Four Bearings
of Sweden
Issue 05 · 27 August 2026
Four physical editions—one domestic, one pastoral, one northern and one speculative—form a small reading compass.
Open the four records01 / Reading compass
59.33° N · domestic measure
A Swedish way of living
Elisabeth Carlsson turns the Swedish idea of sufficiency into a practical route through time, rooms, food and everyday care.
Rural Sweden · working rhythm
Reflections and Observations of a Swedish Shepherd
Axel Lindén’s short entries exchange urban abstraction for fences, weather, animals and the patient knowledge of repeated work.
Sápmi · land and language
A novel
Ann-Helén Laestadius centres a young Sámi reindeer herder confronting violence, institutional indifference and threats to inherited ways of life.
*Publisher lists 400 pages; library records commonly count 384 pages plus supplementary matter.
Mälaröarna · alternate memory
Illustration and text by Simon Stålenhag
Painted machines and altered landscapes recast an imagined Swedish childhood, where technical ambition leaves strange traces in ordinary places.
02 / Selection notes
Edition data is checked against publisher and library records. Cover art is withheld where reuse rights were not established; the typographic plates are intentionally not facsimiles.