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Frozen here. Links to Sweden.

Winter: 11 Mulk (February 17)

2006-02-17
morning, 17 degrees. -22 (yes, minus) in Missoula, MT.

If I end up in Montana, I'd better love it! Minus 22 I do not like. They may get above Zero by Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. May even get above freezing by Thursday. Cold in Tulsa, 23. -27 in Bismarck, North Dakota. That's colder than I have ever felt. Guess that arctic air that froze Moscow has moved our way?

Would check out temps in Sweden, but I don't think the list at Yahoo weather includes any cities from Småland. Växjö has an airport, so you'd think I could find out!

Wikipedia has a good article on Småland, but the link doesn't work.

AL mentioned that Hässleby was named after the hazel nut. This is from a website for Hässleby SOK. SOK = Orienteering Club; hasselnötter = hazelnut.

I HSOK:s klubbmärke märks hasselnötter och hängen då namnet Hässleby kommer från de hasselträd och dungar som tidigare fanns vid kyrkan.

The complete article (in Swedish) with pictures (fotogalleri) can be found at:

http://www.eksjo.se/hsok

Link to the sanitorium (also in Swedish):

http://www.f.lst.se/4.c79809f665b806047fff5094.html

Picture of the church (Note the spelling Hessleby!):

http://skortsjo.perso.cegetel.net/lang/socknar/hassleby_ka.htm

Article in Swedish in Wikipedia re Mariannelund:

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariannelund