乇賷丿 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲夭乇毓丞 賰丕乇賱 貙 卮禺氐賷丞 賰乇賷爻鬲賷賳丕 賰夭賵噩丞 賲胤賷毓丞 賱賴丕 賮賵乇丕鬲 睾囟亘賴丕 賵鬲賯乇賷毓賴丕 賱夭賵噩賴丕 亘賷賳 賵賯鬲 賵丌禺乇 賵兀賵賱乇賷賰丕 丕賱毓丕賴乇丞 丕賱賮丕囟賱丞 貙 賵夭賵噩丞 賯乇賷亘丞 賰乇賷爻鬲賷賳丕 丕賱禺丕賳睾丞 賱乇噩賱 丿賷賳 賵丕賱鬲賷 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賱賯丕乇賶亍 兀賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱匕賷 賷丿毓賵 賱賴 夭賵噩賴丕 .. 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀卮毓乇 兀賳 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賱賲 賷毓胤賴丕 丨賯賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賰丕賳鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 丌乇賮賷丿 賵丕賱匕賷 賱丕 兀卮賰 兀賳 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賳爻賷賴 鬲賲丕賲丕 !
賴賳丕賰 爻賷丕賯 兀禺賱丕賯賷 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷鬲囟丨 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 亘賷賳 賰乇賷爻鬲賳丕 賵賰丕乇賱 賵丕囟胤賴丕丿 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賱丌乇賮賷丿 貙 賵毓賱丕賯丞 兀乇亘丕亘 丕賱毓賲賱 亘毓丕賲賱 丕賱兀乇囟 賵賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丿孬 亘賷賳 丕賱賲爻丕賮乇賷賳 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 毓丕亘乇丞 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮賵丕 毓賳 亘毓囟賴賲 .. 賵賴賳丕賰 爻亘丕賯 賲丨賲賵賲 賲毓 丕賱賯匕丕乇丕鬲 賵丕賱兀賲乇丕囟 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 賴賳丕賰 賲卮丕賴丿 睾賳丕卅賷丞 丨賯賷賯丞 禺丕氐丞 丨賷賳 丕亘鬲毓丿鬲 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 毓賳 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱兀賲 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 丕賱賰賱 賷賳馗乇 廿賱賷賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 賮賱賲 鬲毓丿 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賴賷 匕賱賰 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱匕賷 賱賮馗賴賲 亘賯賵丞 亘賱 賴賵 丕賱賵胤賳 賵丕賱丨賳賷賳 ..賰賲丕 賴賵 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱睾賳丕卅賷 丕賱丌禺乇 賵丕賱匕賷 賷亘丿賵 賰乇丨賲丞 賲賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 貙 丨賷賳 丨胤 胤丕卅乇 睾乇賷亘 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賱賰賷 賷賰賵賳 乇賲夭丕 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱兀賲賱 廿賳 賲孬賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱睾賳賷丞 亘丕賱氐賵乇丞 賵丕賱氐賵鬲 賴賷 賲丕 兀毓胤賶 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 夭禺賲丕 賵孬乇丕亍丕 賵兀亘毓丕丿 賮賳賷丞 鬲噩毓賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賰賵賳賴丕 賲噩乇丿 乇賵丕賷丞 賵孬丕卅賯賷丞 ..
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賵鬲 賵丨賷丕丞 ..
May 15, 2019
I love reading pioneer novels; books about hardy people going to a new land, building a home, making a living from the land with hard work and determination. In some cases, when emigrating to the new world from the old, it also meant leaving relatives and friends behind forever, learning a new language and new customs, and coping with unforseen circumstances with no help at all, just your own intelligence and ability to work.
This book gives us the story of Karl Oscar and his wife Kristina from the very beginning of their journey in 1850. We learn why they wanted to leave Sweden because of diminishing returns on their farm and no way to rise above it no matter how hard they worked. Others wanted to leave behind servitude, religious persecution, and in one case, a nagging wife. 16 people, including 7 children, set sail on an emigrant ship bound for New York harbor.
The second half of the book is about the sea voyage through the North Sea, the English Channel, and across the Atlantic Ocean. This was so graphic and real (seasickness, scurvy, death, bad food, boredom and fear, just to name a few) that I may never set foot on a boat again. The end of volume one sets these brave people once again on land, and left me in tears because of the hope in their hearts. North America! Where anything was possible! Where life would be better!
"But however shabby and weak they seemed, however wretched and poor they were--North America admitted them". That sentence filled me with pride, then sadness, as it doesn't seem we are that country any longer.
Volume Two "Unto a Good Land" follows our little group on their search for a place to settle, and I can't wait to get to it.
This book gives us the story of Karl Oscar and his wife Kristina from the very beginning of their journey in 1850. We learn why they wanted to leave Sweden because of diminishing returns on their farm and no way to rise above it no matter how hard they worked. Others wanted to leave behind servitude, religious persecution, and in one case, a nagging wife. 16 people, including 7 children, set sail on an emigrant ship bound for New York harbor.
The second half of the book is about the sea voyage through the North Sea, the English Channel, and across the Atlantic Ocean. This was so graphic and real (seasickness, scurvy, death, bad food, boredom and fear, just to name a few) that I may never set foot on a boat again. The end of volume one sets these brave people once again on land, and left me in tears because of the hope in their hearts. North America! Where anything was possible! Where life would be better!
"But however shabby and weak they seemed, however wretched and poor they were--North America admitted them". That sentence filled me with pride, then sadness, as it doesn't seem we are that country any longer.
Volume Two "Unto a Good Land" follows our little group on their search for a place to settle, and I can't wait to get to it.
December 9, 2019
A simple, bucolic look at a typical immigration of European settlers to the New World. In fact, I enjoyed all four books in this series! Thirty years ago, I visited the area in Sweden where Vilhelm Moberg situated this fictitious family, and I found the museum there to be quite captivating! My mom recommended that I read these books over 40 years ago, and she was quite devastated when she loaned her set of books to a friend, who then sold them at a garage sale! Needless to say, my mom was thrilled when I purchased a replacement set for her birthday.
September 17, 2018
乇丨賱丞 賲賱丨賲賷丞貙 賲丐孬乇丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞.. 鬲囟毓賰 賮賷 卮賵賯 賱賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷. 毓賱賶 兀賲賱 兀賳 賷氐丿乇 賯乇賷亘賸丕.
October 2, 2020
"About the middle of the nineteenth century 鈥� the order of unchangeableness [in Sweden] was shaken to its very foundations鈥�. [To] a new generation, able to read, came the printed word with tales of a land far away, a land which emerged from the mists of the saga and took on the clearing, tempting aspects of reality.
"The new land had soil without tillers and called for tillers without soil. It opened invitingly for those who longed for a freedom denied them at home. The urge to emigrate stirred in the landless, in the debt-bound, the suppressed and the discontented鈥�. Others wanted to escape entanglements and dilemmas in the old country. They emigrated, not to something but from something. Many, and widely different, were the answers to the question: Why?" 鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, Introduction to The Emigrants
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THE EMIGRANTS
The Emigrants, the first of 惭辞产别谤驳鈥檚 tetralogy about Swedish emigration to the United States during the mid-nineteenth century, is the story of a group of people from the province of Smaland who made the decision to emigrate. Moberg intended his characters to serve as symbolic representations of the various reasons that compelled Swedes to pull up stakes and leave their homeland.
The first half of the book is a recounting of the lives of the main characters and the circumstances that led each of them to take the drastic step of forsaking their native country and sailing to a new land.
Karl Oscar Nilsson had inherited a small parcel of land, but the soil was thin and rocky and he had to heavily mortgage the farm in order to survive bad crop years. He was a hard worker but that has never been a guarantee of prosperity. And in his case no matter how hard he and his wife Kristina labored, the family continuously faced hard times and even famine.
Karl Oskar wanted to live in a land where the sweat of his brow would reap some economic benefit. Emigration to America, he believed, would allow him to provide a better life for his wife and their three small children.
Robert Nilsson, Karl Oscar鈥檚 younger brother, as the second son of a farmer, had no prospects of inheriting any of the small holdings of his family. Emigration represented his chance to escape his life of drudgery as an indentured farmhand.
Danjel Andreasson, Kristina鈥檚 maternal uncle, had been banished from Sweden due to his religious beliefs. The powerful state Lutheran church was intolerant of any and all dissent in religious matters -- and Danyel was a dissenter.
He viewed America as a place where he and his family would have the freedom to worship as they pleased.
Jonas Petter Albrektsson had an altogether different reason for wanting to leave Sweden. He felt trapped in an unhappy marriage at a time when divorce simply was not an option.
Ulrika of Vastergohl was a former prostitute who was looking to escape her past and to start a new life along with her teen-aged daughter, Elin.
THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA
The second half of the book details the trials and tribulations of the horrendous ten week voyage from the southern tip of Sweden to New York, which was finally reached in the midsummer of 1850. During the voyage some of the emigrants suffered from sea sickness so severe that it made them wish they could die and, even worse, the disease of scurvy did cause a number of deaths.
VILHELM MOBERG (1898-1973)
Vilhelm Moberg was a journalist, author, playwright, and historian who identified with the dispossessed and the impoverished and he wrote about their traditions, their customs, and their struggles to survive another day. He shared the grievances of his main characters in The Emigrants and he sympathized with their wishes to seek a better life in a new land.
