Driving the Backroads of Björketorp, August 19, 1990¶
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Driving the Back Roads of Björketorp 
Speaker
Doris Rinell (aka Holmquist, Brown)
Location
In a car near the village of Björketorp and environs, and driving into Göteborg, Sweden
Date
Introduction of tape give the date of 1991. However the year was probably 1990, and probably Sunday, August 19.
Recipients of Audio Letter
Doris' children: Carolynn Whitman, Carey Holmquist, Meilynn Smith, Lennart Holmquist
Language(s)
English, Swedish
Names of People Mentioned
Hellen Rinell (Mormor, Momo) Oscar Rinell (Mofa, Morfar, Dad), Roy Rinell, Annie Andersson (neighbor and friend), Gustav (friend of Roy Rinell), Johan Alfred Colldén (grandfather of Doris Rinell), Jenny (Martinsson) and husband Hans, Meilynn Holmquist, Len (Lennart) Holmquist.
Names of Places Mentioned
Sulatorp (the family cabin), Tabernaklet (baptist church in the city of Göteborg), Ventura (California), Rya (geographical area near Björketorp), Edith Rinell, Santa Paula Hospital (California), Göteborg, Landvetter, Lindberg (grocery store - which eventually went out of business), Lindome (where Johan Alfred Colldén started his furniture factory), Dalarna, Lake Siljan.
Björketorp
Björketorp is in Mark Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, and is about an hour's drive from Göteborg. The village had 467 inhabitants in 2010.
Map
Click here for a map showing location of Björketorp in relation to Lindome and Gothenburg (Göteborg).
Subjects
Driving the backroads near the town of Björketorp: church ruins, problems with Gustav (friend of Roy Rinell), auction of Roy's possessions, fields, flowers, barns, farms, stone foundations, church from 1500s, graveyard, Swedish music (audio), cows, kyrka (church), stubbor people from Björketorp, bondgård (farm), more Swedish folk music (accordion), directions to Björketorp, following a bus, heavy clouds, singing along with Swedish folk music recording, potty stop.
Digital Conversion
By Lennart Holmquist
Copyright by Lennart Holmquist, 2007-13
All Rights Reserved
CHAPTER
- Read This
- Acknowledgements
- Background
- Forward
- (1866-88) Beginnings
- (1888-90) Bethel Seminary
- (1891) Johan & Hedvig Engaged
- (1892) God's Prophet
- (1893) Out to this Far Off Land
- (1894) Sailing to China
- (1895) Escape to Chefoo
- (1896) A New Home
- (1897) Germans Take Tsingtao and Kiaohsien
- (1898) Margaret Born
- (1899) Twins Born in Sweden
- (1900) Boxer Rebellion
- (1901) Oscar's Childhood
- (1902) Oscar to Boarding School
- (1903) Girl's School Begins
- (1904) Lindberg Children off to Boarding School
- (1905) First Baptism Chucheng
- (1906) Furlough in Sweden
- (1907) Edith to Boarding School
- (1908) Another Missionary
- (1909) Church in Wangtai
- (1910) First Clinic in Kiaochow
- (1911) Egron Travels to Sweden
- (1912) Oscar Leaves Boarding School
- (1913) Church Consecrated in Kiaochow
- (1914) Oscar Attends Seminary
- (1915) Journey Overland
- (1916) Girls School in Chucheng
- (1917) Edith Graduates
- (1918) Conscientious Objector
- (1919) Sisters to America
- (1920) Oscar Meets Hellen
- (1921) Oscar & Hellen Engaged
- (1922) Hellen Graduates
- (1923) Oscar & Hellen Marry
- (1924) Hunting Rabbits
- (1925) A Son is Born
- (1926) Meeting of Dr. Sun Yat-sen?
- (1927) Margaret & Roy Jewett Married
- (1928) Fighting in Kiaochow
- (1929) Peace Again in Kiaochow
- (1930) Fighting Near Kiaochow
- (1931) Oscar Leaves Göteborg University
- (1932) Poppies and War in Shantung
- (1933) First Chinese Pastor Steps Down
- (1934) Sports, Severed Heads & a Mission Conference
- (1935) Successful Mission Schools
- (1936) Sacred Aspen
- (1937) Travels to America and Sweden
- (1938) Japanese Take Tsingtao
- (1939) Sharks Attack Officer
- (1940) New Pastors for Chinese Churches
- (1941) Passing of Johan Alfred
- (1942) Blomdahl Shot
- (1943) Piano Lessons
- (1944) Lolly & Dollan Baptized
- (1945) Peace & War
- (1946) Liberation
- (1947) Communists Attack Kiaohsien
- (1948) Dollan Emigrates to America
- (1949) Hedvig Leaves China
- (1950) Hellen Leaves China
- (1951) Last Swedish Missionary in China
- (1952) Sweden Again
- (1953) Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Named Persons
- Place Names
- Organizations
- Addresses
- International Cemetery
- Passenger Lists
Foreign Devils: A Swedish Family in China 1894 to 1951
© 2012-14 Lennart Holmquist
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