This is a journal of the travels of Len Nasman in Sweden and Finland in July of 1998. The foundation for this trip was put in place in the summer of 1997 when Len and Diana Nasman visited Tvååker, Halland County Sweden, the birthplace of Len’s maternal grandmother and grandfather. At the time of that visit, Len knew of no living relatives in the area.

Len had, however, made contact by way of the internet with a college student from Tvååker who introduced him to Inge Svensson. While Len and Diana were visiting Inge Svensson during their 1997 trip, they met Anders Andersson who had a genealogy chart with Sven Gabrielsson at the top of the page, and Sven’s children and offspring shown in columns on the chart. One column, headed by Gust Svensson, indicated that Gust had emigrated to the United States, and that nothing more was known about Gust. Gust Svensson (or Swanson in the US) was Len’s grandfather.

Anders Andersson reported that his branch of the family had been having reunions alternating between Sweden and the US, and that the next reunion was planned for the summer of 1998 in the Varberg area.

The scheduled date for the family reunion conflicted with Diana’s teaching responsibilities, but Len decided to make his second trip to Sweden and attend the reunion. This is what lead up to the following travel report.