Author: Linnéa Johansson

This year, the Victorian Days will be inaugurated with a film screening at Marstrands Havshotell on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:00 PM.

The film is a docudrama about Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807-1892), the girl from Strömstad who became our greatest author for the next hundred years and also our first queen of detective fiction. Her breakthrough novel "The Rose of Tistelön" is considered the world's first thriller, and do you know that it takes place among the skerries around Pater Noster...

The film is one hour long, and the director Bodil Tingsby will be present to introduce the film and answer questions.

The Victorian Days have now produced the first English program brochure. So we hope for many English-speaking visitors this year. See you on August 11-13 in Marstrand!

Last year, Victorian Days initiated a collaboration with the West Coast Wooden Boat Association. This year, we visited their fantastic Wooden Boat Festival in Skärhamn. We were stationed in a tent alongside the Rope Maker's Museum, among others, sharing what Victorian Days is all about. It was a successful day with many distributed flyers and program brochures.

The day ended with a nice dinner where all the wooden boat owners who participated in the event were invited. We also invited them to our event and hope that many beautiful wooden boats will grace Marstrand during the Victorian Days.

In 1887, King Oscar II visited Fjällbacka to see the famous ravine. After his visit, the ravine's name was changed from "Ramneklovan" to "Kungsklyftan" (The King's Ravine).

We visited the ravine on a lovely June afternoon. If you search carefully, you might find Oscar's signature somewhere inside the ravine. We didn't find it!

Herman Lindqvist's lecture was a success! The signed books ran out, and there were plenty of delicious snacks afterward. Thank you to everyone who came!

Author and historian Herman Lindqvist will be visiting Marstrands Havshotell on May 25th with a lecture about King Oscar II. The lecture starts at 6:00 PM and costs 200 SEK per person. The price includes the lecture, a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling wine, and light snacks for mingling.

The Victorian Days will participate in the event with a surprise.

You can buy your ticket here: https://www.marstrands.se/eventkalender/

The Victorian Days were a success this year out in Marstrand.
We had around 15,000 visitors, and there were many of us who made the days possible.
Some newcomers were the theater group Happy Clown and the juggler Hugo Rosvall, it was great to have you with us!

An extra thank you to all of you who have been with us for several years now, you keep us going!

You can now watch several videos from this year's Victorian Days on YouTube.