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Umeå and the Latvian capital, Riga, are Europe’s joint Capital of Culture for 2014. In Umeå, we’ve chosen to celebrate by making 2014 a fully-fled- ged year of culture throughout Västerbotten come! County. The following eight double-page spreads – one for each of the seasons of the Sami year – present a small selection of all the events planned throughout the county in 2014, including events organised by Region Västerbotten, NorrlandsOpe- Ammarnäs ran, Västerbottensteatern, Västerbotten Museum, River Stories the Storytelling Festival in Skellefteå and Konst- Archangelica – Songs for a vägen Sju Älvar. Tärnaby Flower House Stor-Nila Join us for a wealth of art, music, theatre, dance, exhibitions and oral and literary storytelling. Here in Västerbotten County. 2014, here we come! River Film Stories The Log-drivers Are Co- Ola Kellgren, Head of Cultural Affairs, Region Västerbotten ming! Inlandsbanefestival Malå The Woodcutters Manaj Vuöllie, the Children’s Yoik FEST 2014 Norsjö Inlandsbanefestival The Woodcutters (music festival) Skellefteå Stor-Nila Storytelling Festival Framest Vocal Ensemble Choral concert Saxnäs FEST 2014 Events by the Water Storytelling at Nordanå Storytelling at River Film Stories Gammplatsen Västerbotten – Verbalised, Stor-Nila Anything Goes, Robertsfors Set to Music, Visualised River Film Stories Musiksällskap music society River Film Stories Dance festival Inlandsbanefestival Gumboda Hed 2014, with the Archangelica– Songs (music festival) Västerbotten Regiment for a Flower House Kôrksangern Framest (Folk Hymns) Vocal Ensemble Framest Vocal Music and Ensemble Storytelling along Åsele The Log-drivers Konstvägen Sju Älvar Music and Storytelling Are Coming! Inlandsbanefestival along Konstvägen The Woodcutters, Åmsele (music festival) Sju Älvar Events by the Water Kôrksangern The Price of Good Will (Folk Hymns) Vännäs 100 MIGRATORY Music and Sune Jonsson Centre for Music and Storytelling along Documentary Photography Storytelling along Konst- Konstvägen Sju Älvar vägen Sju Älvar Mon lean duhát jagi Framest Vocal - I’m a Thousand Years Warner Oland Ensemble Gustaf Was Here River Film Stories Littfest Passion from Norrland MADE 2014 Baroque and Beyond Crescendo 2014 Storytelling at Gammlia The Holmön Song Festival Blanche & Marie Umeå Jazz Festival THE PRICE OF GOOD WILL In Västerbottensteatern’s production of Välviljans pris, playwright and actor Gunnar Eklund examines some of the conflicts that arose between the Swedish and Sami cultures during the 20th century. In the Swedish dream of folkhemmet, the welfare state, the old was to be torn down and a new community was to be built from the ground up. How did this idea gel with the Sami tradition that the past is an important part of life in the present? “We can’t live in the past, but the past lives in us.” Välviljans pris is part of Rock Art in Sápmi, a major collaborative project organised by Västerbotten Museum during Umeå’s year as the Euro- pean Capital of Culture. Script, Gunnar Eklund; director, Lillemor Skogheden; actors, Gunnar Eklund, Margareta Niss and Nina Nordvall Vahlberg. WHEN: Première 31 January, 7 PM. Also 1 February, 6 PM and 2 February, 3 PM (also during the Sami Week, 3 and 4 March, 7 PM). The performance will then tour Västerbotten County throug- hout 2014. WHERE: Västerbotten Museum in Umeå during the official opening of Umeå’s year as European Capital of Culture, and in the Studion venue at Umeå Folkets Hus, 3 and 4 March. Dálvvie 100 MIGRATORY AND DANCE BY CARMEN OLSSON Monica L. Edmondson’s exhibition, 100 MIGRATORY, is a 100 MIGRATORY, thought-inspiring installation made up of glass objects, with dance by Carmen Olsson. images and dance. Within the exhibition, 100 glass vessels take a round trip. They migrate in and out of different en- vironments, lands and worlds. One of the key ideas behind the work is mankind’s common place of origin, Africa. Välviljans pris (The Price of Good Will). From this centralised beginning, Kind-hearted teacher Birgit Johansson arrives humans have travelled on foot to at a nomad school in the 1950s to spread folk- other places, adapting their genetic hemmet’s ideas in Sápmi. traits to different areas and climates over time as they went. This idea Winter calls to mind the Sami people living OTHER EVENTS 30 January–27 February in the area known as Sápmi and The Museum’s Opening of the the migration patterns they have Capital of Culture Year followed throughout the ages, also Three exhibition openings, three theatre about Sápmi in the context of the premières, two book releases, the inauguration land called and Sweden in of the Sune Jonsson Centre for Documentary PHOTOGRAPHIC the context of the wider world. Photography, dance, open fires, open houses HISTORY IN THE 100 MIGRATORY will be on display and Sami camps with reindeer. It’s all part of during the spring of 2014. As part SPOTLIGHT AT Västerbotten Museum’s programme for the of the exhibition, dancer Carmen opening of the Capital of Culture celebrations. VÄSTERBOTTEN Olsson will create a piece to be The event will run from 31 January to 2 Februa- MUSEUM performed during the exhibition, in ry. Read more at www.vbm.se. The Sune Jonsson Centre for Documen- collaboration with NorrlandsOperan. tary Photography, a new platform for With her joint Nordic and Spanish Folk and World Music Gala documentary works on social change heritage, Olsson has developed her and human living conditions, will own style of the Japanese dance The 21 February 2014 will see the start of open in January 2014. Here, older form butoh, called mibudo. Mibudo Sweden’s annual Folk and World Music Gala, photographic projects will meet new is characterised by precision and a which will be held at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå works by contemporary photograph- strong presence in each movement. in honour of the city’s designation as the Euro- ers and filmmakers, giving us pause Both the exhibition and dance piece pean Capital of Culture 2014. This year, the gala to reflect on our lives. are part of the Rock Art in Sápmi is being held together with the well-established project. local folk music festival Umefolk. Vera and Frits Eriksson, small WHEN: Opening, 1 February 2 PM. farmers in Öre-Långsele, Lycksele, Carmen Olsson dances at 3 PM. Jukka’s Tunes 1961. Photo: Sune Jonsson. Olsson will also dance at Edmond- In Jukkaslåtar, musician Gunnar Idenstam son’s exhibition during Sami Week, recreates personal memories of his childhood on 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 March at 2 PM. spent in Jukkasjärvi, beside the Torne River in WHERE: Västerbotten Museum, far-northern Sweden. Jukkaslåtar was commis- Umeå. sioned to celebrate Jukkasjärvi’s 400th anni- versary in 2008. The piece will be performed in Umeå on 20 February and then tour Västerbot- ten County 21–25 February.

