May I have this Dance? The story of Ulla & Arne Ganstal’s 43-year adventure from Stockholm, Sweden to Vancouver

Hollyburn ski camp 1927 to the left Rudolph Verne, Andrew Irving, Oscar Pearson, Ole Anderson and Axel Sneis built Hollyburn Lodge. During the winter you might cross country ski at Hollyburn. Afterwards, you might enjoy a coffee at Hollyburn Lodge. In the early 1990s all ski facilities on Black, Strachan and Hollyburn were referred to…

Paul Axel Boving was born at Stora Månstorp farm near Anderslöv in Skåne,Sweden. His faher Bernhard Böving was a prominent farmer in south Skåne.After graduation from school Paul Boving worked for some years at different jobsrelated to farming, from farm labourer to farm inspector and administrator onfarms in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.Paul Axel graduated from…

Johann Karlsson and Emma Nilsdotter led modest country lives in Sweden before they immigrated toCanada in 1887 and 1893 respectively. As with many Swedish immigrants at this time they anglicizedtheir names to John Carlson and Emma Nelson endeavouring to fit into the predominantly Britishestablishment.Emma found work as a housemaid/cook for a medical doctor on Robson…

Lund, B.C. is the small picturesque seaside village on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast on the northern terminus of Highway 101, 22 km north of Powell River. It was founded in 1889 by two brothers from the Valdemarsvik area, Charles and Fred Thulin. Charles Thulin (1863-1932), born Carl August Andersson and Fred Thulin, Fredrik Gottfrid Andersson…

Els-Britt Marianne Lindholm nee Jansson was born in Stockholm in 1930.In June 1950, Els-Britt emigrated to Canada with her husband Olle fromStockholm.They traveled via Hamburg and England to Halifax on the ship M/S Homelandformerly M/S Gripsholm. They were looking for a better life and adventure.From Halifax they took the train to Montreal and then went…

Charley John Anderson was born in Tingstad, Östergötland, Sweden in 1859. His father was a farmhand. Charley left for America in 1887. Charley made his way to San Francisco and in 1894 found himself one of thousands of unemployed who were caught in the severe depression called the “Panic of ’93” which rocked the American…