Prohibition of Eating for Export – Culture and Entertainment

In the bio-current "Midsummer" of the American Ari Aster, a group of Americans goes to a contemporary village in Hälsingland where human sacrifices are part of the Midsummer's celebrations. Last year, in "The Ritual", a British gang met a mythological and bloodthirsty being in Kungsleden. Next year, the British Nick Frost and Simon Pegg produce a horror film in the archipelago 's environment.

It's a dark picture that foreign filmmakers paint in Sweden.

Andrew Nestingen, professor of Scandinavian studies and Nordic film at the University of Washington in Seattle, believes that international fans of Swedish film have a picture of Sweden as an ultra-modern country where rational political decisions lead us to a more and more perfect society.

Popular legends that, in "Midsummer", create a contrast. There is also the idea that there are authentic rituals and traditions, but that they are there to hide something.

The hive to eat is introduced

"Midsummer" introduces an international biopublic for the lineage: a rock where the elderly throw themselves or are thrown against death so as not to clutter the younger generations. Although today's historians no longer believe that the custom actually existed, this expression is still alive in Swedish.

The bite of eating is a concept that Andrew Nesting has not seen in the United States.

The idea of ​​a personal victim of the best of the collective is probably very foreign to the American mentality. In American society, competition is in force, people had to fight and the survivor to live.

The forest is scary

In the literature, Swedish writers have written the Swedish detective novel and the "black nordic" for blood-sucking and successful genres. Britain's Will Dean moved to Värmlandsskogen seven years ago with his Swedish wife. It was there that he began writing English-language detectives on the Swedish Tuva Moodyson, a deaf journalist who, after many years in London and Stockholm, is currently working on the editorial board of directors. a small newspaper in areas of low population density. The forest scares her, something her author can understand.

One of my books takes place in February with less than 25 and less – an extreme Sweden to which I am not yet accustomed. The wilderness and the winter climate present an inherent threat here. In the UK, you're never far from a street, a souvenir shop or a pub. This is no longer wild. For me, darkness and immensity create a sense of danger.

Interest for Swedish cuisine and Ica

Will Dean thinks that most people see Sweden as a progressive, peaceful and prosperous country.

But who also adheres to many traditions, he said, adding that his next book would be held in the middle of the summer.

Swedish food is usually of interest to its readers, even where we shop.

When I write about how everyone in the small town of Tuva deals with Ica Maxi, I get feedback from readers around the world. It's the only place where people can buy food and clothes. All have the same boots that Ica Maxi sells this winter. There are small towns all over the world, but as a foreigner, it is something that I really notice.

Missed mid-summer light

Although the films "Midsummer" and "The Ritual" take place in Sweden, none of them is recorded here, except in Hungary and Romania. Is it important? Yes, said Andrew Nesting. Swedish darkness can sell, but light does.

What I especially learned while watching a Swedish film, is the beauty of the Nordic light. He has been from "Berg-Ejvind and his wife" from 1918 to "Summer with Monika", "Änglagård" and in new Swedish films like "Sameblod". For me, it's one of the most distinctive features of Swedish film. "Midsummer" was recorded outside of Budapest, it was perhaps a missed opportunity to film in the light of the Swedish summer.