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"'Hot-tempered, easily moved, and changeable' was how the Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg once described himself. He might have added that in the first half of the twentieth century he was both the most widely admired and the most deeply distrusted of all Swedish authors. A man of humble origins but immense ambition and strong opinions, Moberg spent his entire literary life championing the rights of common people. This tendency, combined with his volatile temperament, earned Moberg a deep, abiding respect from critics, politicians, and religious leaders.鈥� 鈥� Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College
Thanks, Diane. I am looking forward to reading the other three books in the series.
"The new land had soil without tillers and called for tillers without soil. It opened invitingly for those who longed for a freedom denied them at home. The urge to emigrate stirred in the landless, in the debt-bound, the suppressed and the discontented鈥�. Others wanted to escape entanglements and dilemmas in the old country. They emigrated, not to something but from something. Many, and widely different, were the answers to the question: Why?" 鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, Introduction to The Emigrants
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THE EMIGRANTS
The Emigrants, the first of 惭辞产别谤驳鈥檚 tetralogy about Swedish emigration to the United States during the mid-nineteenth century, is the story of a group of people from the province of Smaland who made the decision to emigrate. Moberg intended his characters to serve as symbolic representations of the various reasons that compelled Swedes to pull up stakes and leave their homeland.
The first half of the book is a recounting of the lives of the main characters and the circumstances that led each of them to take the drastic step of forsaking their native country and sailing to a new land.
Karl Oscar Nilsson had inherited a small parcel of land, but the soil was thin and rocky and he had to heavily mortgage the farm in order to survive bad crop years. He was a hard worker but that has never been a guarantee of prosperity. And in his case no matter how hard he and his wife Kristina labored, the family continuously faced hard times and even famine.
Karl Oskar wanted to live in a land where the sweat of his brow would reap some economic benefit. Emigration to America, he believed, would allow him to provide a better life for his wife and their three small children.
Robert Nilsson, Karl Oscar鈥檚 younger brother, as the second son of a farmer, had no prospects of inheriting any of the small holdings of his family. Emigration represented his chance to escape his life of drudgery as an indentured farmhand.
Danjel Andreasson, Kristina鈥檚 maternal uncle, had been banished from Sweden due to his religious beliefs. The powerful state Lutheran church was intolerant of any and all dissent in religious matters -- and Danyel was a dissenter.
He viewed America as a place where he and his family would have the freedom to worship as they pleased.
Jonas Petter Albrektsson had an altogether different reason for wanting to leave Sweden. He felt trapped in an unhappy marriage at a time when divorce simply was not an option.
Ulrika of Vastergohl was a former prostitute who was looking to escape her past and to start a new life along with her teen-aged daughter, Elin.
THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA
The second half of the book details the trials and tribulations of the horrendous ten week voyage from the southern tip of Sweden to New York, which was finally reached in the midsummer of 1850. During the voyage some of the emigrants suffered from sea sickness so severe that it made them wish they could die and, even worse, the disease of scurvy did cause a number of deaths.
VILHELM MOBERG (1898-1973)
Vilhelm Moberg was a journalist, author, playwright, and historian who identified with the dispossessed and the impoverished and he wrote about their traditions, their customs, and their struggles to survive another day. He shared the grievances of his main characters in The Emigrants and he sympathized with their wishes to seek a better life in a new land.
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"'Hot-tempered, easily moved, and changeable' was how the Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg once described himself. He might have added that in the first half of the twentieth century he was both the most widely admired and the most deeply distrusted of all Swedish authors. A man of humble origins but immense ambition and strong opinions, Moberg spent his entire literary life championing the rights of common people. This tendency, combined with his volatile temperament, earned Moberg a deep, abiding respect from critics, politicians, and religious leaders.鈥� 鈥� Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College
Thanks, Diane. I am looking forward to reading the other three books in the series.
December 30, 2010
I came to these stories when, recovering from 'flu, I happened upon the film of this book (in Swedish with subtitles) on the television. I come from Swedish-American stock, and I was astounded at how closely the story in the film mirrored the experience of my own ancestors, who left Sweden at about the same time and arrived in the same place in Minnesota territory about the same time. I couldn't find the books, but a cousin had an ancient, cheap and tacky paperback edition from the 50s or 60s she gave me (the sort of book your teacher would have snatched away on the grounds that paperbacks were junk not fit for children). It was later that I purchased this edition, published by the Minnesota Historical Society. I've now re-read this many times. Of course, it appeals at least in part because its story is part of MY story, but Moberg was nothing if not a thorough researcher, so what he wrote in this and the subsequent three novels rings very true. In Lindstrom, Minnesota you can see a statue of Karl Oscar and Kristina (matching statue in Karlshamn, Sweden) and visit the Nilsson/Nelson house, complete with astrakhan apple tree (a pioneer house built at about the same time and moved to a park).
What this book is very good at is examining the question of "why go?" -- push factors and pull factors, the sheer effort to wrest a new life from wilderness, the failures of some to prosper, the difficulties of adapting to a new culture and new language. Thus Kristina always looks back, while Karl Oscar looks forward.
What this book is very good at is examining the question of "why go?" -- push factors and pull factors, the sheer effort to wrest a new life from wilderness, the failures of some to prosper, the difficulties of adapting to a new culture and new language. Thus Kristina always looks back, while Karl Oscar looks forward.
July 18, 2013
I picked this book up by chance for something to read while visiting my poor mom who had a stroke and was moved to a nursing home. A 2nd generation Swedish American who spoke only Swedish as a child, I cannot help but marvel at what she and her parents and grandparents went through. The harsh economic conditions in Sweden in the 1850's, the grueling journey in a tiny boat, the serious misinformation these brave people had. Well, it's a marvel we're all here. Hang in there, mom, 93 years old.
July 1, 2013
丕賯鬲賳賷鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 賲毓乇囟 丕賱乇賷丕囟 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賱賱賰鬲丕亘, 亘鬲賵氐賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賳丕卮乇丞 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷丞 賲賳賶 賴賷賳賳噩 氐丕丨亘丞 丿丕乇 丕賱賲賳賶 賱賱賳卮乇. 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀禺賵囟 賮賷 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷賳亘睾賷 丕賳 兀匕賰乇 兀賳 賵賱丕卅賷 賱賴匕賴 丕賱丿丕乇 賵賲胤亘賵毓丕鬲賴丕 亘丿兀 賲賳匕 孬賱丕孬丞 兀毓賵丕賲, 賵賮賷 賰賱 爻賳丞 兀氐亘丨鬲 夭賷丕乇丞 賴匕丕 丕賱噩賳丕丨 "賮乇囟 賰賮丕賷丞". 兀乇賶 賮賷 丕賱爻賷丿丞 賲賳賶 賴賷賳賳噩 賰賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 賵爻賲毓鬲 賵卮丕賴丿鬲 毓賳 丕賱賳丕卮乇 丕賱賲孬賯賮, 賮賴賷 賱丕 鬲賰鬲賮賷 亘鬲賵氐賷丞 賰鬲丕亘 賮賯胤 亘賱 鬲爻兀賱賰 賲丕匕丕 賯乇兀鬲 爻丕亘賯丕賸, 賵鬲丨丿孬賰 亘丨亘 賵毓賷賳賷賴丕 鬲賱賲毓 毓賳 乇賵丕賷丞 氐丿乇鬲 丨丿賷孬丕賸 賵毓賳 賲丐賱賮賴丕 賵兀氐丿丕卅賴丕. 孬賲 馗乇賵賮 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕,賷賰賮賷賳賷 賲賳賴丕 兀賳 鬲匕賰乇 賱賷 亘兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻鬲賱鬲賴賲賳賷 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀賱鬲賴賲賴丕, 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賲孬賯賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾乇賷賰 亘毓氐乇賵賳賷丞 賵卮丕賷 賲睾乇亘賷 賵賰鬲丕亘.
兀毓賵丿 賱賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳, 丕賱胤亘毓丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 氐丿乇鬲 賲丐禺乇丕賸 毓賳 鬲乇噩賲丞 毓賱丕亍 丕賱丿賷賳 兀亘賵 夭賷賳丞. 兀賲丕 "乇亘丕毓賷丞 丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳" 丕賱胤亘毓丞 丕賱兀氐賱賷丞 賳卮乇鬲 毓丕賲 1949 賱賱乇賵丕卅賷 賮賷賱賴賱賲 賲賵亘賷乇睾, 鬲乇噩賲 賲賳賴丕 賮賯胤 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱. 賵鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 丕賱噩賷賱 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 賱兀賲乇賷賰丕 氐賷賮 毓丕賲 1850賲. 賵鬲睾賵氐 賮賷 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱廿賯鬲氐丕丿賷丞 -丕賱賲丨乇囟 丕賱兀賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賴噩乇丞- 賵丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丕賱鬲賷 丿賮毓鬲 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 賮賱丕丨賷 賲賯丕胤毓丞 爻賲賵賱丕賳丿 廿賱賶 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賵胤賳 丌禺乇.
賰丕賳鬲 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賮賷 匕賱賰 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱丕 鬲夭丕賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿, 賵賰賱 賲丕 賵氐賱賴賲 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 兀禺亘丕乇 賴賷 賲賳 爻亘賷賱 賲賲丕 賯乇兀 賵爻賲毓 賮賯胤. 丨賷孬 賰丕賳 丕賱卮丕卅毓 兀賳 賷鬲賲 賳賮賷 丕賱賲噩乇賲賷賳 賰賵爻賷賱丞 毓賯丕亘- 賷丕賱賱爻禺乇賷丞- 廿賱賶 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賳賮賶, 廿賱賶 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞.
