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Daily Archives: May 30, 2012

Whatever Happened to Magnus Eriksson?

30 Wednesday May 2012

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Allsvenskan, Anton Tinnerholm, Archford Gutu, Åtvidaberg, Åtvidabergs FF, Facit, Gustav Jansson, Jonathan McDonald, Kalmar FF, Kopparvallen, Kristian Bergström, Magnus Eriksson, Tobias Eriksson

Sunday 20th May 2012 ko 15.00

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ÅTVIDABERGS FF 3 (Prodell 33 Eriksson 38p Zhubi 54)

KALMAR FF 0

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After an overnight stay in Jönköping we drove around 120 miles north-west to Linköping, passing Lake Vättern, which is as beautiful as it is huge (738 sq mi). From there it was a short distance south to Åtvidaberg, a town founded on medieval copper mining and latterly the production of mechanical calculators! A child’s climbing frame based on one is to be found just off the town square. Continue reading →

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The Engine Room (Volvo of course!)

30 Wednesday May 2012

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Bilos Yonakhir, Division 1 Södra, Linus Johansson, Mårten Gustafsson, Qviding, Ronald Mukiibi, Södermalms Idrottsplats, Volvo, volvo engines

Saturday 19th May 2012 ko 16.00

Division 1 Södra

SKÖVDE AIK 2 (L Johansson 3 8) L Johansson sent off 74 (2nd Booking)

QVIDING F.I.F. 1 (Mukiibi 90)

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With a leisurely start to the day in Stockholm, it was a simple enough task to collect our hire car from close to the soon-to-be closing Råsunda stadium and head around 250 miles south-west to the town of Skövde, in Västra Götaland. Unusually the town is built on a grid system, a reflection on the almost total destruction of the settlement by fire in 1759. St Helena was apparently from here. Nowadays the area is best known for the production of Volvo engines, and two units of the Swedish army. Continue reading →

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