Karl Henrik Edlund: Eden Paul Rosenius but nothing can erase its

but nothing can erase its history

Photo essays by Hilde Honerud

Katinka Goldberg

Honourable mention by the jury for Swedish Book Art 2005 at the National Library of Sweden

Büge • ISBN 978-91-87939-71-6 • 2025

Karl Henrik Edlund: Eden Paul Rosenius but nothing can erase itsFrom the veranda I watch the horned grebe with its bright red eyes and yellow orange tufts diving rapidly into the water. I wait and wait for it to reappear, often where I least expect it. Sea surrounds the island, one of more than 6,700 in the land archipelago. The islands solid bedrock with striations, veins and crevices, shaped by time. The place was once rugged; full of scraggy pines, junipers and tall, wild grass. Grandfather cleared and planted