亘丿兀 賲賵亘賷乇睾 亘賵氐賮 賲賮氐賱 賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 爻丕賰賳賷 兀亘乇卮賷丞 賱賷賵丿乇, 賲賳 丨賷孬 丕賳賯爻丕賲 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 廿賱賶 胤亘賯鬲賷賳 -賳亘賷賱丞 賵禺丿賲- 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷鬲賰亘丿賴丕 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓賵賳 賲賳 丨賷孬 毓賷卮賴賲 鬲丨鬲 乇丨賲丞 "胤賯爻 丕賱乇亘" 丕賱匕賷 賷噩賱亘 毓賱賷賴賲 爻賳賷賳 爻賲賷賳丞 賵兀禺乇賶 毓噩賮丕亍. 賰丕賳 丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱賴乇賲賷 氐丕乇賲丕賸: 兀賰孬乇 丕賱乇噩丕賱 兀賴賲賷丞 賮賷 賱賷賵丿乇 賴賵 丕賱毓賲丿丞 賵丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 亘丕毓鬲亘丕乇賴 賯爻賷爻丕賸 賷賲孬賱 丕賱賱賴 丕賱賯丿賷乇, 賷賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賱賳賮賵匕 丕賱卮乇賷賮 賵丕賱賲賲孬賱 賱氐丕丨亘 丕賱噩賱丕賱丞 丕賱丿賳賷賵賷丞 -賲賱賰 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賵丕賱賳乇賵賷噩-.
丕禺鬲丕乇 賲賵亘賷乇睾 孬賱丕孬 毓丕卅賱丕鬲, 睾丕氐 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賯賴賲 亘卮賰賱 賲丨賰賲 賵鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 卮禺賵氐 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘爻賱丕爻丞, 賰鬲亘 賰孬賷乇丕賸 毓賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷 賵賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賱丕賲爻賳賷 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴. 亘丿亍賸 賲賳 丕賱爻禺胤 毓賱賶 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱賲毓賷卮賷丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賲賳 噩賮丕賮 賵賷亘爻 丕賱兀乇囟 廿賱賶 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕 丕賱鬲賷 睾賲乇鬲賴賲 毓賳 "兀乇囟 亘毓賷丿丞, 兀乇囟 賳噩賲鬲 賲賳 爻丿賷賲 丕賱賲賱丕丨賲, 賲賰鬲爻賷丞 亘毓賳丕氐乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賵丕囟丨丞 賵丕賱睾賵丕賷丞. 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 鬲乇丕亘丕賸 亘賱丕 賮賱丕丨賷賳, 賷賳丕丿賷 賮賱丕丨賷賳 亘賱丕 鬲乇丕亘".
"禺賮賯鬲 乇睾亘丞丕賱賴噩乇丞 賮賷 賯賱賵亘 賲賳 賱丕 兀乇囟 賱賴賲,賮賷 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賲孬賯賱賷賳 亘丕賱丿賷賵賳, 賮賷 毓賯賵賱 丕賱賲囟胤賴丿賷賳 賵丕賱爻丕禺胤賷賳. 賵孬賲丞 丌禺乇賵賳 賱賲 賷乇賵丕 丕賲鬲賷丕夭 禺丕氐 兀賵 孬乇賵丞 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞, 賱賰賳賴賲 兀乇丕丿賵丕 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮丕亘賰丕鬲 賵丕賱賲毓囟賱丕鬲 丕賱賲賯賷賲丞 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱賯丿賷賲. 賵賴丕噩乇賵丕 賱丕 廿賱賶 卮賷亍, 賵廿賳賲丕 賲賳 卮賷亍"
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱.. 毓賳 78 賲賴丕噩乇丕賸 賰丕賳賵丕 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇賷賳, 丕賱卮噩毓丕賳 丕賱兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱匕賷 鬲賱丕賴賲 亘毓丿賴丕 丨賵丕賱賷 賲賱賷賵賳 賲賴丕噩乇 爻賵賷丿賷
兀毓賵丿 賱賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳, 丕賱胤亘毓丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 氐丿乇鬲 賲丐禺乇丕賸 毓賳 鬲乇噩賲丞 毓賱丕亍 丕賱丿賷賳 兀亘賵 夭賷賳丞. 兀賲丕 "乇亘丕毓賷丞 丕賱賲赖丕噩乇賵賳" 丕賱胤亘毓丞 丕賱兀氐賱賷丞 賳卮乇鬲 毓丕賲 1949 賱賱乇賵丕卅賷 賮賷賱賴賱賲 賲賵亘賷乇睾, 鬲乇噩賲 賲賳賴丕 賮賯胤 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱. 賵鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 丕賱噩賷賱 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 賱兀賲乇賷賰丕 氐賷賮 毓丕賲 1850賲. 賵鬲睾賵氐 賮賷 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱廿賯鬲氐丕丿賷丞 -丕賱賲丨乇囟 丕賱兀賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賴噩乇丞- 賵丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丕賱鬲賷 丿賮毓鬲 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 賮賱丕丨賷 賲賯丕胤毓丞 爻賲賵賱丕賳丿 廿賱賶 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賵胤賳 丌禺乇.
賰丕賳鬲 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賮賷 匕賱賰 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱丕 鬲夭丕賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿, 賵賰賱 賲丕 賵氐賱賴賲 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 兀禺亘丕乇 賴賷 賲賳 爻亘賷賱 賲賲丕 賯乇兀 賵爻賲毓 賮賯胤. 丨賷孬 賰丕賳 丕賱卮丕卅毓 兀賳 賷鬲賲 賳賮賷 丕賱賲噩乇賲賷賳 賰賵爻賷賱丞 毓賯丕亘- 賷丕賱賱爻禺乇賷丞- 廿賱賶 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賳賮賶, 廿賱賶 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞.
亘丿兀 賲賵亘賷乇睾 亘賵氐賮 賲賮氐賱 賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 爻丕賰賳賷 兀亘乇卮賷丞 賱賷賵丿乇, 賲賳 丨賷孬 丕賳賯爻丕賲 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 廿賱賶 胤亘賯鬲賷賳 -賳亘賷賱丞 賵禺丿賲- 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷鬲賰亘丿賴丕 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓賵賳 賲賳 丨賷孬 毓賷卮賴賲 鬲丨鬲 乇丨賲丞 "胤賯爻 丕賱乇亘" 丕賱匕賷 賷噩賱亘 毓賱賷賴賲 爻賳賷賳 爻賲賷賳丞 賵兀禺乇賶 毓噩賮丕亍. 賰丕賳 丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱賴乇賲賷 氐丕乇賲丕賸: 兀賰孬乇 丕賱乇噩丕賱 兀賴賲賷丞 賮賷 賱賷賵丿乇 賴賵 丕賱毓賲丿丞 賵丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 亘丕毓鬲亘丕乇賴 賯爻賷爻丕賸 賷賲孬賱 丕賱賱賴 丕賱賯丿賷乇, 賷賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賱賳賮賵匕 丕賱卮乇賷賮 賵丕賱賲賲孬賱 賱氐丕丨亘 丕賱噩賱丕賱丞 丕賱丿賳賷賵賷丞 -賲賱賰 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賵丕賱賳乇賵賷噩-.
丕禺鬲丕乇 賲賵亘賷乇睾 孬賱丕孬 毓丕卅賱丕鬲, 睾丕氐 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賯賴賲 亘卮賰賱 賲丨賰賲 賵鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 卮禺賵氐 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘爻賱丕爻丞, 賰鬲亘 賰孬賷乇丕賸 毓賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷 賵賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賱丕賲爻賳賷 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴. 亘丿亍賸 賲賳 丕賱爻禺胤 毓賱賶 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱賲毓賷卮賷丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賲賳 噩賮丕賮 賵賷亘爻 丕賱兀乇囟 廿賱賶 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕 丕賱鬲賷 睾賲乇鬲賴賲 毓賳 "兀乇囟 亘毓賷丿丞, 兀乇囟 賳噩賲鬲 賲賳 爻丿賷賲 丕賱賲賱丕丨賲, 賲賰鬲爻賷丞 亘毓賳丕氐乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賵丕囟丨丞 賵丕賱睾賵丕賷丞. 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 鬲乇丕亘丕賸 亘賱丕 賮賱丕丨賷賳, 賷賳丕丿賷 賮賱丕丨賷賳 亘賱丕 鬲乇丕亘".