Mirror OPENING WEEKEND – NOT JUST IN UMEÅ Europe Västerbottensteatern’s youth group, Umeå’s selection as the European Capital of Culture for 2014 involves more than the city itself. The entire region is participating. The official opening of the year’s cultural UngHästen, is currently contributing its celebrations will include a collection of activities under the collective title FUTURE FLOWS THROUGH US. NorrlandsOperan has brought together the creative talents of the special form of forum theatre to the Mirror entire region through the River Stories collaborative project. A number of the project’s contributors will meet in Umeå 30 January-1 February. Europe development project. The project aims to develop communication among a number of FROM AMMARNÄS, we will follow the ten-day-long migration of a herd of reindeer along the old Sami migration trail that leads to the traditional wintertime pasturelands European cities and to enrich their cultural around Umeå. Artist Nicolai Dunger and Sami musicians will accompany the herd on skis. The artists will make a few stops along the way to give concerts. Otherwise, they activities. Mirror Europe is testing new will spend their nights sleeping in tents and traditional Sami huts, holding singing sessions with those who join them. A STEAM TRAIN LEAVES from Storuman, bound for collaborative methods, including digital Umeå. On board, ordinary passengers will share the carriages with visiting performers‚ namely, the vocal ensemble FRAMEST, from Riga. The musical tour will make stops in co-creation processes and interactive Storuman, Lycksele, Vindeln, Vännäs and Umeå. FROM NORRBOTTEN, accompanied by Mari Boine and the Norrbotten Big Band, we take the E4 highway south and begin workshops. our tour in Jukkasjärvi. There will be concerts in Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå and Umeå. FROM SUNDSVALL, we travel to Umeå with the railway. In Sundsvall, the 2014 celebrations will kick off with a mini festival held in the Capital-of-Culture spirit. At the opening ceremony, we jump on the culture bandwagon with Karin Rhenqvist’s work Där korpen vittnar (Where the Raven Pales), about 17th-century witch trials, with Ulrika Bodén and the Nordic Chamber Ensemble. FROM VASA, we hitch a ride with the Wasaline ferry to build a BRO (bridge) with Bothnia Rhythm Orchestra, a newly-established big band in the region. Kick-off in Vasa, a concert on the ferry and finale in Umeå.

2 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 3 Mer på gång 28 February–29 April Umeå Novellpris – Competition for Novelists Umeå Novellpris is Sweden’s largest annual competition for novelists. The prize was established in 2007 as part of Umeå’s bid to become the 2014 European Capital of Culture. The competition aims both to create a new forum for Swedish novels and The sixth edition of the Storytelling Festival in STORYTELLING to affirm Västerbotten County’s reputation Skellefteå will take place 24-30 March, this time as the “Storytellers’ County”. The 2014 No- with a clear international flavour. FESTIVAL IN vellpris will be awarded in conjunction with SKELLEFTEÅ Littfest, Umeå’s international literature festival (see below). Gijrradálvvie The 2014 Storytelling Festival will be held 24-30 March. It will be a week filled with the art of telling good yarns and the joy of listening to them unfold. For the sixth year running, the Storytellers’ Town, Skellefteå, will be transformed into a boiling cauldron filled Folk Hymns with local, national and international tales. Over 100 different events held across the municipality will fill the week- Over a period of several years, Ulrika long programme, including storytelling performances, seminars, lectures, workshops, storytelling contests, a Bodén has gathered together a litt- festival club and much more. Extra effort is being made during the Capital of Culture year to give the programme an le-known repertoire of songs from the area international dimension, with artists from a number of European countries contributing. The festival will also include where she grew up in the Swedish province a conference with seminars, lectures and workshops, through which the “storytelling industry” will share its insights of Ångermanland. The beautiful ballads on the power of the art form. on her new album, Kôrksangern (2012), are The Storytelling Festival is organised by Västerbottensteatern, Skellefteå museum, Västerbotten Museum and the result of her continued collaboration Kultur Skellefteå, supported by Region Västerbotten and Skellefteå Municipality. with her local music scene. Early spring Touring Västerbotten County 3-9 & 17-23 February.

Drawing inspiration from Gustaf Hallström’s diaries, Love Ersare has created a storytelling performance entitled Gustaf Was Here. The work is part of the Rock Art in Sápmi project. GUSTAF WAS HERE – a storytelling performance by and with Love Ersare The year is 1942. A 62-year-old archaeologist treks across Nazi-occupied and Norway on skis. Gustaf Hallström was not just a researcher who discovered some of the Nordic region’s most important rock art sites, he also documented Sami culture in Sápmi, transforming our understanding of northern Sweden’s ancient Giron Sámi Teáhter’s play past. His political involvement eventually carried him far from his Jag är tusen år – Mon lean duhát jagi will lonely excavation sites to Siberian prison camps. During première at NorrlandsOperan on 6 March. World War II he came into contact with Swedish Nazis, Finnish volunteer corps members and spies. Simply put, Gustaf was there. NARRATOR: Love Ersare WHEN: 1 March, 7 PM; 2 March, 2 PM; and 5 March, 7 PM. WHERE: Bio Abelli, Västerbotten Museum, Umeå.

