This is part of the legacy Dag Hammarskjöld left behind at Backåkra – a place to meditate and to pray for peace.
Where do you take someone who has never been to southern Sweden before and wants to get away from it all?
My recommendation is to visit a stone in a field at Dag Hammarskjöld’s Backåkra and enjoy some serene views. This is not just any old stone! Engraved … Read the rest
It was a bright morning on 6 June 2010 when I pulled into a petrol station in the UK driving my red Ford Fiesta. It could have been any petrol station for all I cared. I just needed petrol. But it turned out to be a BP station. This made me stop and think.
Bad news for BP
I filled up and went over to pay at the counter. Some … Read the rest
Save the Children in Sweden publishes an annual report on Transforming Care. In May, I translated the Swedish original into English for the second year in a row. This report covers their nationwide efforts to help adults deal with children who have suffered from trauma.
Reading between the lines of the 2016 and 2017 reports, though refugee children are now in safe-keeping in Sweden, many of them are still suffering … Read the rest