"禺賮賯鬲 乇睾亘丞丕賱賴噩乇丞 賮賷 賯賱賵亘 賲賳 賱丕 兀乇囟 賱賴賲,賮賷 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賲孬賯賱賷賳 亘丕賱丿賷賵賳, 賮賷 毓賯賵賱 丕賱賲囟胤賴丿賷賳 賵丕賱爻丕禺胤賷賳. 賵孬賲丞 丌禺乇賵賳 賱賲 賷乇賵丕 丕賲鬲賷丕夭 禺丕氐 兀賵 孬乇賵丞 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞, 賱賰賳賴賲 兀乇丕丿賵丕 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮丕亘賰丕鬲 賵丕賱賲毓囟賱丕鬲 丕賱賲賯賷賲丞 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱賯丿賷賲. 賵賴丕噩乇賵丕 賱丕 廿賱賶 卮賷亍, 賵廿賳賲丕 賲賳 卮賷亍"
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱.. 毓賳 78 賲賴丕噩乇丕賸 賰丕賳賵丕 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇賷賳, 丕賱卮噩毓丕賳 丕賱兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱匕賷 鬲賱丕賴賲 亘毓丿賴丕 丨賵丕賱賷 賲賱賷賵賳 賲賴丕噩乇 爻賵賷丿賷
November 8, 2018
Det 盲r n氓got med den svenska utvandringen till Amerika i mitten och slutet av 1800-talet som fascinerar mig n氓got helt otroligt mycket. Faktumet att m盲nniskorna som emigrerade inte visste n氓nting om den v盲rld som de begav sig till (mer 盲n vad de hade l盲st i broschyrer) tycker jag 盲r s氓 svindlande att jag har lite sv氓rt att greppa den. De l盲mnade en v盲rld av seder, en v盲rld d盲r marken som de gick p氓 var samma mark som deras f枚r盲ldrar och f枚r盲ldrars f枚r盲ldrar hade g氓tt p氓, en v盲rld d盲r man var en del av byn och f枚r det mesta inte tog sig l盲ngre 盲n till grannbyn. T盲nk att g氓 fr氓n ett s氓pass inrutat liv till att f枚r f枚rsta g氓ngen i sitt liv se havet - och d氓 盲ven ge sig ut p氓 det i flera m氓nader f枚r att n氓 en ok盲nd plats. Helt ofattbart. Pl枚tsligt blir globaliseringen vi genomg氓tt fram till nu s氓 p氓taglig.
Med andra ord var det v盲l inte helt ov盲ntat att jag skulle gilla Utvandrarna. Jag tror jag var lite r盲dd att den skulle k盲nnas dammig och sv氓rsm盲lt, men Moberg skrev s氓 fantastiskt fint. Spr氓ket k盲nns levande, inte alls sv氓rf枚rst氓eligt!
Historien kretsar kring en grupp m盲nniskor fr氓n Sm氓land som ger sig ut p氓 oceanen med Briggen Charlotta f枚r att n氓 lyckan i det nya landet. Man f氓r f枚lja dem alla, 盲ven om det 盲r Karl-Oskar och Kristina som st氓r i centrum. De best盲mmer sig f枚r att ge sig av d氓 fattigdomen och sv盲lten tar ifr氓n dem ett av deras barn. De andra passagerarna man f氓r f枚lja ger sig alla iv盲g av olika anledningar som gjorde att folk p氓 den tiden emigrerade (mycket skickligt ihopkn氓pat rent historiskt!).
Beskrivningen av alla karakt盲rer k盲nns t盲tt inp氓, och man f氓r f枚lja deras olika tankeg氓nger under resan. Karakt盲rerna blir s氓 levande f枚r mig att jag n盲stan gl枚mmer bort att de 盲r fiktiva. Speciellt dr盲ngen Robert, Karl-Oskars lillebror, fastnade jag f枚r. Han l盲mnar Sverige bakom sig p氓 grund utav en dr枚m om friheten. Friheten i att inte beh枚va slava som dr盲ng f枚r en annan bonde. Han 盲r 盲ven den som 盲r mest nyfiken och tappert p氓l盲st om det nya landet. Jag vet inte vad det va, men jag 枚mmade lite f枚r honom genom hela boken, haha.
Moberg v盲ver ihop ett vackert bildspr氓k d盲r han st盲ndigt 氓terkommer till jordbruksm盲nniskornas leverne och hur s盲llsamt det 盲r f枚r dom att befinna sig p氓 havet. Just Robert k盲nns som en riktig funderare, och han 盲r mycket fascinerad av Briggen Charlottas stora master.
St枚rre delen av boken utspelar sig innan skaran av Sm氓l盲nningar ger sig av ut p氓 havet. L盲saren f氓r f枚lja vad som gjorde att s盲llskapet gav sig av, och en bild av ett k盲mpigt och fattigt liv i den lilla socken m氓las upp. Dessa m盲nniskors relationer till varandra, till kyrkan och till samh盲llet i stort vecklas sakta ut framf枚r en, och ett fr枚 till tanken om ett nytt liv v盲xer till faktisk handling. Efter lite mer 盲n halva boken b枚rjar den andra delen - "B枚nder p氓 havet." Jag var r盲dd att denna del skulle bli seg och f枚r l氓ng, eftersom den praktiskt taget endast utg氓r fr氓n vad som sker p氓 b氓ten under de tv氓 skitiga m氓nader de 盲r fast p氓 den. Spyor och 氓ngest i tr氓nga b氓s p氓 melland盲ck, d枚dsfall, sjukdomsfall som aldrig tycks ta slut. Det 盲r m枚rkt portr盲tt av m盲nniskor som k盲mpar. Men det 盲r fortfarande levande, dynamiskt och precis lagom l氓ngt. N盲r Charlotta n氓r New York k盲nner jag en enorm l盲ttnad - precis som emigranterna ombord. Och 氓terigen p氓minner Moberg oss om dessa m盲nniskors ursprung genom vackra ord om de v盲ldiga masterna.
Oj, vilken l氓ng och halvdan recension detta blev, men OJ VILKEN L脜NG OCH SNYGG BOK DETTA 脛R! Jag var fast fr氓n f枚rsta sekund, d氓 man fick veta en del om Ljuders socken under tiden historien utspelar sig p氓. Insett att jag 盲r en sucker f枚r svensk historia.
Mina slutgiltiga ord 盲r: Var inte r盲dda f枚r Utvandrarsviten! Den 盲r underbar och levande! Har redan b枚rjat p氓 Invandrarna.
Med andra ord var det v盲l inte helt ov盲ntat att jag skulle gilla Utvandrarna. Jag tror jag var lite r盲dd att den skulle k盲nnas dammig och sv氓rsm盲lt, men Moberg skrev s氓 fantastiskt fint. Spr氓ket k盲nns levande, inte alls sv氓rf枚rst氓eligt!
Historien kretsar kring en grupp m盲nniskor fr氓n Sm氓land som ger sig ut p氓 oceanen med Briggen Charlotta f枚r att n氓 lyckan i det nya landet. Man f氓r f枚lja dem alla, 盲ven om det 盲r Karl-Oskar och Kristina som st氓r i centrum. De best盲mmer sig f枚r att ge sig av d氓 fattigdomen och sv盲lten tar ifr氓n dem ett av deras barn. De andra passagerarna man f氓r f枚lja ger sig alla iv盲g av olika anledningar som gjorde att folk p氓 den tiden emigrerade (mycket skickligt ihopkn氓pat rent historiskt!).
Beskrivningen av alla karakt盲rer k盲nns t盲tt inp氓, och man f氓r f枚lja deras olika tankeg氓nger under resan. Karakt盲rerna blir s氓 levande f枚r mig att jag n盲stan gl枚mmer bort att de 盲r fiktiva. Speciellt dr盲ngen Robert, Karl-Oskars lillebror, fastnade jag f枚r. Han l盲mnar Sverige bakom sig p氓 grund utav en dr枚m om friheten. Friheten i att inte beh枚va slava som dr盲ng f枚r en annan bonde. Han 盲r 盲ven den som 盲r mest nyfiken och tappert p氓l盲st om det nya landet. Jag vet inte vad det va, men jag 枚mmade lite f枚r honom genom hela boken, haha.
Moberg v盲ver ihop ett vackert bildspr氓k d盲r han st盲ndigt 氓terkommer till jordbruksm盲nniskornas leverne och hur s盲llsamt det 盲r f枚r dom att befinna sig p氓 havet. Just Robert k盲nns som en riktig funderare, och han 盲r mycket fascinerad av Briggen Charlottas stora master.
"Robert t盲nkte: Kanske han sj盲lv hade varit med om att f盲lla de tr盲d, som han nu s氓g d盲r ute som nakna, sm盲ckra stammar - kanske han hade huggit de furor, som tagits fr氓n sin or枚rlighets platser f枚r att f枚rflyttas till havet, f枚r att liksom omplanteras - de masttr盲d som under 氓terstoden av sin livstid skulle gunga omkring p氓 havet och b盲ras av vatten ist盲llet f枚r jord."
St枚rre delen av boken utspelar sig innan skaran av Sm氓l盲nningar ger sig av ut p氓 havet. L盲saren f氓r f枚lja vad som gjorde att s盲llskapet gav sig av, och en bild av ett k盲mpigt och fattigt liv i den lilla socken m氓las upp. Dessa m盲nniskors relationer till varandra, till kyrkan och till samh盲llet i stort vecklas sakta ut framf枚r en, och ett fr枚 till tanken om ett nytt liv v盲xer till faktisk handling. Efter lite mer 盲n halva boken b枚rjar den andra delen - "B枚nder p氓 havet." Jag var r盲dd att denna del skulle bli seg och f枚r l氓ng, eftersom den praktiskt taget endast utg氓r fr氓n vad som sker p氓 b氓ten under de tv氓 skitiga m氓nader de 盲r fast p氓 den. Spyor och 氓ngest i tr氓nga b氓s p氓 melland盲ck, d枚dsfall, sjukdomsfall som aldrig tycks ta slut. Det 盲r m枚rkt portr盲tt av m盲nniskor som k盲mpar. Men det 盲r fortfarande levande, dynamiskt och precis lagom l氓ngt. N盲r Charlotta n氓r New York k盲nner jag en enorm l盲ttnad - precis som emigranterna ombord. Och 氓terigen p氓minner Moberg oss om dessa m盲nniskors ursprung genom vackra ord om de v盲ldiga masterna.
