Boys at the bathing pier

Boys at our bathing pier: 

A summer evening on the beach

On Monday this week we enjoyed a wonderful summer evening on the beach in Hittarp: 

A cold day on the beach

Today I went for a beachside walk in Viken. The wind made it feel really cold out there ... :-)

Portrait of a young lady from Finland

This portrait of a young Finnish lady was published in the book "Sketches of Finland" (1939):

A Swan 46 and its skipper

The classic Swan 46 Blåklint and its skipper in the Helsingborg marina:

Different ways of enjoying the water

Ways of enjoying the water ... :-)

The Swedish painter Georg Pauli´s 50th anniversary party in 1905

On July 2 in 1905 the Swedish painter Georg Pauli celebrated his 50th birthday at his new summer residence in the Stockholm archipelago. The guests were mostly leading representatives of the Swedish and Scandinavian cultural elite:
Nr 1 is His Royal Highness, Prince Eugen, an eminent painter himself; nr 2 is Pauli´s wife Hanna, a leading painter herself; nr 3 is Georg Pauli; nr 4 is the writer Ellen Key: nr 5 is the painter Richard Bergh; nr. 11 is the publisher K.O. Bonnier and nr 12 is the Danish painter Viggo Johanssen.

The black and white photograph was published in the Swedish weekly Hvar 8 Dag in July 1905.

(Colouring and processing by me.)

Church boats at Lake Siljan in the late 19th century

Church boats at Lake Siljan in Dalarna.

In the late 19th century people in Dalarna still used this kind of boats to take them to the weekly Sunday church service. This is an old black and white photo coloured by me.

The brand new steamship "Teutonia" (early 20th century)

A little more than one hundred years ago the photographer asked people to pose in front of the then brand new Swedish cargo steamer "Teutonia". Judging from the picture, two people did not follow the photographer´s request to stand still ... :-)

(Colouring by me)

People in Helsingborg on a Tuesday in March

Yesterday I shot these pictures of people in Söder (the Southern part of Helsingborg city):