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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of “After She’s Gone” set in SWEDEN!

17th March 2019

We are delighted to offer you THREE copies of “After She’s Gone”, by Camilla Grebe, a crime thriller set in SWEDEN. a top notch crime thriller!

After She's Gone

A case as cold as the season. A profiler who can’t remember. A killer ready to strike again.

Psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schön and her partner, investigator Peter Lindgren are invited to the small, sleepy industrial town of Ormberg to investigate a cold case: ten years earlier a five-year-old girl’s remains were found in a cairn near the town.

But when a recurring memory problem resurfaces, Hanne struggles to keep track of the case. She begins keeping a diary, noting down everything she is likely to forget to keep up appearances so she doesn’t lose her job.

When the body of a woman is found at the cairn and one of Hanne’s shoes is found nearby covered in the victim’s blood, can Hanne’s diary hold the key to what happened? How does this new murder connect to their old one?

How can you put together what happened when the pieces keep fading away?

HOW TO ENTER:

Just tell us in the comments below on this page what comes to mind when you think of SWEDEN (ABBA, Volvo, Ikea or something else!). It’s as simple as that. Do this by midnight (UK time) on 30th March and the first three names out of the hat will be sent a copy direct from the publisher.

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  1. User: tripfiction

    Posted on: 01/04/2019 at 4:46 pm

    The Winners are:

    Julia C
    Janh
    Nick T

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  2. User: Tess P

    Posted on: 31/03/2019 at 3:36 pm

    You mentioned IKEA… I caught German Measles as a child in the crèche at IKEA. I would love to win a copy to get some new memories!

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  3. User: Rebecca

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 9:19 pm

    ABBA is, of course, the first thing that comes to mind although there are many other things I think of when thinking of Sweden

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  4. User: Malcolm Ewing

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 8:11 pm

    It was a a skiing trip a few years ago, my mate was beside me, next second he was gone! The tip of his lead ski caught a rock and sent him head first into the snow! Funniest thing ever! PS he was okay.

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  5. User: Clare Ollif

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 7:38 pm

    I think of my friend Bodil.

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  6. User: Johannah Edgley

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 5:23 pm

    Ulrika Jonsson

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  7. User: Jeanette Leighton

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 3:54 pm

    ABBA

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  8. User: paula cheadle

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 12:51 pm

    music by Abba

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  9. User: Julie Cook

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 12:45 pm

    Abba

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  10. User: Deb Pettit

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 12:33 pm

    The girl with the dragon tattoo

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  11. User: Steven Beasley

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 10:22 am

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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  12. User: Renee Armstrong

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 9:45 am

    Abba

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  13. User: Michelle H

    Posted on: 30/03/2019 at 7:48 am

    Bjorn Borg – Best tennis player I ever saw.

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  14. User: Alison Latham

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 10:46 pm

    Smörgåsbord!
    Partly because it’s such a wonderful word to say! 😀

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  15. User: jackie beckett

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 10:27 pm

    Abba

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  16. User: Jo Hutchings

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 10:14 pm

    ABBA and smoked herring!

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  17. User: Sam Parkes

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 9:57 pm

    ABBA and Swedish meatballs

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  18. User: Rebecca Funnell

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 9:06 pm

    Abba

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  19. User: Yvonne Wilkinson

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 8:51 pm

    Abba

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  20. User: Fiona jk42

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 7:38 pm

    Working in Stockholm one summer, it was light till almost midnight, then only a couple of hours of darkness before dawn again.

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  21. User: Elaine Alexander

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 6:45 pm

    Abba

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  22. User: Cheryl Scobie

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 6:45 pm

    Abba and IKEA

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  23. User: Gemma Massey

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 6:41 pm

    ABBA I love their cheesy, fun, disco music

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  24. User: Adrian Bold

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 5:37 pm

    ABBA

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  25. User: Angela Linge

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 2:49 pm

    ABBA, I’m from their era and watched them win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 singing Waterloo.

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  26. User: Sheila Howes

    Posted on: 29/03/2019 at 1:44 pm

    The Bridge!

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  27. User: Heli L

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 11:21 pm

    Meatballs!

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  28. User: Pauline Montgomery

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 8:50 pm

    ABBA their music is so joyous!

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  29. User: Angela Kelly

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 4:16 pm

    I think of snow!

