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  • His own roots were partly in Dalarna, which was the ancestral home of his mother's family, and partly in Stockholm, which was his father's home.

    George A. Akerlof - Autobiography 2002

  • Nor can there be any doubt that, despite his provincial subject matter, the singer of Dalarna is one of the contemporary poets who have most boldly tried the wings of imagination and experimented with the possibilities of poetic form.

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 - Presentation Speech 1931

  • It's a poised, self-conscious film that begins with a pre-credit sequence set around a snow-covered lake in Dalarna, the Swedish province where the painted wooden horses come from, and ends beside an idyllic stream in the mountainous Abruzzo region of central Italy.

    The American — review Philip French 2010

  • From 1521-1523, he fought the Danes with a small army recruited from Dalarna.

    King Gustav I of Sweden Matterhorn 2009

  • The people of Dalarna, his staunchest supporters during the war of independence, revolted several times during the first decade of his rule, and were brutally suppressed.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • Born in Dalarna, Sweden, Carl Erik was the youngest son of Baron Johan Augustin Mannerheim, an artillery colonel, and his wife, Helena Maria Söderhjelm.

    Carl Erik Mannerheim (1759-1837) Matterhorn 2009

  • Born in Dalarna, Sweden, Carl Erik was the youngest son of Baron Johan Augustin Mannerheim, an artillery colonel, and his wife, Helena Maria Söderhjelm.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • What I saw of Sweden decided me to take my family there the next summer, and what we experienced in that summer on a small farm in the traditional province of Dalarna persuaded us to leave New York and begin a new life in Stockholm.

    Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • The people of Dalarna, his staunchest supporters during the war of independence, revolted several times during the first decade of his rule, and were brutally suppressed.

    King Gustav I of Sweden Matterhorn 2009

  • From 1521-1523, he fought the Danes with a small army recruited from Dalarna.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Matterhorn 2009

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