M/S Polfors

If you walk the whole stretch of Söder Mälarstrand from Slussen to the bridge over to the Långholmen island, you will have seen all 24 ships moored there. This is the last one. M/S Polfors. It was built in Denmark back in the 1960s. Based in Dragør, it sailed around the world as a break bulk cargo ship. The city of Stockholm bought the ship in the late 1970s to use as a school ship. They had it rebuilt and used it for 20 years. Today the ship is owned by Sjömansskolan. A secondary school near Pålsundsbron on Långholmen.

Brick Art

Detail on the wall at Mariaskolan, Ringvägen on Södermalm. Built in 1890. According to Wikipedia both Ulf Lundell and Carola were students here.

Berga Skola

Berga school. Not used as a school today, the building sits on the property belonging to the agricultural college. Back in the 1970s, I used to visit here with my parents as my dad's best friend lived in an apartment here.

Finally

Been waiting for this since I snapped that Safety Respect photo in late October of last year. No idea why it took them five month to finish the job. A Thailand vacation maybe? That is my old school btw. Second and third grade student in that school.

Beyond the window

I started to think about Haruki Murakami when I photographed this window yesterday with my new canon zoom lens. It's part of a new school currently under construction at Sleipnervägen in Handen. Construction started in the Spring but it won't be finished until next Autumn. You can see an illustration if you follow this link that will take you to the builders website.

Pick a door

Two blue doors at the old Fredrik gymnasium school in Handen. The real name of the school is Fredrika Bremergymnasiet, named of course after the famous author. The name Fredrik is a play with words of sorts as the students in this part of the school were usually male, although that has of course changed today. Anywho, a new "Fredrik" school is currently being built across the road from here next to the "real" Frerdika Bremer school.

A Very Public Bathroom

Swedish proverb of the day: Nöden har ingen lag. Or, in English, when you have to go you have to go. A very public bathroom at the Fredrika Bremer secondary school. A couple of old buildings are being demolished at the moment. They will be replaced with new ones.

The old schoolhouse

On a winter morning in February back in 1847, a teacher opened the green door to let the first students in to this school at Svartbäcken. 150 years after that first school day, on February 15 1997, the door opened again. That's when the school museum opened. Inside you will find a typical class room as it would have looked a century ago. This is the oldest school building in Haninge.

The old school

This can sometimes happen when you are speedwalking...

The building in the background is the old school in Tungelsta. I was a student there for one year as a first grader back in the early 1970s. My mother Lillemor Jansson was a student there for six years, between 1945 and 1951, as was my paternal grandfather Harald Fredrik Jansson, who started third grade here when the school was brand new back in 1913 and it is his class photo you can see here.

Table Tennis Anyone?

This ping-pong table can be found at the Tungelsta school which opens again tomorrow after the Christmas holiday. I shot this photo one hour ago. Not much snow as you can see. Quite a difference from how the same table looked back in December of 2009 which was when I shot the second photo.

School Facade

Next to the park in Jordbro a new school for six hundred students is under construction. The builder is Tornberget. On the same spot where once Blockstensskolan stood. The name of the new school is Höglundaskolan. A new soccer pitch will also be built next to the school.

The Mold Inspector Was Here

Remembers those lazy pre-school kids I mentioned in a post about some tire swings at a playground? Looks like more problems heading their way now. The nice looking school building at Lida in Tungelsta have now been condemned! Apparently it's not just the kids that spends a lot of time here, but also millions of microscopic organisms. There was a meeting last week when the parents were informed that the school will be teared down because of the mold problem.

Partial Solar Eclipse

There was a partial solar eclipse this morning. I headed out between breakfast and coffee to see if the light would change, which it did. It did get a bit darker as the sun was blocked by the moon. This is a school building in Tungelsta where I was a student many moons ago. And I have played football on the pitch, but I think it will be a while before anyone will try that this year.

Lake Reflections

The Lighting Laboratory building belonging to Campus Haninge, and Södertörns Högskola reflected in the water at Lower Lake Rudan in Handen. Some info in English about the school here.

The Rudan School

I was out climbing a hill at the nature reserve Lake Rudan in Handen a while back. From the top of said hill you have a decent view of the surrounding areas. This photo shows the Rudan primary school and an office building at the Handen Terminal. The school has 430 students and the building used to house the district court before being turned into a school. I shot the photo from the remains of a hill fort dating back to the Iron Age. Sadly it's not much to see these days, just a few stones and rocks here and there. In total there are around 300 such fortifications in this part of Sweden.

Winter Hammock

Here is the answer to yesterdays photo riddle.

This is one of two hammocks outside the Syskonstugan (school and Kindergarten), in Tungelsta. I didn't see any tracks in the snow, which probably means that the kids are playing elsewhere this time of the year.

The old School

This is Åbygården in Västerhaninge. Today a youth centre. Built as a school back in 1922. The school closed in 1984. It's situated next to the Kaplansgården which was the previous school. Built in 1860. Three years ago I posted a photo of that building, where my grandfather was a student many years ago.

Ping Pong, Anyone?

We really enjoy sport in this country. And winter sports especially because of the long winters. We are only two months away from the next winter games in Vancouver. Swedish athletes won nine gold medals in Torino, and we will try to defend the Ice-hockey gold as well as the gold medals we won in the different ski disciplines. But I wonder if this somewhat unusual sport will ever make it to the Olympics? Outdoor Winter Table Tennis?

Campus Life

The agricultural school at Berga opened in 1921. Back then it had only male students. Today that has changed quite a bit, especially considering the very popular horse programme. If you walk around the 700 hectare big property you will find many different buildings. Both modern and old farm buildings. They have everything you would find on a modern farm. And there is also a 300 year old mansion (you can see part of it in yesterdays post), or here from my 2007 visit, and a little museum with many objects from the old days. The school is self sufficient when it comes to heating, via a modern pellet heating system. As I have already told you there are many animals at the farm and all livestock feed needed are produced locally, like oat and corn.The building you see here was built for when the school opened in 1921. Back then it had class rooms, campus eateries and student apartments. Today there are newer smaller apartment buildings here and my flickr friend Jim has a fine photo of those apartments. Both Jim and myself have flickr sets with more photos. Here is a link to Jim's photos. And my set is over here.

The School

The two storey brick school building at Tungelstavägen. I was a student here in second and third grade, back in the 1970ths. Before me my mother was a student here when the school was new in 1952-1953. Since then a few more school buildings have been built here.