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  30. User: Hannah Igoe

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 12:38 pm

    I always think of the girl with the dragon tattoo series!

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  31. User: Gill Williams

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 11:38 am

    Beautiful lakes, mountains and valleys!

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  32. User: Carol De

    Posted on: 28/03/2019 at 10:26 am

    Has to be Abba!

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  33. User: Erica Hughes

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 7:50 pm

    Abba

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  34. User: Caroline Tinsley

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 7:50 pm

    Ikea!!

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  35. User: Alice Dixon

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 7:48 pm

    Definitely ABBA, I’m a fan

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  36. User: Angela Godwin

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 6:17 pm

    Scandinavian
    Wars
    European Union
    Demographics
    Economy
    Norweigians

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  37. User: Nigel Greaves

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 2:50 pm

    IKEA!!

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  38. User: David Paynter

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 1:41 pm

    Blonde hair

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  39. User: Carole Nott

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 1:06 pm

    Two things come to mind – Abba and Ikea

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  40. User: Dale Dow

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 12:53 pm

    Ikea

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  41. User: Helen CLAYTON

    Posted on: 27/03/2019 at 7:43 am

    Swedish cousins I’ve never met, Nordic Noir and of course Abba-iconic!

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  42. User: Emma Howard

    Posted on: 26/03/2019 at 8:06 pm

    Ikea!

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  43. User: sheri Darby

    Posted on: 26/03/2019 at 7:47 pm

    Handsome blonde men

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  44. User: ALYSON READ

    Posted on: 26/03/2019 at 7:09 pm

    It has to be Waterloo by Abba winning the Eurovision!

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  45. User: Mel Botterill

    Posted on: 26/03/2019 at 7:39 am

    Wonderful prize

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  46. User: Christine Caple

    Posted on: 25/03/2019 at 10:05 pm

    Sports stars – Zlatan Ibrahimović and Björn Borg

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  47. User: Annabel Greaves

    Posted on: 25/03/2019 at 1:57 pm

    I love their great crime dramas, like Jordskott

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  48. User: Anthony G.

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 10:50 pm

    The Swedish Chef on The Muppets (“Hergy Dergy Bergy!”)

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  49. User: Karen Richards

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 8:31 pm

    Ulrika Jonsson, blonde hair and brilliant crime fiction

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  50. User: Elaine Alexander

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 8:23 pm

    Bjorn Borg, Abba and IKEA x

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  51. User: Janh

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 6:43 pm

    ABBA, our trip to the Fjords which included a stop in Sweden and our Volvo car.

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  52. User: kerri

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 4:27 pm

    Abba and ikea

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  53. User: Kaz Angelac

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 4:20 pm

    ABBA – thank you for the music

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  54. User: Chris Andrews

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 3:58 pm

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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  55. User: janine atkin

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 3:48 pm

    i think of vikings

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  56. User: Ritchie

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 3:14 pm

    IKEA

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  57. User: pete c

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 2:57 pm

    Volvo and meatballs!

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  58. User: iain maciver

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 1:58 pm

    Volvo

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  59. User: MV

    Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 6:48 am

    It’s Diam bars for me! Good job I don’t live in Sweden, otherwise I’d be the size of a house…

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  60. User: Jax Blunt

    Posted on: 22/03/2019 at 6:13 pm

    Forests.

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  61. User: Emilie Thomas

    Posted on: 21/03/2019 at 1:07 pm

    I always think of the 100 year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonassen! It’s my favourite book and I’ll recommend it to ANYBODY who asks! X

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  62. User: Leila Benhamida

    Posted on: 21/03/2019 at 9:03 am

    Stieg Larsson

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  63. User: Sassie Clarke

    Posted on: 21/03/2019 at 6:28 am

    Bjorn Borg, Abba and Volvo Cars

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  64. User: Tricia Jarvis

    Posted on: 20/03/2019 at 9:10 pm

    Liberated adults

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  65. User: Vera Pope

    Posted on: 20/03/2019 at 9:45 am

    Ikea!

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  66. User: Linda Gomez

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 9:09 pm

    Saunas!

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  67. User: Lesley Morton

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 1:06 pm

    A place of incredible contrasts. Scandi Noir and the most friendliest beautiful people, to name a few.

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  68. User: Jane Willis

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 11:28 am

    Dark but engrossing crime fiction

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  69. User: Jackie Robinson

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 10:09 am

    The Ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi. Had a great break there some years ago reindeer herding, cross country skiing and snow mobiling!

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  70. User: Helen Jones

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 9:36 am

    Brilliantly written crime dramas, a Royal family and short days in winter and short nights in summer

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  71. User: Julie hounsome

    Posted on: 19/03/2019 at 6:39 am

    Auntie Lizzie, that’s where she was born, god mother to our boys

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  72. User: Fran Norris

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 9:47 pm

    Forests! I remember driving for miles through them back in the 60s

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  73. User: Katrina Hair

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 7:13 pm

    Abba came from sweden. Its beautiful countryside!

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  74. User: Nick Thorp

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 6:26 pm

    Saunas, steam and snow.

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  75. User: Gillian CORBITT

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 4:06 pm

    huskies,great thrillers both spring to mind!
    please add me to the giveaway!

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  76. User: Denise Price

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 2:48 pm

    Brilliant crime fiction, and ABBA of course.

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  77. User: Caroline Judd

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 1:19 pm

    I used to think of Abba until I visited when I discovered the friendly people and beautiful landscape.

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  78. User: Susan Gilley

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 12:23 pm

    Scandi Noir!

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  79. User: milli

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 12:10 pm

    Superb snowy scenery.

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  80. User: Leah Tonna

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 12:04 pm

    I’ve just finished reading The Ice Beneath Her, kept me awake until the early hours. Love her writing, Brilliant!

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  81. User: Mariasole P

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 10:41 am

    Ikea’s meatballs!

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  82. User: Nicola Williams

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 9:12 am

    When I think of Sweden I think of kanelbullar, glorious lakes to kayak in, the view from the Stadshuset in Stockholm, ferries in the archipelago, yummy brunch in the cafe in Midsommarparken with my son who has lived there for 7 years now.

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  83. User: Martin Turner

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 9:11 am

    Stockholm is the first place that comes to mind

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  84. User: Karen Scott

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 8:59 am

    Crime thrillers!

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  85. User: Jackie perrins

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 8:37 am

    IKEA n stylish home Interiors

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  86. User: Gabriella24

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 2:41 am

    When I think of Sweden I think of fresh air, beautiful scenery, Wallendar, great design of housing and furniture, healthy good looking people, snow, forests, outdoor lifestyle and fondue 🙂

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  87. User: Solange

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 1:52 am

    Abba

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  88. User: Margaret Gallagher

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 1:04 am

    Abba and freedom

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  89. User: Lynn Brown

    Posted on: 18/03/2019 at 12:01 am

    I always think of Fika – cake and coffee as I have a friend who lived in Sweden for a long time.

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  90. User: Debbie Sampson

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 11:21 pm

    Colourful houses on the shoreline, scandi noir dramas, smorgasbord, fish, Abba, Ikea.

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  91. User: Julie Curtis

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 10:45 pm

    ABBA

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  92. User: Linda Rumsey

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 10:38 pm

    The Swedish Chef from The Muppets!

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  93. User: Maureen Julian

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 10:31 pm

    Definitely Abba, Swedish crime series, The Girl with the dragon tattoo.

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  94. User: Claire Harris

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 10:14 pm

    Definitely IKEA! The shop part is the bane of my life, as I can’t stand having to follow their long, winding route to the tills, but I do love the restaurant, the Swedish meatballs are my favourite! 🙂

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  95. User: Irene Wright

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 9:32 pm

    Sweden always means to me : snow, cold, pickled herring, ABBA and really lovely people.

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  96. User: Kaisha

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 9:26 pm

    ABBA and ikea!

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  97. User: Sheena Batey

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:58 pm

    Winter weather, Nordic Noir and dark nights

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  98. User: wendy jamieson-price

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:57 pm

    fabulous drama series

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  99. User: Sarah Hampson

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:48 pm

    Scandanavian fiction

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  100. User: Peter Hayhurst

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:39 pm

    Vasa. The world’s most high-tech warship when it set sail but sunk on its first voyage. Great museum in Stockholm where the ship is on show now.

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  101. User: Helen Marshall

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:26 pm

    Snow, peace and tranquillity.

