27 August 2010

flowers from Umea.

the photo was taken in a studio by Tor Ekholtz in Umea, Sweden. some, long time ago.
Dear Swedish friends, can you tell me more about Bertil Ekholtz? he was a son of Tor? and any ideas about the habit of taking pictures of sailor (?) with flowers?
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 August, 2010 10:33

    Hi Joanna!

    Yes, Bertil Ekholtz was the son of Tor Ekholtz. There is some info at the Swedish Wikipedia (translated with Google: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBertil_Ekholtz&sl=sv&tl=en)

    Most likely the photograph is from a student exam.

    All the best,
    F.

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  2. joanna28 August, 2010 12:08

    thank you for link :) student exam? is it common to be "in flowers" to the picture after taking exams? graduate? thanks!

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  3. doktor konfys31 August, 2010 21:20

    at least nowadays all your friends and family will put a flower or two in a band around your neck. with local variations I suppose. I guess it has to do with the difficult of carrying so many roses in your hands.

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  4. joanna03 September, 2010 18:51

    thank you, Doctor :)

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  5. dr agejev03 September, 2010 20:41

    Where I come from it is common to put A LOT of flowers and also other things (toys, etc) around the neck of students.

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  6. Dr Dr Dr09 September, 2010 10:50

    it is a hippie

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  7. Lina Nääs21 September, 2010 08:47

    Something like this :) http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs576.snc3/31411_438875846674_549116674_6211514_2443975_n.jpg

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