"[...] Det 盲r furor fr氓n ett litet land l氓ngt borta, de h枚r hemma i samma steniga marker och moar som folket p氓 skeppet, d盲r de reser sig som riggens ryggrad - de 盲r sl盲kt med dessa m盲nniskor, de 盲r sega och okuvliga som folket de hj盲lper 枚ver havet."
Oj, vilken l氓ng och halvdan recension detta blev, men OJ VILKEN L脜NG OCH SNYGG BOK DETTA 脛R! Jag var fast fr氓n f枚rsta sekund, d氓 man fick veta en del om Ljuders socken under tiden historien utspelar sig p氓. Insett att jag 盲r en sucker f枚r svensk historia.
Mina slutgiltiga ord 盲r: Var inte r盲dda f枚r Utvandrarsviten! Den 盲r underbar och levande! Har redan b枚rjat p氓 Invandrarna.
July 1, 2012
I'm about half Swedish, and after I read "The Namesake," which I loved, I was curious about the story of my own family coming to the US. I really don't know much about my specific family, and sadly both grandparents with Swedish connections have died so I can't ask them anything. So I read the first book in this series to kind of use as a fictional surrogate. The main family comes to the Midwest at around the same time as my ancestors, so it's a reasonable substitution I suppose. I enjoyed it and I intend to read the following books in the series sometime soon.
This book takes place mostly in Sweden as the characters make their various decisions to leave for America. There are several different motivations and characters, all of them good stories written with great care. There are some seeking religious freedom, others running from failed pasts, and Karl Oskar, the main character who really just wants a better life when the crop yield starts really sucking. His wife isn't really into the idea at first, but she becomes (somewhat) more used to the idea over a long period of time.
Then we get onto the boat, which was a trip that royally sucked. The in-depth and well-researched conditions are one of my favorite parts of the book, even though they are hard to accept sometimes. The book was written in the 1950's, and takes place 100 years before that. So it's a long enough time ago that there is a little bit of mythology around it, but recent enough that the historical details seem pretty accurate.
Just as I was able to get a lot out of "The Namesake" even though the experience is not exactly my own, I think anyone will be able to get something out of this book. I look forward to the second!
PS There is also a movie version, and note that there are two movies: one that covers books 1 and 2, and the second of books 3 and 4. I haven't seen either since I want to read book 2 first. The only place I could find the first is for rental for $2 on Youtube. If interested:
This book takes place mostly in Sweden as the characters make their various decisions to leave for America. There are several different motivations and characters, all of them good stories written with great care. There are some seeking religious freedom, others running from failed pasts, and Karl Oskar, the main character who really just wants a better life when the crop yield starts really sucking. His wife isn't really into the idea at first, but she becomes (somewhat) more used to the idea over a long period of time.
Then we get onto the boat, which was a trip that royally sucked. The in-depth and well-researched conditions are one of my favorite parts of the book, even though they are hard to accept sometimes. The book was written in the 1950's, and takes place 100 years before that. So it's a long enough time ago that there is a little bit of mythology around it, but recent enough that the historical details seem pretty accurate.
Just as I was able to get a lot out of "The Namesake" even though the experience is not exactly my own, I think anyone will be able to get something out of this book. I look forward to the second!
PS There is also a movie version, and note that there are two movies: one that covers books 1 and 2, and the second of books 3 and 4. I haven't seen either since I want to read book 2 first. The only place I could find the first is for rental for $2 on Youtube. If interested:
January 6, 2014
Who is Vilhelm Moberg? He is a person I would very much like to thank for his gift of this classic 1951 first-in-the-series book of historical fiction THE EMIGRANTS, translated from the Swedish by Gustaf Lannestock. Moberg grew up in Sweden hearing first-hand the stories of those who emigrated to the United States and then, after undertaking much careful research, has provided us with this insightful treasure. Moberg's prose in translation is not especially elegant, but the impact of the content more than compensates for the somewhat stodgy, straightforward language.
In particular, Moberg communicates a vivid, historically-based image of the stresses of farm and village life in Sweden in the 1850s as well as providing an insightful look at the feelings, thoughts, and motivations of a range of characters who end up on one ship, headed for the young United States. Moberg introduces us to people, men and women, old and young, literate and illiterate, and makes us feel their ignorance, desperation, and yearning.
He portrays the precariousness of an existence marked by unrelenting hard work that cannot truly guard against hunger or financial calamity. A spike in population leads to land divisions, until there is no further division possible, and youngsters end up being legally bound out for years as poorly paid laborers by even caring parents to masters who may be stingy and harsh. Add in the vagaries of nature, limited educational options, deep uncertainty about the future, the strangling impact of debt, and an inflexible social and religious system. Suddenly, the burden of embarking on a costly, unpleasant, and dangerous sea journey emerges as almost logical.
In this first volume, the story finishes with the sea voyage coming to an end for key characters Karl Oskar and wife Kristina, along with the other survivors of the unpleasant Atlantic crossing.
In particular, Moberg communicates a vivid, historically-based image of the stresses of farm and village life in Sweden in the 1850s as well as providing an insightful look at the feelings, thoughts, and motivations of a range of characters who end up on one ship, headed for the young United States. Moberg introduces us to people, men and women, old and young, literate and illiterate, and makes us feel their ignorance, desperation, and yearning.
He portrays the precariousness of an existence marked by unrelenting hard work that cannot truly guard against hunger or financial calamity. A spike in population leads to land divisions, until there is no further division possible, and youngsters end up being legally bound out for years as poorly paid laborers by even caring parents to masters who may be stingy and harsh. Add in the vagaries of nature, limited educational options, deep uncertainty about the future, the strangling impact of debt, and an inflexible social and religious system. Suddenly, the burden of embarking on a costly, unpleasant, and dangerous sea journey emerges as almost logical.
In this first volume, the story finishes with the sea voyage coming to an end for key characters Karl Oskar and wife Kristina, along with the other survivors of the unpleasant Atlantic crossing.
June 29, 2020
Jag trodde att detta skulle vara en typisk bok-klassiker som man trycker sig igenom bara f枚r att ha l盲st den men det h盲r 盲r allt annat 盲n det.
Moberg skriver fantastiskt! Allting som ber盲ttas om knyts ihop och ber盲ttelsen sl盲pper en aldrig.
Moberg skriver fantastiskt! Allting som ber盲ttas om knyts ihop och ber盲ttelsen sl盲pper en aldrig.
August 7, 2024
鈥� 鈥淜arl Oskar had got what he wanted, but it wasn鈥檛 good for a person always to have his will. Most people thought he was a man with luck and of good fortune. He had two royal names, given him at baptism and formally recorded. He had the big Nilsa-nose鈥�'Your nose is your greatest heritage,' his father used to say. But what help now were the names of kings and princes? What help now was a nose that extended a little further into the world than another鈥檚? The day still seemed approaching when Sheriff L枚nnegren might arrive at the farm to take something in pawn.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
The Emigrants is the first book of a four-volume fictional series on Swedish emigrants to America, written by Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg. By the time the book was first published in 1949, 1.3 million Swedish emigrants had arrived at Ellis Island, approximately one quarter of the population of that country. They were part of a larger wave of immigrants to America. Between 1820 and 1957, approximately 41 million immigrants came to the US; more than 34 million of these came from Europe. This makes emigration a worthy topic of fiction. The novel gives the reader a sense of what compelled these people to abandon their homeland and make the dangerous trek across the ocean to a new land.
The mass exodus of Swedes to the United States, often young and healthy men and women, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was largely due to the economic and social circumstances in Sweden. For the novel鈥檚 main characters, they were driven to leave by poverty brought on by drought.
鈥� 鈥淚nto old gray cottages in tranquil hamlets where food is scarce for folk living according to inherited customs and traditions, a new restlessness is creeping over the threshold. Rumors are spread, news is shared, information is carried from neighbor to neighbor, through vales and valleys, through parishes and counties. These germs of unrest are like seeds scattered by the wind: one takes root somewhere deep in a man鈥檚 soul and begins its growth unknown to others; the sowing has been done in secret, thus the sprouting surprises neighbors and friends.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
To tell the story of Swedish emigration to America, author Vilhelm Moberg created the characters Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson. The Nilsson couple, with and their three young children, lived on a small farm in Sm氓land, a province in southern Sweden. It is the middle of the 19th century. Karl Oskar鈥檚 father had worn out his health clearing stones from the land over many years. Karl Oskar took over the small farm and worked as hard as any man can be expected to work, but several years of drought had made it difficult for them to make payments on their mortgage.
Karl Oskar鈥檚 younger brother, Robert, is employed as a farmhand on another farm because Karl Oskar鈥檚 farm is too small to be further divided. But Robert鈥檚 employer is cruel to him, and Robert escapes from his cruel master鈥昦 crime in Sweden. The work of a farmhand is little better than slavery. Both brothers begin to dream of starting over in America, but they know little of that faraway land. The sea voyage is dangerous and can take several months, assuming the ship even reaches its destination.