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  102. User: Sara Hill

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:23 pm

    After reading *Red Snow” I think about elk forests! But prior to reading Will Dean’s books I thought about a Swedish girl who came to stay with my family back in 1956 and gave me one of those little painted wooden horses, She didn’t think much of us whereas I am still in touch with the lovely Danish who also stayed, (Malvern used to hold an International Festival every few years and so we hosted choirs, dance groups etc in our own homes)

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  103. User: Claire Broomsgrove

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:05 pm

    Nature, it’s wonderful lakes and mountains

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  104. User: Kathryn Tuddenham

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:39 pm

    My friends Liz and Jim who moved to Sweden from the UK about 15 years ago

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  105. User: Ellie Lane

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:38 pm

    ABBA, of course
    Meatballs
    Volvo- still my husband’s favorite car
    Absolut vodka
    Pippi Longstocking
    Scandi noir books- of course

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  106. User: Karen Lewis

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:37 pm

    Sweden – spotlessly clean streets, beautiful scenery , fjords, mountains and lovely people.

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  107. User: Evelyn Vernolini

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:34 pm

    Beautiful views x

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  108. User: Julie ryan

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:10 pm

    Ikea and meatballs but would love to explore the real Sweden.

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  109. User: Susan Cross

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 7:07 pm

    The Vasa museum

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  110. User: Page Louise

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:59 pm

    Beautiful scenery, pretty houses, fjords, colourful fabric, dill, rye bread and my brother’s Swedish pen pal many many years ago who used to eat raw potatoes!

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    • User: Sheena Batey

      Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 8:57 pm

      Wintery weather, Nordic Noir and dsrk nights

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  111. User: Julia Caturova

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:50 pm

    I think of real winters, sophisticated design and peculiar cousine

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  112. User: LisaRowsell

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:50 pm

    Meatballs, and Sven-Göran Eriksson.

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  113. User: Janet Gilliard

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:39 pm

    Sweden makes me think of sparkling clean places with bright happy houses

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  114. User: Louise Evans

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:37 pm

    The first thing I think of is Swedish meatballs and IKEA x

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  115. User: Barbara Khan

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:33 pm

    Sweden I think blonde hair and Festival of St. Lucia, thecone that takes place at Christmas. Girls wear a crown of candles. I recall a movie from when I was in elementary school.

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  116. User: Rachel Hall

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:28 pm

    Blonde hair and blue eyes!

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  117. User: Paula rampton

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:20 pm

    I do think of abba

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  118. User: Jo Kenyon

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:16 pm

    Ikea and meatballs!

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  119. User: Joanne Thomas

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:14 pm

    Meatballs!!! I think of Swedish meatballs! Ha ha

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  120. User: Hannah

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:13 pm

    Abba!

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  121. User: Karen Ashley

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:12 pm

    Clean air, good carefree living….and blondes like me

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  122. User: Kerry Foyle

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:12 pm

    It’s got to be ABBA

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  123. User: Allana

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:11 pm

    When I think of Sweden I think of a smorgasbord with lots of delicious toppings, big open spaces and the Northern Lights xxx

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  124. User: Steve Beckwith

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:10 pm

    Kopparberg cider in a beer garden on a summer’s day

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  125. User: Lynn Evans

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:07 pm

    Exciting crime stories with great plots!

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  126. User: Karen hutchinson

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:06 pm

    ABBA , Ikea , meatballs , malmo

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  127. User: Sharon Rimmelzwaan

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:05 pm

    I think of our friend in Sweden whenever Sweden is actually mentioned. THEN it has to be Ikea!

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  128. User: Andrea Hedgcock

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:04 pm

    Will Dean!!!

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  129. User: Janine Phillips

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:03 pm

    I think of Abba x

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  130. User: Lyn skedge

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:02 pm

    Great crime books to enjoy on dark cold winter nights

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  131. User: Rona Williams

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 6:02 pm

    Has to be ABBA

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  132. User: Sarah Thomas

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 5:57 pm

    Long quiet roads covered in snow.

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  133. User: Adrian Lee

    Posted on: 17/03/2019 at 5:49 pm

    I grew up listening to ABBA, and the first truck I drove was a Volvo, so both these thing are what I think of from Sweden

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    • User: Margaret Clarkson

      Posted on: 24/03/2019 at 2:33 pm

      Lingonberry Jam

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