A misty february day in the part of Sweden called Småland, amongst the pine and the birch trees, the stones, the silent forest floor, with the wild pig tracks, you can easily begin to image what made people leave for a better life.
A torp, a tiny house given to soldier, so they could live of the land.
It has been a hard life, living of the land. You would have to move stone by stone, to get fields that could be cultivated.
Inside of this house there is one living room, a kitchen with an open fire stove. Up stairs there are a small bed room. The farmers here dreamt of a better life. Some of them left for USA, some stopped in Denmark, to work as farmers.
To be continued…….