鈥� 鈥淲ho had promised them tillable soil in the United States? Those who ruled over there had not written him a letter or given him a promise. He had no deed to a piece of land that would await them on arrival.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
As the family moves closer to leaving, they are faced with more uncertainty. Of their meager possessions, what will they need in the new land? What will they not need? They had heard of the Minnesota Territory but knew little else.
鈥� 鈥淲hat must be brought along, what must be left behind? What was obtainable in the new land, and what was unobtainable? No one could advise, no one had traveled ahead to ascertain.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
惭辞产别谤驳鈥檚 The Emigrants is a worthwhile read for anyone wanting to gain a sense of what it was like for emigrants to leave their homeland. Some of my forebears came to this country from Germany. One woman in my family tree came to America on the Mayflower. It was interesting to read of the many challenges and difficult decisions that went into their decisions to come here. It鈥檚 easy to imagine their trepidation in taking on such a dangerous sea voyage.
The only disappointment I experienced was in discovering that this first novel ends with the ship鈥檚 arrival in the New York City harbor. I will have to read the second novel to find out what adjustments they had to make in their new homeland.
Readers of the novels might find it interesting that there is a statue of Karl Oskar and Kristina in Lindstrom, MN, about 40 miles NNE of Minneapolis. Karl Oskar looks out to the Minnesota wilderness while his wife, Kristina, looks back toward Sweden.
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
The Emigrants is the first book of a four-volume fictional series on Swedish emigrants to America, written by Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg. By the time the book was first published in 1949, 1.3 million Swedish emigrants had arrived at Ellis Island, approximately one quarter of the population of that country. They were part of a larger wave of immigrants to America. Between 1820 and 1957, approximately 41 million immigrants came to the US; more than 34 million of these came from Europe. This makes emigration a worthy topic of fiction. The novel gives the reader a sense of what compelled these people to abandon their homeland and make the dangerous trek across the ocean to a new land.
The mass exodus of Swedes to the United States, often young and healthy men and women, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was largely due to the economic and social circumstances in Sweden. For the novel鈥檚 main characters, they were driven to leave by poverty brought on by drought.
鈥� 鈥淚nto old gray cottages in tranquil hamlets where food is scarce for folk living according to inherited customs and traditions, a new restlessness is creeping over the threshold. Rumors are spread, news is shared, information is carried from neighbor to neighbor, through vales and valleys, through parishes and counties. These germs of unrest are like seeds scattered by the wind: one takes root somewhere deep in a man鈥檚 soul and begins its growth unknown to others; the sowing has been done in secret, thus the sprouting surprises neighbors and friends.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
To tell the story of Swedish emigration to America, author Vilhelm Moberg created the characters Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson. The Nilsson couple, with and their three young children, lived on a small farm in Sm氓land, a province in southern Sweden. It is the middle of the 19th century. Karl Oskar鈥檚 father had worn out his health clearing stones from the land over many years. Karl Oskar took over the small farm and worked as hard as any man can be expected to work, but several years of drought had made it difficult for them to make payments on their mortgage.
Karl Oskar鈥檚 younger brother, Robert, is employed as a farmhand on another farm because Karl Oskar鈥檚 farm is too small to be further divided. But Robert鈥檚 employer is cruel to him, and Robert escapes from his cruel master鈥昦 crime in Sweden. The work of a farmhand is little better than slavery. Both brothers begin to dream of starting over in America, but they know little of that faraway land. The sea voyage is dangerous and can take several months, assuming the ship even reaches its destination.
鈥� 鈥淲ho had promised them tillable soil in the United States? Those who ruled over there had not written him a letter or given him a promise. He had no deed to a piece of land that would await them on arrival.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
As the family moves closer to leaving, they are faced with more uncertainty. Of their meager possessions, what will they need in the new land? What will they not need? They had heard of the Minnesota Territory but knew little else.
鈥� 鈥淲hat must be brought along, what must be left behind? What was obtainable in the new land, and what was unobtainable? No one could advise, no one had traveled ahead to ascertain.鈥�
鈥� Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants
惭辞产别谤驳鈥檚 The Emigrants is a worthwhile read for anyone wanting to gain a sense of what it was like for emigrants to leave their homeland. Some of my forebears came to this country from Germany. One woman in my family tree came to America on the Mayflower. It was interesting to read of the many challenges and difficult decisions that went into their decisions to come here. It鈥檚 easy to imagine their trepidation in taking on such a dangerous sea voyage.
The only disappointment I experienced was in discovering that this first novel ends with the ship鈥檚 arrival in the New York City harbor. I will have to read the second novel to find out what adjustments they had to make in their new homeland.
Readers of the novels might find it interesting that there is a statue of Karl Oskar and Kristina in Lindstrom, MN, about 40 miles NNE of Minneapolis. Karl Oskar looks out to the Minnesota wilderness while his wife, Kristina, looks back toward Sweden.
January 18, 2023
Gillade verkligen denna bok och Mobergs s盲tt att skriva. Man fick verkligen en insyn i hur det var att utvandra och vilket tufft beslut det m氓ste ha varit. Gillar ocks氓 att alla karakt盲rer representerar olika anledningar till varf枚r m盲nniskor utvandrade p氓 denna tid. Det 盲r ju ingen 鈥漢盲ndelserik鈥� bok i den bem盲rkelsen att det konstant h盲nder nya och sp盲nnande saker, boken r枚r sig egentligen ganska l氓ngsamt. Jag hade dock inget emot detta d氓 det gav utrymme till att l盲ra k盲nna karakt盲rerna (och 盲ven milj枚n) och skapa en relation till dem.
May 30, 2009
I read this back in the 70s in Swedish along with the other following books. Every Swede reads this suite of books. It is like impossible to not read them. Moberg's work is a classic. I wonder what I would think if I were to read them today?
March 9, 2015
賲賱丨賲丞 乇丕卅毓丞. .
February 13, 2023
鈥滵e gamle tror att allting 盲r utsett fr氓n begynnelsen, innan en f枚ds. D氓 var det ju lika gott, vad en 盲n f枚retog sig. Vad skulle det d氓 nytta till att str盲va?鈥�
L脛ST 2022
Det tog tv氓 m氓nader f枚r mig att l盲sa den h盲r boken, vilket tyv盲rr var l盲ngre 盲n tiden det tog f枚r utvandrarna att ta sig fr氓n Sverige till USA. I stort sett gillade jag verkligen boken, och jag ser fram emot att l盲sa resten av serien, men den var ganska l氓ng. Ibland k盲ndes det utdraget. Jag menar, det h盲nder egentligen inte s氓 mycket; det tar framf枚rallt 枚ver h盲lften av boken innan de ens ger sig av. Man f氓r dock verkligen tillbringa tid tillsammans med karakt盲rerna (och de 盲r en del), vilket g枚r att det k盲nns som om man k盲nner alla ganska bra.
Det h盲r 盲r allts氓 historien om folk i Sverige under 1840-talet och d盲refter deras utvandring till USA f枚r att f枚rs枚ka f枚rb盲ttra sina liv. Det var v盲ldigt intressant att l盲sa om alla deras vardagliga liv i Sm氓land, d盲r i princip allting kan g氓 氓t helvete med ett d氓ligt 氓r av sk枚rden. Det 盲r fascinerande att l盲sa om hur ens f枚rf盲der kan ha haft det, 盲ven om just jag d氓 inte 盲r fr氓n Sm氓land.
Jag blev dessutom lite f枚rv氓nad 枚ver hur vissa scener ur boken verkligen k盲nns "f枚re sin tid", eller 氓tminstone som om de hade varit kontroversiella att skriva p氓 1940-talet. Efter en snabb googling hade jag r盲tt - det var kontroversiellt. Det finns en karakt盲r i boken, Ulrika, som 盲r en f枚re detta prostituerad, och alla andra karakt盲rer i boken ser ner p氓 henne konstant p氓 grund av detta. Ingen vill riktigt associeras med henne (f枚rutom 脜kianerna, men vi kommer till dem senare).
Det som f枚rv氓nade mig (positivt) var att vi faktiskt f氓r h枚ra en hel del fr氓n hennes perspektiv, och vi f氓r dessutom se henne f枚rsvara sig och totalt grilla m盲nnen som hatar p氓 henne nu men en g氓ng k枚pte hennes tj盲nster. En scen d盲r hon g枚r just detta var tydligen s氓 kontroversiell att att det var sett som skandal枚st och ledde till Reuterdahlsfejden, och jag citerar nu Wikipedia (den b盲sta k盲llan): "Riksdagsmannen Axel Rubbestad (Bondef枚rbundet) kr盲vde att Vilhelm Moberg skulle s盲ttas i f盲ngelse och h枚gerpartisten Axel Mannerskantz eldade upp sitt exemplar av Utvandrarna i v盲rmepannan." Vem vet ,de kanske k盲nde sig lite extra tr盲ffade? 馃 Wikipedia s盲ger ocks氓: "Moberg tvekade inte att f枚rl枚jliga sina motst氓ndare", vilket jag verkligen kan uppskatta. Dessutom gjorde all denna publicitet bara att b枚ckerna s氓lde 盲nnu mer, s氓 skrattar b盲st som skrattar sist, Reuterdahl?
Romanen 盲r dessutom otroligt v盲lskriven. Jag trodde inte att jag skulle tycka om det s氓 mycket som jag faktiskt gjorde. M氓nga bra citat. B枚rjan av romanen tog andan ur mig.
N氓got jag d盲remot hade lite sv氓rt f枚r var att talet var skrivet i dialekt. Jag tror inte att jag riktigt har l盲st en bok som var skriven s氓 tidigare, s盲rskilt inte p氓 svenska. Det gjorde att det tog mycket l盲ngre tid 盲n vad det annars skulle ha gjort att bara l盲sa vanliga konversationer. Det kanske inte hj盲lpte att jag knappt vet hur sm氓l盲ndska l氓ter... men jag kan knappast f枚rest盲lla mig att det l氓ter fint efter vad jag sett. N氓got ganska roligt var dock n盲r svenskarna skulle f枚rs枚ka l盲ra sig att prata engelska. Sm盲rtsant och pinsamt, ja, men ocks氓 komiskt. Hela romanen 盲r de facto ganska rolig, vilket var en trevlig 枚verraskning.
Det sista jag vill n盲mna 盲r 脜kianerna - en sekt! Kul! Sp盲nnande! V盲ldigt intressant att de har en s氓 signifikant del i denna ber盲ttelse. Vad jag inte visste 盲r att det p氓 riktigt var en sekt som existerade p氓 1700-talet? Moberg m氓ste ha gjort mycket efterforskning f枚r den h盲r historien. Tja, det var nog allt jag hade att s盲ga. F氓r se n盲r jag v氓gar ge mig p氓 den andra stora bj盲ssen som antagligen tar mig ytterligare tv氓 m氓nader att l盲sa.
L脛ST 2022
Det tog tv氓 m氓nader f枚r mig att l盲sa den h盲r boken, vilket tyv盲rr var l盲ngre 盲n tiden det tog f枚r utvandrarna att ta sig fr氓n Sverige till USA. I stort sett gillade jag verkligen boken, och jag ser fram emot att l盲sa resten av serien, men den var ganska l氓ng. Ibland k盲ndes det utdraget. Jag menar, det h盲nder egentligen inte s氓 mycket; det tar framf枚rallt 枚ver h盲lften av boken innan de ens ger sig av. Man f氓r dock verkligen tillbringa tid tillsammans med karakt盲rerna (och de 盲r en del), vilket g枚r att det k盲nns som om man k盲nner alla ganska bra.
鈥滼ag sk盲ms f枚r att visa mig svag, mor min har l盲rt mig att en kvinna aldrig f氓r visa sig svag. Hon skall vara herre 枚ver sina lustar, hon skall inte vara som manfolken.鈥� - Kristina
Det h盲r 盲r allts氓 historien om folk i Sverige under 1840-talet och d盲refter deras utvandring till USA f枚r att f枚rs枚ka f枚rb盲ttra sina liv. Det var v盲ldigt intressant att l盲sa om alla deras vardagliga liv i Sm氓land, d盲r i princip allting kan g氓 氓t helvete med ett d氓ligt 氓r av sk枚rden. Det 盲r fascinerande att l盲sa om hur ens f枚rf盲der kan ha haft det, 盲ven om just jag d氓 inte 盲r fr氓n Sm氓land.
Gud gav ett par f枚r盲ldrar ett barn att 盲lska och v氓rda, och n盲r de hade hunnit f枚rsta sig vid den lilla tillr盲ckligt djupt, s氓 tog han henne tillbaka. Hur hade de f枚rsynta sig, att de f枚rtj盲nade detta? Vad ont hade han v盲l hunnit g枚ra under sitt liv, att han en g氓ng blev tvungen att snickra denna kista?
Jag blev dessutom lite f枚rv氓nad 枚ver hur vissa scener ur boken verkligen k盲nns "f枚re sin tid", eller 氓tminstone som om de hade varit kontroversiella att skriva p氓 1940-talet. Efter en snabb googling hade jag r盲tt - det var kontroversiellt. Det finns en karakt盲r i boken, Ulrika, som 盲r en f枚re detta prostituerad, och alla andra karakt盲rer i boken ser ner p氓 henne konstant p氓 grund av detta. Ingen vill riktigt associeras med henne (f枚rutom 脜kianerna, men vi kommer till dem senare).
Det som f枚rv氓nade mig (positivt) var att vi faktiskt f氓r h枚ra en hel del fr氓n hennes perspektiv, och vi f氓r dessutom se henne f枚rsvara sig och totalt grilla m盲nnen som hatar p氓 henne nu men en g氓ng k枚pte hennes tj盲nster. En scen d盲r hon g枚r just detta var tydligen s氓 kontroversiell att att det var sett som skandal枚st och ledde till Reuterdahlsfejden, och jag citerar nu Wikipedia (den b盲sta k盲llan): "Riksdagsmannen Axel Rubbestad (Bondef枚rbundet) kr盲vde att Vilhelm Moberg skulle s盲ttas i f盲ngelse och h枚gerpartisten Axel Mannerskantz eldade upp sitt exemplar av Utvandrarna i v盲rmepannan." Vem vet ,de kanske k盲nde sig lite extra tr盲ffade? 馃 Wikipedia s盲ger ocks氓: "Moberg tvekade inte att f枚rl枚jliga sina motst氓ndare", vilket jag verkligen kan uppskatta. Dessutom gjorde all denna publicitet bara att b枚ckerna s氓lde 盲nnu mer, s氓 skrattar b盲st som skrattar sist, Reuterdahl?
鈥滼ag vet inte om prosten n盲mnde n氓gonting om den d盲r g氓ngen i kalvak盲tten n盲r Alarumsbonden v氓ldtog en f枚r盲ldral枚s fjorton氓rig t枚s, som han hade k枚pt p氓 auktion, men jag tror knappt det. Kanske gick den g盲rningen med in i allt det andra, som bonden hade gjort f枚r att komma in i himmelriket.鈥� - Ulrika
Romanen 盲r dessutom otroligt v盲lskriven. Jag trodde inte att jag skulle tycka om det s氓 mycket som jag faktiskt gjorde. M氓nga bra citat. B枚rjan av romanen tog andan ur mig.
De m盲n och kvinnor, som denna ber盲ttelse handlar om, har f枚r l盲nge sedan l盲mnat detta livet. N氓gra av deras namn kan 盲nnu l盲sas p氓 s枚ndervittrande gravstenar, resta tusen mil fr氓n den bygd, d盲r de f枚ddes till v盲rlden.
I hemorten 盲r deras namn gl枚mda och deras utvandrings 盲ventyr skall snart ing氓 i sagan och legenden.
N氓got jag d盲remot hade lite sv氓rt f枚r var att talet var skrivet i dialekt. Jag tror inte att jag riktigt har l盲st en bok som var skriven s氓 tidigare, s盲rskilt inte p氓 svenska. Det gjorde att det tog mycket l盲ngre tid 盲n vad det annars skulle ha gjort att bara l盲sa vanliga konversationer. Det kanske inte hj盲lpte att jag knappt vet hur sm氓l盲ndska l氓ter... men jag kan knappast f枚rest盲lla mig att det l氓ter fint efter vad jag sett. N氓got ganska roligt var dock n盲r svenskarna skulle f枚rs枚ka l盲ra sig att prata engelska. Sm盲rtsant och pinsamt, ja, men ocks氓 komiskt. Hela romanen 盲r de facto ganska rolig, vilket var en trevlig 枚verraskning.
Det 盲r detsamma som sche-ljudet i stj盲la, stj盲lk, stj盲lpa, stj盲rna, stj盲rt, sa han, men inte blev jag klokare f枚r det. Stj盲rt? sa jag. Du menar v盲l r枚ven? De m氓ste visst kalla den stj盲rten i skolan. - Arvid
Hon var s氓 gammal, att hon skulle ha legat i graven f枚r l盲ngesen, om Dj盲vulen hade sk枚tt sin tj盲nst. Men han var v盲l ocks氓 r盲dd f枚r henne.
Det sista jag vill n盲mna 盲r 脜kianerna - en sekt! Kul! Sp盲nnande! V盲ldigt intressant att de har en s氓 signifikant del i denna ber盲ttelse. Vad jag inte visste 盲r att det p氓 riktigt var en sekt som existerade p氓 1700-talet? Moberg m氓ste ha gjort mycket efterforskning f枚r den h盲r historien. Tja, det var nog allt jag hade att s盲ga. F氓r se n盲r jag v氓gar ge mig p氓 den andra stora bj盲ssen som antagligen tar mig ytterligare tv氓 m氓nader att l盲sa.
June 29, 2023
4.5
Jag 盲r otroligt positiv 枚verraskad
Jag b枚rjade l盲sa den h盲r boken enbart "f枚r att ha l盲st den" och f枚rv盲ntade mig inte att tycka om den s氓 mycket
Den skildrar m盲nsklighet och ambition v盲ldigt fint, det faktum att man m氓ste f枚rs枚ka i livet.
Skriven ur olika perspektiv genom hela, ibland ur tredjeperson ibland f枚rsta (ur b氓de manliga och kvinnliga perspektiv!) vilket g枚r den underh氓llande. 脛ven ber盲ttelserna eller n盲stan s盲gnerna som kommer ibland var najs, det hj盲lpte att connecta med korpamoen-g盲nget.