SNÖBOLLEN – A UNIQUE PICTURE BOOK PRIZE Snöbollen – Swedish Picture Book of the Year is a literature prize founded by the northern Swedish youth literary society Krumelur. The prize money is SEK 50,000 and the award’s purpose is to raise the status of picture books as artistic works and to encourage SÁPMI – YESTERDAY, authors and publishing houses to extend artistic boundaries of TODAY, TOMORROW picture books with regard to content and form. The prize has pre- viously been awarded twice, in 2012 and 2013, at Littfest, Umeå’s international literature Sami Weeks in Umeå festival. All Swedish publishing houses may nominate as many books as they like, as long Sami culture is the focus of Västerbotten Museum as they are first editions printed in either Swedish or in one of Sweden’s national minority for two weeks in March 2014. Lectures, film screen- languages and as long as they were published during the present year. The prize is awar- ings, handicrafts, exhibitions and children’s activities ded each year in the early spring. are just some of the events in store. MORE INFORMATION: visit www.ungaordinorr.se I AM 1,000 YEARS OLD – MON LEAN DUHÁT JAGI www.vbm.se www.rockartinsapmi.se CONTACT: [email protected] or [email protected] Symbols etched into rock surfaces thousands of years ago. A 900-year-old Arabian coin at a Northern Sami sacrificial site. A Sami girl who pushes Christian missionary work in the north and the son of a Sami clergyman who is knighted and pre- vents the burning at the stake of alleged Sami shamans. I Am 1,000 Years Old – Mon Lean Duhát Jagi is a thrilling musical LITTFEST – UMEÅ’S INTERNATIONAL journey through time and space that portrays both how Sami and Swedish history became intertwined and what happened when centuries of mutual respect were forgotten when mining entered the picture. LITERATURE FESTIVAL The play will première in March 2014. The performance is part of the Rock Art in Sápmi project and is produced by Giron You are invited to visit Sweden’s best, cheapest, most engaging and multifaceted literature Sámi Teáhter in cooperation with the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Västerbotten Museum, NorrlandsOperan and Norrbottens- festival. As usual, the festival will take place in the third week of March in Umeå, at and musiken/Norrbotten NEO. around Folkets Hus. Be part of a celebration that mixes regional with international, youth WHEN: Première 5 March. Other performances held on 6, 7 and 8 March, before the performance tours with seniors and the serious with the entertaining. Experience over 50 events; participate Västerbotten County. in workshops; attend lectures, discussions and debates; visit the Poetry Bar (Poesibaren) and the evening parties. The majority of the programme will also be broadcast online: www.littfest.se.

4 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 5 DISCOVER NEW ROCK ART! Up until 15 May 2014, you should look up from the trails and blueberry bushes when walking in the forest. Instead, examine the sides of mountains and stone Other events faces around you for undiscovered rock art or carvings. 2014 New Writers from Västerbotten “There is most definitely rock art out there that we don’t yet know about. So Two thousand children and youths will be we’re recruiting the general public to help us find it,” explains Kristina Kalén, given the opportunity to write and publish a Project Manager for Rock Art in Sápmi, which has announced the competition. book under the project 2014 New Writers from A competition to find new rock art has been announced within the framework Västerbotten. In May 2014 a large book fair will of the Rock Art in Sápmi project. Berry pickers, elk hunters, dog owners, runners, be held in Umeå at which authors will present hikers and inquisitive children can become the proud discoverers of rock art and sell their books in entertaining ways. Umeå within Västerbotten County. A jury consisting of archaeologists from Västerbotten Legend Club and the storyteller’s association Museum will decide the winner, who will receive a trip for two to the famous rock TellUs, which aims to help children and youths art site, Alta, in northern Norway. play active roles in their communities and make The competition will run from 15 May 2013 to 15 May 2014. their voices heard, are working together on the READ MORE: www.rockartinsapmi.se project with Umeå City Library and schools and CONTACT: Project Manager, Kristina Kalén, [email protected], libraries in Umeå’s various neighbourhoods ph. +46 (0)70-621 84 40 and neighbouring municipalities.

Events by the Water This performance includes dance, music and artwork and portrays the log driving that once took place along northern Swedish creeks, streams and rivers, from the mountains to the sea. Händelser vid vatten is a collaborative pro- ject by Åsa Åström and artist Håkan Bring and Västerbotten Museum’s Rock Art will be performed at three different waterside in Sápmi project has announced locations during the summer of 2014, including the start of the Hitta Ny Hällkonst in Saxnäs. Gijrrae (Find New Rock Art) competition. Don’t miss your chance to take Inlandsbanefestival (music festival) part! The competition will run until 15 May 2014. A music festival touring the northern section of Västerbotten’s inland railway line. Both artists and audiences will be given the chance to travel by rail through the beautiful northern Swedish inland, making stops along the line for concerts in Norrbotten, Västerbotten and Jämtland counties in early June. Organised in collabora- tion with cultural association Inlandskult, the relevant municipalities and the River Stories GIVE ME FIVE project. – A Global and Local Book and Storytelling Project for Five-year-olds Körmanifestationen (choral concert) Five-year-olds and the adults around them enjoy exciting, hair-raising, A choral concert to be held at Skellefteå Kraft Spring funny and innovative picture books together. The children’s creations and Arena on 10 May 2014 with almost 1,600 work processes will be displayed at libraries during the springtime, and the 30 April–19 June MADE 2014 singers from across the region, together with project will conclude with different events around Västerbotten County, What does the future look like for festivals? For Capitals of Large picture at left: guest performers, including Göran Fristorp and such as Story Festivals at Gammlia in Umeå and at Nordanå in Skellefteå. Culture? For opera houses? For artists and audiences? What Snowpaint, a type of La Gaylia Frazier. Organised by secular choir Don’t miss it! comes after? And after what? Yes, what comes next? MADE 2014 modern rock art. association Sveriges Körförbund in collabora- The Give Me Five project has run from 2011 to 2013 in Västerbotten asks the question: “What comes next?” when we, for the ninth tion with Skellefteå Chamber Choir, the River County, with Västerbotten County Library as its organiser and with the year running, lay claim to NorrlandsOperan. Together, we cast Stories project and others. support of grants from the Swedish Arts Council. Umeå2014 will provide ourselves out into the unknown, into the future, at the same time additional funding for Give Me Five within Umeå Municipality during 2013 as we explore our own past. MADE is organised by NorrlandsO- and 2014, with local public libraries running projects in collaboration with Sami storytelling peran and is Umeå’s annual dramatic arts festival, with a mixture preschools, ABF and other partners. The second issue of the magazine Västerbotten of different forms of expression and art forms that never ceases Visit our blog: gemigfem.wordpress.com for 2014 will be dedicated to Sami storytel- to surprise. High-calibre international performers and artists, ling. It will present both local artistic innovators, enthusiasts and festival lovers from all Sami literature and oral over meet together as one. storytelling. The issue will Music, Art, Dance, Experience also discuss Sami songs, – MADE has masses of everything! images and everyday WHEN: 7–10 May WHERE: NorrlandsOperan, Umeå implements. In particular, the magazine will present a contemporary Sami tale that does not shy away from broaching the subject of conflicts and grievan- ces. That said, without tradition and history, there would be no present day to tell stories about...Väster- Six hundred youngsters on a single stage. Storuman’s KulturAkademin recreates botten no. 2, 2014, will be the hit concert from 2005 in CRESCENDO 2014. 31 May, Nolia in Umeå. released in June.

