Another Swede

[forestwalker]

I suppose I should introduce myself.

I've been an outdoor person the last 35 or so years, with an interest in survival/primitive tech for most of that time. I'm somewhat active in the Swedish Survival Guild (Svenska Överlevnadssällskapet, a club for studying and teaching wilderness survival).

My main interests are in long term skills, with an unreachable goal of being good enought to actually walk out with an axe and a knife and never comming back again, and not by quietly dying in an abandoned bus a few weeks later. So I study both the "survival" bits, the crafts bit, and the primitive tech bits, wanting to know enought to make replacements for as much as possible of my gear.

Currently I live in what is logically the middle of Sweden, but by summer I'll be moving closer to what is geographically the middle of Sweden (Jämtland).

 

[DavidJT]

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have loads of experience to share.
I spend a couple of months every year in Sweden and Norway as I'm married to a swede. Do you have any links or info on the course your organization run?( P.S. I can understand a little Swedish.)
Cheers David

 

[andybysea]

Hello and welcome, and how the hell is your English better than mine,god our education system is lacking!

 

[SimonM]

Hello & welcome to the forum.

Simon

 

[Shewie]

Hi Forestwalker - welcome to the forum

It sounds like you`ve got a lot to share, looking forward to it

 

[addo]

Welcome Forestwalker, look forward to your posts.

 

[tenderfoot]

hi forestwalker, you are lucky to live in a beautiful country which still has wilderness.keep us posted as to where you get to /what you get up to.

 

[Cegga]

Hej!!
Välkommen hit .
Cegga

 

[craeg]

Welcome forestwalker.

As already said, we look forward to hearing about your experiences and maybe seeing some of your activities/creations in photographs. I am truly envious of the Swedish nations right to roam, light fires, camp, eat and use axes/knives without the fear of being arrested and branded a criminal What a sad state of affairs we have now.

I am starting to feel guilty about taking out any sharps in the great outdoors for fear of being searched. It is a joke really...but not funny...

Careful or I might start to rant

Anyway mate enjoy the forum

Cheers
Craeg

 

[forestwalker]

Do you have any links or info on the course your organization run?( P.S. I can understand a little Swedish.)

http://www.overleva.nu

 

[Trackerman]

Hej och välkommen skogsvandrare!
(Hello and velcome forestwalker)

 

[hiho]

hello and welcome

 

[Liam1811]

Hey Welcome! Good to have another one of us here!

 

[Wayland]

Hi Forestwalker.

I've noticed some of your posts already, good to have you here.

I've travelled a bit in Norway but haven't done as much in Sweden yet, only Skone and I'm told that doesn't count.

 

[forestwalker]

I've noticed some of your posts already, good to have you here.

I've travelled a bit in Norway but haven't done as much in Sweden yet, only Skone and I'm told that doesn't count.

Depends, it is Not The Same as the boreal forest, and is more similar to parts of the UK.

 

[Sainty]

Welcome to the forum.

Martin

 

[John Fenna]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Trackerman]

Hi Forestwalker.
I've travelled a bit in Norway but haven't done as much in Sweden yet, only Skone and I'm told that doesn't count.

Hrrrmmm! Who told you that? Here are both broad-leaved forest and softwood in a nice mix. Not that large areas as in upper Sweden, but it definitive counts.

;-)

 

[Wayland]

I was told by another Viking that it was Denmark really...

 

[forestwalker]

I was told by another Viking that it was Denmark really...

I think most people there have accepted that they are no longer part of Denmark. Long political and cultural history.