Alla fick ocks氓 en backstory och en egen r枚st vilket jag gillade.
Jag k盲nner mig v盲ldigt f盲st vid de h盲r karakt盲rerna och ser framemot del tv氓 och tre (s氓 hoppas de 盲r lika bra) de delarna jag 盲ger. Sista brevet till Sverige f氓r jag v盲l l氓na eller n氓got
Jag 盲r otroligt positiv 枚verraskad
Jag b枚rjade l盲sa den h盲r boken enbart "f枚r att ha l盲st den" och f枚rv盲ntade mig inte att tycka om den s氓 mycket
Den skildrar m盲nsklighet och ambition v盲ldigt fint, det faktum att man m氓ste f枚rs枚ka i livet.
Skriven ur olika perspektiv genom hela, ibland ur tredjeperson ibland f枚rsta (ur b氓de manliga och kvinnliga perspektiv!) vilket g枚r den underh氓llande. 脛ven ber盲ttelserna eller n盲stan s盲gnerna som kommer ibland var najs, det hj盲lpte att connecta med korpamoen-g盲nget.
Alla fick ocks氓 en backstory och en egen r枚st vilket jag gillade.
Jag k盲nner mig v盲ldigt f盲st vid de h盲r karakt盲rerna och ser framemot del tv氓 och tre (s氓 hoppas de 盲r lika bra) de delarna jag 盲ger. Sista brevet till Sverige f氓r jag v盲l l氓na eller n氓got
November 9, 2020
I started the book a few years ago and I couldn't get into it. So I had in my mind that this was a very dense and boring book. Anyway I decided to give it another try and I have to admit I was so very wrong, it's informative and attention to details but far from boring. I got really invested in the stories and I couldn't put it down as I didn't want to get out of the story. It's just so vividly told and it feels like Vilhelm Moberg really put his heart in the story. I highly recommend this book!
January 1, 2019
Jag hade nog r盲knat med lite mer invandring i boken men den 盲r sin titel trogen 鈥� 100% utvandring i denna vilken i praktiken fr盲mst handlar om atlantsegling.
February 12, 2023
Interesant膩kais fakts par 拧墨s tetralo模ijas latvisko tulkojumu ir tas, ka tas izdots tikai un vien墨gi trimd膩 "Gr膩matu Drauga" apg膩d膩. Un tas ir sav膩di, jo, zinot laso拧膩 latvie拧a aizrau拧anos un m墨lest墨bu pret skandin膩vu 模imenes s膩g膩m, dom膩ju, ka jaunam izdevumam b奴tu garant膿ti pan膩kumi. Ne tikai ierasti skarb膩s un dzi募i serd膿 romantisk膩s zieme募u prozas d膿募, bet t膩p膿c, ka 拧墨 ir caur-un-caur 募oti laba literat奴ra par mums labi saprotamu t膿mu. Jo, lai gan 19. gadsimta vid奴, kad notiek rom膩na darb墨ba, no Latvijas uz Ameriku aizbrauca vien retais, bet Zviedrij膩 pirmo drosminieku sauji艈ai 募oti dr墨z sekoja tik daudzi, ka 100 gadu laik膩 izce募oja 25%, v膿l膩kos laikos revol奴cijas, kara un tr奴kuma izdz墨to ar墨 starp m奴s膿jiem netr奴kst.
Izlas墨ju vien膩 elpas vilcien膩, uzreiz 姆膿ros pie n膩kam膩s gr膩matas un nemaz nebr墨nos, ka Karlshamn膩 gr膩matas galvenajiem varo艈iem K膩rlim Oskaram un Krist墨nei uzcelts piemineklis.
Izlas墨ju vien膩 elpas vilcien膩, uzreiz 姆膿ros pie n膩kam膩s gr膩matas un nemaz nebr墨nos, ka Karlshamn膩 gr膩matas galvenajiem varo艈iem K膩rlim Oskaram un Krist墨nei uzcelts piemineklis.
November 5, 2024
Intressant
February 28, 2021
Blev bra efter ungef盲r 200 sidor
December 20, 2014
"Utvandrarna", "The Emigrants", was published 1949 and is the first in a tetralogy about the Swedish emigrants during the 1800's. The conditions for the Swedish people back then were terrible, especially for the farmers. The ground was rocky and dry, nothing grew. The possibilities were very limited in the country-side. The men ended up with the same kind of work as their parents, often taking over their work on the farm, or becoming a farm boy somewhere else. The women were married to other farmers. Everyone fought against poverty and famine.
Karl Oskar and Kristina are fed up with their life in Sm氓land and decide to embark on a small ship to Amerika, the mystical country where everything seems to be possible, and where there are no priests that decide what is right and wrong and you address everyone the same. Their opinions are without criticism. Amerika seems to be the perfekt place. The emigrants from Sm氓land - Karl Oskar and Kristina, the young and curious Robert, the mistreated Arvid, the prostitute Ulrika and the religious Daniel, the latter belonging to "氓kianerna", a group of a kind of puritanism - embark on the ship to Amerika. The crowded journey becomes a great challenge. It's interesting to be able to see the world from their perspective, their reflections of life and theories about the sea.
This is a glimpse of Swedish history. Many people have fought like these people for survival in a country with limited opportunities. The change Sweden has gone through in a hundred years is mind-blowing. When reading about priest's house calls examinations and the way farmers treated their workers, it's difficult to realize it's the same country as today. The hunger and poverty were wide-spread in the countryside. Everyone should think about and thank our ancestors for fighting so hard, it's through them we are living today.
Karl Oskar and Kristina are fed up with their life in Sm氓land and decide to embark on a small ship to Amerika, the mystical country where everything seems to be possible, and where there are no priests that decide what is right and wrong and you address everyone the same. Their opinions are without criticism. Amerika seems to be the perfekt place. The emigrants from Sm氓land - Karl Oskar and Kristina, the young and curious Robert, the mistreated Arvid, the prostitute Ulrika and the religious Daniel, the latter belonging to "氓kianerna", a group of a kind of puritanism - embark on the ship to Amerika. The crowded journey becomes a great challenge. It's interesting to be able to see the world from their perspective, their reflections of life and theories about the sea.
This is a glimpse of Swedish history. Many people have fought like these people for survival in a country with limited opportunities. The change Sweden has gone through in a hundred years is mind-blowing. When reading about priest's house calls examinations and the way farmers treated their workers, it's difficult to realize it's the same country as today. The hunger and poverty were wide-spread in the countryside. Everyone should think about and thank our ancestors for fighting so hard, it's through them we are living today.
June 1, 2015
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 兀乇亘毓丞 兀噩夭丕亍 賰鬲亘賴丕 賮賷賱賴賱賲 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賱賷乇爻賲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賯氐丞 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇賷賳 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷賷賳 丕賱丕賵丕卅賱 丕賱賶 丕賱賯丕乇丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞.
賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷爻鬲睾乇賯 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱夭乇丕毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 賵賷鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿毓鬲 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賱賱賴噩乇丞. 孬賲 賷丨賰賷 賯氐丞 毓亘賵乇賴賲 丕賱賲丨賷胤 賵賲丕 鬲禺賱賱賴丕 賲賳 氐毓丕亘.
賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 鬲賯賷賷賲 丕賱毓賲賱 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丿賵賳 賯乇丕亍丞 亘丕賯賷 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍 賱鬲鬲囟丨 乇丐賷丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賵乇爻丕賱鬲賴 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱. 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱 賲賲鬲毓 賵廿賳 毓丕亘賴 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇. 兀賲丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賮亘丨丕噩丞 丕賱賶 賲乇丕噩毓丞!
賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷爻鬲睾乇賯 賲賵亘賷乇睾 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱夭乇丕毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賱爻賵賷丿 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 賵賷鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿毓鬲 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱賮賱丕丨賷賳 賱賱賴噩乇丞. 孬賲 賷丨賰賷 賯氐丞 毓亘賵乇賴賲 丕賱賲丨賷胤 賵賲丕 鬲禺賱賱賴丕 賲賳 氐毓丕亘.
賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 鬲賯賷賷賲 丕賱毓賲賱 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丿賵賳 賯乇丕亍丞 亘丕賯賷 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍 賱鬲鬲囟丨 乇丐賷丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賵乇爻丕賱鬲賴 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱. 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱 賲賲鬲毓 賵廿賳 毓丕亘賴 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇. 兀賲丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賮亘丨丕噩丞 丕賱賶 賲乇丕噩毓丞!
August 8, 2016
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October 25, 2009
This is a truely wonderful book that I am very happy to have read. Its amazing to read about what my ancestors lives might have been like (I am Swedish myself). I highly recommend every Swede and American to read this book!
April 11, 2025
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賷賳丕爻亘 兀賳 兀禺匕 賲賳賷 爻賳丞
賮賰乇丞 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 兀噩賳亘賷丞 鬲賲丕賲賸丕 毓賳賾賷貙 賵賯氐丞 毓丕卅賱丞 賰丕乇賱 兀賵爻賰丕乇 亘氐賾乇鬲賳賷 賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賲毓丕賳賷賴丕
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 噩夭亍 賲賳 爻賱爻賱丞貙 賱賰賳賴 丨賵賶 胤乇賷賯 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賰丕賲賱賸丕
April 14, 2017
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