Passion from Norrland CRESCENDO 2014 FEST 2014 – FIVE THEATRES, ONE TOUR! The hit event from 2005 returns, bigger and better than ever! With new students, new schools, new areas, a The Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) and the Swedish storytellers’ network Three young playwrights with roots in northern Sweden were tasked with each writing their own plays. The play Passion new venue, an orchestra of 250 musicians and a choir of 250 singers. On 31 May 2014, close to 600 youths Berättarnätet Sverige invite you to join the The result is three stand-alone performances blended into a joint project, Passion from Norrland. from Norrland is will take the stage at Nolia in Umeå for the giant concert Crescendo 2014, an international collaboration Federation’s annual European Storytelling The piece is the contribution to Umeå’s year as the European Capital of Culture by Sweden’s five the contribution by in which all music schools in Västerbotten County and a number of schools in Helgeland, Norway, will Conference, to be held this year in Skellefteå, northernmost county theatres. Passion from Norrland is a play in which pioneer culture meets the Sweden’s five nort- participate. Jonas Knutsson has provided the music for the concert. The orchestra will be led by Crescendo Malå and Umeå, 9-12 June. The conference region’s indigenous people, a collage of topical tales from Norrland (northern Sweden), contempora- hern-most county composer Arvid Martinsen. The music was composed based on the participants’ own ideas, inspired by the aims to strengthen and develop storytelling all ry images, people and events. The piece is the culmination of a collaborative project run by Västerbot- theatres to Umeå’s journey from the Atlantic coast of Norway over the mountain range, across the inland areas and on to the across Europe. Locally, we want to showcase tensteatern, Estrad Norr, Giron Sámi Teáhter, Norrbottensteatern and Teater Västernorrland. year as a European Bothnia coast in Sweden. The concert contains a delightful mix of styles and rhythms as well as dance and Västerbotten’s storytelling tradition through SCRIPT: Camilla Blomqvist, Therese Söderberg and Gustav Tegby Capital of Culture and improvisation. our cities, countryside, mountains, rivers and DIRECTOR & script combiner: Olle Törnqvist will première on 3 May. The Crescendo 2014 project is run by KulturAkademin in Storuman in collaboration with music schools sea. We want to share both traditions and WHEN: Premier, 3 May. Additional performances, 4, 5 May. Photo: Patrick Degerman, in Västerbotten County and Helgeland, Norway, and with NorrlandsOperan (River Stories). innovations as well as encourage networking WHERE: Umeå from Västerbottensteatern’s For information about tickets and performance times, contact KulturAkademin at www.kulturakademin.se. among European storytellers. Followed by a tour visiting Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik, Östersund, Luleå, Kiruna and Skellefteå. performance of Tre Kärlekar. WHEN: 31 May WHERE: Nolia, Umeå

6 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 7 OTHER EVENTS STORIES FROM VÄSTERBOTTEN Regional Book Club Project During 2014, Västerbotten Museum will organise storytelling Readers in the Umeå region have transformed the entire area into a giant book club centred at some of the county’s important historical sites as part of around Frida Åslund’s Folke och Frida and Sune Jonsson’s Brobyggarna. Now, in 2014, it’s time for the Västerbotten Berättar project. a new book! We would like to encourage everyone in the region to read the same book within the course of a year. Our aim is to select a new book each year. We would also like the books we read together to have some connection to the Umeå region. Umeåregio- nen Läser organisers have already selected a book for 2014. Just which book they have chosen will be revealed in December 2013. A clue to the book’s identity is STORYTELLING AT GAMMLIA that the story includes a large gallery of local people from all social classes and – A LOVE STORY that their desire to better their standing within these social classes is a central theme. Inside the dance pavilion at Gammlia in Umeå, surrounded by beautiful nature, visitors will have the chance to listen to a story The Log-drivers Are Coming! that brings to life the era of open-air dance once again when the At storytelling meets held at cafés, Carina Bergström collects tales about log characters Kristina and Bengt meet. Historical people like the driving along Vindelälven River for her own storytelling, from the perspecti- legendary Gösta Skoglund and Gunnar Westin are also part of the ve of the villagers, rather than the log-drivers. Bands of local fiddlers provide story, and the steamboat Egil plays a central role in its unfolding. the music that accompanies each telling. Bergström will take her stories Based on meticulous archival research and a large helping of on tour during June and July 2014, travelling from Sorsele to imagination, actor and storyteller Gunnar Eklund will tell a tale that Umeå via Lycksele, Vindeln and Vännäs. A collabo- brings to life both the buildings in the area and characters from rative project run by the relevant mu- times past. nicipalities and River Stories. Narrator and scriptwriter: Gunnar Eklund Gijrragiessie WHEN: Summer 2014 Early summer WHERE: Dance pavilion at Gammlia, Västerbotten Museum, Umeå 20 June – 10 July

Summertime visitors to Umeå’s Västerbot- The Woodcutters ten Museum will have the chance to hear Skogshuggarna is a musical and storytelling Gunnar Eklund’s tale, En Kärlekshistoria, in performance that portrays events that took which the museum’s dance pavilion plays a place in the village of Lossmen, in the western central role. part of the Burträsk parish. At the heart of the story lie the woodcutters and their predica- ment during the long labour dispute of 1924 to 1931, Sweden’s longest ever lockout, in which forestry companies delivered an ultimatum demanding that workers dissolve their labour unions. On tour during the summer of 2014.

FACTS Stories from Västerbotten Visitors to Gammplatsen, Lycksele, will We call them “cultural environme- be treated to stories like that of legendary nts” – places where people have log-driver Johan Fredriksson. lived and left their mark, created and worked. Västerbotten County has many historical sites that are well worth a visit. Some of them we STORYTELLING AT go to not only to learn about times past, but also for relaxation and re- GAMMPLATSEN creation. Through the Västerbotten – GENTLEFOLK OF Berättar project, we aim to make YESTERYEAR history come alive at some of these In a variety of very different environments places. To do so, we have chosen to – a hut, a church, a school and along a make use of the ancient and tried street – the story of the people living in and tested method of storytelling. and around the town of Lycksele from the We believe that through storytel- 18th century onward is told. As they went ling’s form (in which the storyteller about their lives, they left impressions and and listener come together in a Stor-Nila traces behind them, which the storytellers dynamic meeting), we can open have investigated and interpreted. Even an new doors and generate interest The youth musical Stor-Nila is based on the famous Sami legend about Stor-Nila and his wife, Lill-Docka, and their life story. old log-driver and a laundrywoman can be in the past, on which current life is The real Stor-Nila and Lill-Docka lived outside the village of Tärnaby in north-western Sweden until a violent quarrel changed STORYTELLING AT NORDANÅ considered “gentlefolk”! based. During 2014, storytelling their lives. Their story is dramatic and includes murder, fights and theft, but it is also a story of love and hope. Although the tale Skellefteälven River was an important transportation route in times past. Speedy ships events will be held at the open-air The People and Buildings of depicts life in the region 150 years ago, relations between Swedes and Sami are just as relevant an issue today. The script was for transporting goods to the growing city and beyond to the rest of the world were museums of Gammlia in Umeå, Villarydsbacken written by Mikael Niemi, who has succeeded in adapting the legend to speak to a modern audience. The play’s musical score has built along the valley. In their capacity as both shipbuilders and owners, a single family, Gammplatsen in Lycksele, Nordanå been composed by Per Egland. The musical itself has been developed together with youths from the towns of Storuman and Legendary Log-driver Johan Fredriksson “the Sandströms” (Sandströmmarna) at Karlgård, were responsible for the majority of in Skellefteå and at Vilhelmina’s Tärnaby, in collaboration with the national Skapande Skola cultural project and . Every compulsory school The Linguist from the ships built here. One of the family’s sons, Nikanor Sandström, maintained his ties church village and Norrbyskär. in Västerbotten County will receive a copy of the musical, together with study materials that can be used in several subjects. to Skellefteå throughout his life. Through his life story, we trace Skellefteå’s growth Big-city Girls in Tannbäck This is a collaborative project run Public performances of the musical will be held in Sävar, Lycksele, Storuman and Tärnaby. The project is managed by during the mid-19th century. The tale is based on documentary materials that have by Västerbotten Museum and Stories composed and presented by KulturAkademin in Storuman and is supported by Region Västerbotten, NorrlandsOperan, the Västerbotten chapter of the been brought to life and given a voice through this story. Come and listen to a story Region Västerbotten, with support Elisabet Lindgren, Mikael Jakobsson, Karin RUM national youth music society, Storuman Municipality, the Sami Parliament, the Swedish Arts Council, unfold in the very same location where it actually took place. Narrator and scriptwriter: from the EU’s Regional Develop- Söderlund and Anne Woulab. and the Musikanten music shop in Umeå. Author Mikael Niemi has written the script for the youth Birgit Andersson ment Fund. WHEN: Performances will be held during the spring, beginning in February. WHERE: The schools Skytteanska Skolan in musical Stor-Nila, based on the lives of the Sami couple WHEN: Summer 2014 WHEN: 27 June, 5 July and 12 July Tärnaby, Röbroskolan in Storuman, Finnbacksskolan in Lycksele and Sävar Skola in Sävar. Stor-Nila and Lill-Docka, who lived 150 years ago. WHERE: Gammplatsen, Lycksele WHERE: Outdoor stage at Nordanå, Skellefteå

8 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 9 OTHER EVENTS Manaj Vuöllie Children’s yoiking choirs are being started all around Västerbotten County under the name Manaj Vuöllie – the Children’s Yoik.. Jörgen Stenberg leads the choir in Malå and, together with Cecilia Persson, also a large choir that combines all of the children’s yoiking choirs in one. This large choir will perform during the grand opening of Umeå 2014.

Art Camp A group of artists perform a tour of camping sites in Västerbotten County in a caravan. At each site, the group erects tents where its holds film screenings, exhibitions and workshops. Art makes a showing in summertime Västerbotten! Rock Out Wild Organised by Vita Kuben, NorrlandsOperan’s public exhibition space for contemporary art. For the fourth year in a row, the Rock Out Wild WHEN: Summer 2014 music festival will take place 1-2 August, 2014 WHERE: Touring the county’s camping with both out-and-out hardcore metal music grounds and other meeting places. and softer tones. The festival will take place at Giessie the Nalovardo ski park outside Sorsele, with Theme: Minority languages views overlooking the beautiful Vindelälven River. It has a friendly and happy atmosphere, Holmön Song Festival (Visfestival Holmön) in which people of all ages and from many dif- turns 20 in 2014 and this achievement will ferent places can get together. The bands that be celebrated with a concert in central Umeå have played at the festival in previous years during the last week of July. The theme of the have been Swedish rock bands from as far away concert will be Sweden’s minority languages, as Malmö and Kiruna. Festival goers can even that is, Sami, Romany, Yiddish, Finnish and listen to all of the bands without missing any, Meänkieli. To conclude the concert, the festival because no two bands are scheduled to play at hopes to be able to book a major international the same time. artist, such as Buffy Sainte Marie. Naturally, the festival will be held on Holmön too, on the last Summer WHEN: 1-2 August weekend in July, as is the tradition. 11 July-28 August WHERE: Nalovardo ski park outside Sorsele UmeImpro A music course for young musicians with a fo- cus on improvisation. The course will be given by some of Sweden’s most famous musicians and instructors within folk music and improvi- sation. As a taste of the courses to come, it will also be possible to meet these musicians and take part in workshops during the 2013 Umeå Jazz Festival. This is a collaborative project run by jazz club Umeå Jazzstudio, RUM national youth music society, River Stories and others. WHEN: 4-9 August River Film Stories WHERE: Midgårdsskolan, Umeå Imagine yourself sitting on the banks of your local river. A large film screen is floating on the surface. As you sit there, Archangelica you also watch films. Perhaps you have a cup of hot coffee in your hand or something to eat. And all the while, around the film and past you, the river flows downstream. – Songs for a Flower House Film screenings will be held at six different locations along four of Västerbotten County’s rivers during the sum- Through a collection of songs, Åsa Hagberg mer of 2014. These will be short films about the importance of the river to the location and to the people who live and her brother, Anders Berglund, bring to life there, but also feature films about rivers. Audiences will sit on the banks while the films are shown on large screens some of the stories about a house in Ammarnäs standing on anchored rafts. The screenings will provide a unique experience in harmony with the rivers and with the that was know as “Blomsterhem” (the Flower history of the sites. River Film Stories is a collaborative project run by film associations Folkets Bio and Film i Väster- House). It was there that Charlotta “Blomster- botten, River Stories and the relevant municipalities. lotta” Berglund and her son, Alfred, created a WHERE: On the banks of the Vindelälven, Umeälven, Ångermanälven and Skellefteälven rivers. unique, blossoming garden. WHEN: Slöjdarnas hus, 16-17 August; Umeå Energicentrum, 18-19 August; Gammplatsen Lycksele, 23-24 August; WHEN: August 2014 Sorsele, 21-22 August; Vilhelmina, 25-26 August; Skellefteå, 27-28 August. WHERE: Ammarnäs and Lycksele

Trästockfestivalen – SWEDEN’S LARGEST FREE FESTIVAL Trästockfestivalen is Sweden’s largest festival with free entry. Over the course of three days, the festival serves up live music, performances, food and other delights in the beautiful natural surroundings of Nordanå in Skellefteå. Each year, Trästockfestivalen attracts more than 30,000 visitors from all over Sweden. Trästockfestivalen’s desire to make culture and music available to all by organising a free event is no secret. A couple of years ago, festival organisers made the decision to expand the festival’s availability by collaborating with sign-language interpreters in 2012. In 2013, the festival took another step by setting up a giant screen connected to the main stage, primarily to make the sign-language interpretation more clearly visible. In the lead-up to the 2014 festival, a dialogue about visual interpretation has begun, aimed at optimising the festi- val and making it as accessible and welcoming for all as possible. Kulturföreningen Mullberget organises the festival together with Kultur Skellefteå and other stakeholders. WHEN: The dates for the 2014 Trästockfestivalen festival have not yet been finalised, but it will most likely be held 17-19 July. Keep your eyes and ears open: www.trastockfestivalen.se WHERE: Nordanå, Skellefteå

10 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 11 HISTORIC MARKET In september, västerbotten museum will turn back the clock to around 1870. mer- chants and ladies in period costume, wares and activities will spirit visitors back to the time of the historic marketpla- ce at Gammlia. Among the goods for sale at the old market are butter, leather, meat, dried fish, coarse wool- Butter, leather, meat, dried fish… len cloth, yarn and cows. Several craftsmen are already hard at work making clothing and other Travel back in time and discover items in styles typical of the time. As a visitor, you will also be treated to storytelling, music what it was like to visit a market from the period and historical foods in an 1870s setting. 150 years ago. In conjunction with the market day, the story of Adak-Ulla will be retold. This is the story of The picture depicts a market in an extraordinary woman who took up living in Asplunda, Adak, and who, from the mid-19th cen- Skellefteå in 1828. tury on, drove wagons loaded with goods all the way to marketplaces in Sweden and Norway. The story has been adapted from Britta Stenberg’s book Adak-Ulla. Narrator and scriptwriter: Marianne Folkedotter. WHEN: 20-12 September WHERE: The Open Air Museum Gammlia, Västerbotten Museum, Umeå

Nordmaling Baroque and Beyond Mirage Nordic Baroque Music Festival was a festival and week of courses held Halfway between Bjurholm in Nordmaling during the late 1980s and 1990s, primarily based on and Vännäs, out on a marsh, stands baroque music. The festival was last held in 2001, since which time Kent Karlsson’s church and reflects local baroque music enthusiasts have wanted to organise another event the surrounding landscape. Like other in the same spirit. We will now fulfil this wish by organising the festival churches it stands there, imposing for Nordmaling Baroque and Beyond in 2014, with baroque and renaissan- some, ignored by others. But this church ce music and with new music. is not like the rest; here, architecture The programme will include Acqua Alta (a concert performed on has been transformed into sharp- instruments from the period and with a focus on the climate), to which edged sculpture and the church has Daniel Stighäll, Serikon, Erik Westberg’s vocal ensemble and meteo- become a mirage clothed rologist Per Holmgren will contribute; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with in cracked glass. Gilles Apape & the Nordic Chamber Orchestra; Umeå-based Uman Singers; and NorrlandsOperan’s own brass ensemble. Nordmaling Baroque and Beyond is a collaborative project run by Nordmaling Mu- nicipality, the foundation Carl Wikströms Stiftelse and the River Stories project. The Nordic Baroque Music Festival was last held in Nordmaling in 2001. Now, with Umeå as the WHEN: 30 August-7 September European Capital of Culture, it’s time to revive the magic. This photograph from Venice illustrates WHERE: Nordmaling, Olofsfors Ironworks, Rundvik Tjakttjagiessie the performance Acqua Alta (“high tide”).

FActs LITERARY VÄSTERBOTTEN This project’s main target group is established and up-and-coming writers in Västerbotten County, or, put another way, published and as-yet-unpublished Early Autumn authors. Its aim is to “develop Västerbotten’s literary infrastructure so that it becomes easier to both become and remain a writer in Västerbotten, and the- 29 Augusti – 9 Oktober reby strengthen literature as an art form,” a goal which, if realised, will lead to an increased number of active writers in Västerbotten and a greater number of published literary works. Such an achievement would benefit the literary art form and its professional practitioners, who often live quite meagre existen- ces. We perceive a great need for this occupational group to receive support from a highly robust literary infrastructure; an infrastructure that currently MUSIC AND STORYTELLING ALONG konstvägen sju älvar exists in part in the region, but that needs to be significantly developed if the literary tradition in Västerbotten – the tradition of storytelling, writing and Konstvägen Sju Älvar is a 350-kilometre-long art exhibit running from Borgafjäll in southern Lapland’s mountains composing people – is to be preserved into the future. in the west to the seaside town of Holmsund in the east. A trip along Konstvägen not only lets you enjoy 13 different Det litterära Västerbotten is a three-year project run by Västerbotten Coun- works of art, it also provides you with a fantastic taste of nature’s beauty and a chance to visit many historic sites ty Library and funded by the Swedish Arts Council and Region Västerbotten. along the way. Over the course of five Saturdays in August and September 2014, Konstvägen Sju Älvar will also The project began in May 2013. become the venue for a travelling music and storytelling event that will throw the spotlight on local authors, storytellers and musicians in each of the county’s municipalities. Storyteller, musician and actor Greger Ottosson will act as MC. Music and storytelling along Konstvägen Sju Älvar is a collaborative event run by the relevant municipalities and the River Stories project. WHEN and WHERE: Dorotea, 23 August; Åsele, 30 August; Bjurholm, 6 September; Vännäs, 13 September; The sculpture Poem and Umeå, 20 September. för en imaginär älv, by Sigurdur Gudmundsson,

