Category: Newsletter
An evening with Arne Torger at Folkets Hus Mustadfors
As a new resident of Dals Långed, I often get to know the place through casual hints: through chats over the garden fence, a name on an old building, or a note left lying around somewhere. That’s exactly how I found out about Arne Torger’s concert at Folkets Hus Mustadfors. My neighbour Per asked me…
What time is it at midday in Katrineholm? Time and space in Dals Langed
On the drive to Bengtsfors, one of my fellow singers in the Song of Joy Choir told me a story that at first sounded like a little local anecdote. We were on our way to set up our concert equipment for a performance at Folkets Park: cables, speakers, stands—the practical side of a musical evening.…
Concert in Folkets Park in Bengtsfors
On 16 August, we – the “Song of Joy” choir – performed the ‘Unforgettable’ programme from April 2026 once again, accompanied by guitarist Emil Ernebro. We performed at Folkparken Valhall in Bengtsfors. On the drive to Bengtsfors, with speakers, cables, microphone stands and other concert equipment in the car, a thought kept running through my…
Mellerud Pride 2026 – a personal retrospective
I hadn’t been to a Pride march for a long time. Not because Pride had become any less important to me – quite the opposite. But in everyday life, at work, in times of grief and amidst the many little obligations of life, one sometimes loses that direct connection to those places where political history,…
GLUPSK and Sahara Blues
On Saturday 22 August, we visited GLUPSK på Dalsland in Fengersfors Bruk. The name is quite telling in Swedish: ‘glupsk’ roughly means gluttonous, greedy or pleasure-seeking. However, what is meant here is not thoughtlessness, but a love of good food, local produce, craftsmanship, music, conversation and the joy of sharing a space together. You will…
A village becomes a festival programme – ÖA Loppis and Byafest
On 12 September, the fourth Dals Långed Village Festival will take place. For one day, the village will be conceived not as a single central festival site, but as a map of many activities, both large and small: open houses, music, food, flea markets, workshops, walks, art, conversations and things you might otherwise never have…
About new doors, the second spiral staircase and a concrete slab
Following the summer break, construction work at Dalslands Studio is clearly back on track. The first phase of construction is now behind us; we are now working on the second phase so that, as planned, we can obtain the next planning permission. This is the sort of work where it only gradually becomes apparent how…
Dalslands Studio Newsletter 27 published
On 4 July 2026, issue 26 of the Dalslands Studio Newsletter – June 2026 – was published. In it, you can read about a visit to Tresticklans National Park and the secret paths of the resistance, the fire in Bengtsfors and how small things can have a big impact, memories of Ramsvik and modernity born…
Planning for 2027 continues at Dalslands Studio
As mentioned in our last update in June, we intend to open Dalslands Studio 2027 to groups, families and individuals who wish to spend a few days or a week finding peace, reflecting and gaining new perspectives – in the heart of the Dalsland countryside, right by the water. Building on our previous experience with…
What else happenend in July?
Some visits feel as though no time has passed since the last one. That’s exactly how it was recently when our good friend Nadja popped round to our studio in Dalsland. Nadja is a documentary filmmaker and has been working for years for ARD, ZDF, NDR, SWR, ORF and ARTE – she has made a…