**ZIEMER'S TREE * SWEDISH ROOTS**

ÖLAND PICTURE ALBUM

"Here is the beautiful summerland, the island of the winds and the sun..."

-- "Song of Öland" by Sven-Erik Sjöholm

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The Church of Alböke Parish ++

Hällen ++

Borgholm Slott, Medievel Stronghold
and Renaissance Castle

Solliden, Italianate Palace
of the Royal Family

Deep in the dark oak woods
of Halltorps Hage

Detail of Mittlands shows former and present family sites:
Alböke, Askelunda, Hällen, Äleklinta, Föra, Persnäs
The Old Church of Källa ++

1822 Map of Askelunda #3;
buildings outlined at "C" (center)

Windmills of Öland

One of the many Viking-era
runestones on the island

Eketorps Borg, Iron-Age Fortress
on the Great Alvar

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