12 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 13 It feels like your body disappears and only your senses remain. A bewitching melody stimulates your ears. Sune Jonsson’s melancholy and sympathetic photography awakens your eyes. Lastly, the feeling is converted into words and a magical completeness fills the room. Because that’s what magic is. Västerbotten’s magic.

Local newspaper Norran Västerbotten – Verbalised, Set to Music, Visualised

VÄSTERBOTTEN – VERBALISED, SET TO MUSIC, VISUALISED In the storytelling event Västerbotten – ordsatt, tonsatt, framkallat (Västerbotten – Ver- balised, Set to Music, Visualised) narrator Marianne Folkedotter and musicians Johan Norberg and Jonas Knutsson have verbalised and set to music their memories and expe- riences of life as natives of Västerbotten County. The story and music of the performance are surrounded by Sune Jonsson’s wonderful photographs. Together, they invite us on a journey through time and space in which we have the opportunity to meet ourselves, re- gardless of where in the world we have our own roots. The performance is a joint produc- tion by Västerbottensteatern and Västerbotten Museum. SCRIPT: Marianne Folkedotter DIRECTOR: Peter Engkvist PERFORMERS: Marianne Folkedotter, Jonas Knutsson and Johan Norberg WHEN: October-November 2014 WHERE: A total of eight performances will be held during the season. Umeå Jazz festival When the autumn of 2014 comes around it will once again be time for a FAKTA new version of the Umeå Jazz Festival, this time the 47th edition. Accor- ding to the long-running tradition, the City of Birches, as Umeå is known, Sune Jonsson will be invaded by jazz-lovers and artists from near and far, by legendary CENTRE FOR DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY world-class musicians, rising stars and “well-kept-secret” local artists. The Västerbotten Museum has a long tradition of documentary photography. Photographer and festival will be held 22-26 October and will include concerts, seminars, author Sune Jonsson (1930-2009) became affiliated with the museum and, over approxima- 10 Oktober – 20 November children’s concerts and workshops. Umeå Jazz Festival offers a broad tely 40 years, he developed a unique investigative work method that brought him acclaim range of sounds, but also provocative and artistic improvised music. The and many awards, including the Hasselblad Award in 1993. His life’s work has been held as festival’s vision is to create a venue that encourages artistic innovation and part of the museum’s collection since 2002. an attractive meeting place rich with experiences. Umeå’s year as the European Capital of Culture will begin with a retrospective exhibition WHEN: 22-26 October of Sune Jonsson’s work, held in parallel with contemporary documentation detailing condi- WHERE: NorrlandsOperan, Umeå Folkets Hus and other venues in Umeå tions in Västerbotten County’s interior today, by photographer and journalist Tom Juslin. The Max Ström publishing house publishes an extensive monograph on Sune Jonsson’s photography. His photographs will be shown in Riga in May, at the same time as interna- tionally renowned Latvian photographer Inta Ruka will exhibit her latest project, Dainas liv (Daina’s Life), about the life and family of Daina, who lives in eastern Latvia. Researcher in OTHER EVENTS photography Niclas Östlind discusses photography in his research and exhibition project Design NU Tidens långsamhet och livets flykt (Performing History). The photographic group VODA will While renovations are being carried out at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm also exhibit its joint project. In addition, events, a photographic symposium, the presenta- and the museum remains closed, parts of its collections will tour the coun- tion of an award for photography and more will also be held. Tjakttja try. The Design NU exhibition will give visitors some perspective on our own era through design objects created in the last decade. The exhibition run at Västerbotten Museum during autumn 2014.

World of Glass Terje Isungset and Arve Henriksen give a concert on innovative glass in- struments crafted by artists in Tallinn and Umeå. The concert will be held in collaboration with Umeå Jazz Festival, Glödheta glassworks and the River Stories project. When: 25 October autumn Where: NorrlandsOperan, Umeå Röster för Rättigheter – Swedish Forum for Human Rights 2014 The Swedish Forum for Human Rights will be held in Umeå 13-15 Novem- Blanche & Marie ber 2014, with the theme “Röster för rättigheter” (Voices for Rights). As Blanche and Marie is a new opera written by Mats Larsson Gothe and Maria Sundqvist, specially commissioned by part of Umeå’s Capital of Culture celebrations, this year’s programme will NorrlandsOperan for Umeå’s year as European Capital of Culture. The work is based on P.O. Enquist’s novel The Story take a closer look at human rights and culture; both the right to culture of Blanche and Marie, published in 2004 and nominated for Sweden’s August Prize in the category Best Fiction Book of and culture as a tool for strengthening and promoting human rights. The the Year. Using four striking characters living in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, Enquist weaves a tale about possible main event on the Forum for Human Rights’ programme is a three-day and impossible love. At the centre of the story stand Blanche Wittman, once the world’s most famous mental patient, and conference to be held in November, although a range of exciting events Marie Curie, who, although a two-time Nobel Laureate, was rebuffed on the grounds of her forbidden love. will be held in and around Umeå in the lead-up to the conference. The forum’s aim is two-fold: to organise a large number of networking events, WHEN: Première, 10 October. Subsequent performances, 12-25 October. workshops and activities that encourage contribution to and participation Märta Olofsson, Aronsjö, 1961. WHERE: NorrlandsOperan, Umeå in the main event, and to organise a number of educational and evening Contact: Project Manager, Britta Lundgren: [email protected], +46 (0)70-209 70 events that are interesting and rewarding in their own right. 26. More information: www.vbm.se Would you and your organisation like to be involved in the Forum for Hu- Sponsors: Umeå 2014, Umeå Municipality, Region Västerbotten, the Swedish Arts Coun- man Rights 2014? Contact Ingvar Rönnbäck or Trine Munkvold Lindset at cil, Västerbotten Museum, Västerbottens-Kuriren, the society Sune Jonsson-sällskapet. the local/regional office in Umeå: [email protected] or trine. [email protected]

14 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 15 Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. The storytelling musical about the Hol- lywood star from Bjurholm, Warner Oland, will première at Sagateteatern theatre in Umeå on 21 November. Tjakttjadálvvie Early winter

FACTS Warner Oland Cultural Tourism in A storytelling musical by Hans-Ola Stenlund about the boy from Bjurholm who beca- the Storytellers’ Town me a Hollywood movie star. Alongside Greta Garbo, Verner Ölund from Bjurholm was 21 November – 29 Januari the biggest Swedish movie star in Hollywood during the 1930s. Ölund emigrated to A development project is currently ongoing in Skellefteå that aims America with his family as a 13-year-old in 1892. He began acting at an early age and to develop tourist products based on storytelling. Stories bring our introduced the likes of author August Strindberg to the American public. As early as history to life, both those that are born today and those that are as old the 1910s, during the film industry’s pioneering age on America’s east coast, Ölund as the hills. Stories say was involved in a large number of silent films, working under the name of Warner something about our iden- Oland. tity. The identity and cultu- He is best known for his 16 films about the Chinese super sleuth Charlie Chan. The re of a place are becoming last of these opened in Sweden in 1938, the same year that Ölund returned to his old increasingly important homeland for the first time since leaving for America. Filled with the joy of home- in making it attractive to coming, he walked the marshes of Bjurholm barefoot during midsummer. But dark visitors. This project aims clouds soon obscured the sunshine in Ölund’s heart. to promote Skellefteå’s Throughout his life, Ölund had been torn between his desire to take to the stage as cultural offering as a way a serious actor and his work within the film industry. The life of a film star is one of lux- to attract more visitors to DANS I NOVEMBERMÖRKRET – A MONTH-LONG DANCE FESTIVAL IN SKELLEFTEÅ ury, to be sure; he was one of Hollywood’s highest-paid stars of the day. At the same Skellefteå and surroun- time, it was a cut-throat industry that implacably rolled on to the next money-making ding areas. Work is ong- Each year local municipal cultural organisation Kultur Skellefteå organises the dance festival Dans i novembermörkret (Dance in the November Darkness), oing to make it possible with a focus on stage dance. The festival is organised in collaboration with non-profit organisations and the public sector. The festival’s programme offers success, leaving its former darlings behind with no remorse. Hans-Ola Stenlund’s play is an up-close-and-personal portrait of the unique life of to offer literary day trips dance performances in different genres and styles. Visitors to Dans i novembermörkret can see dance exhibitions by both professional dance companies that trace the lives of the and talented amateurs from the municipality’s vibrant dance community. The event, which first began with a torch dance and performance by local dance an actor. This story of the boy from Bjurholm who became a Hollywood star has all of the ingredients needed to prove that, at times, truth is stranger than fiction. region’s premier authors and ballet association Skellefteås Dans & Balettförening (and which gave the festival its name) has since become a tradition. Many well-known choreo- as well as a packaging of Script: Hans-Ola Stenlund. Director: Matthew Zajac. graphers and dance companies have taken part in the festival over the years, such as Örjan Andersson Dance, Kenneth Kvarnström & Co, Jo Strömgren, historical tales that excite WHEN: Première: 21 November, 7 PM. Additional performance, 22 November. NorrDans and Charlotte Engelkes. The 2014 festival will be the 14th festival in a row and, as in previous years, it will offer a host of exciting and inspiratio- the senses and a conference with international elements, to be held Touring Västerbotten County during autumn 2014 & spring 2015, starting in nal events, from dance performances and come-and-try classes to discussions and workshops held by professional choreographers. in conjunction with the Storytelling Festival in the Storytellers’ Town, Bjurholm on 25 November. WHEN: Throughout November. For more information, visit www.skelleftea.se/kultur. among many other things. WHERE: Première at Sagateatern theatre, Umeå. WHERE: Nordanå, Skellefteå Visit www.skelleftea.se/kultur or www.berattarfestivalen.se and learn more about northern storytelling in 2014.

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Västerbotten. 2014 Here We Come! has been produced by representatives from Region Västerbotten, Västerbotten County Library, NorrlandsOperan, Västerbotten Museum, Västerbottensteatern, Kultur Skellefteå and others. Editor: Anders Karlsson, Coordinator for the EU project Västerbotten – berättarnas län, Region Västerbotten: [email protected] Design: Ulrika Lönnberg. Layout: Leena Hortell, Ord & Co. Translation: Accent Språkservice. Printing: Daily Print, Umeå, July 2013. Photo: Page 2 Carl-Johan Utsi. Page 3 Mikael Rutberg, Sune Jonsson, Karl-Heinz Hernried, Nordiska museet. Page 4 Lars Thulin. Page 5 Patrick Degerman From the Research Archives, Umeå University, Lars Öberg, Lars Stenman/Johnér. Page 6 Petter Engman, Patrick Degerman. Page 7 Tove Backman, Duncan Kemp. Page 8 Andreas Nilsson. Page 9Petter Engman, Andreas Nilsson, Johan Gunséus. Page 10 Ludwig Eriksson, Berit Djuse/Johnér. Page 11 EvaLinda Grensman, Sven Halling/Johnér. Page 12 Anders Karlsson, Bo Nilsson. Page 13 Guillem Lopez, Cato Lein. Page 14 Ur Umeå Jazzfestivals arkiv. Page 15 Patrick Degerman, Ur Umeå Jazzfestivals arkiv, Märta och kossan: Sune Jonsson. Page 16 TR, Skellefteå. Page 17 Ur bildarkivet, Warner Oland Acadamy, Thorn Ullberg. Page 18 Erik Palm, Henke Olofsson, Jonas Lundqvist, Duncan Kemp. 18 | VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 VÄSTERBOTTEN – på väg mot 2014 | 19 Illustions: Page 8 Tomas Colbengtson.