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

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…

Irene Howard was born in Prince Rupert,B.C. on November 19, 1922 to a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother, Nils Alfred Nilsson and Ingeborg Aarvik. Her father later changed his name to Alfred Nels Nelson. Irene had a childhood of tremendous upheaval due to her father’s work in different mines in BC. They moved from…

Edwin Albert Alm was born in Bjärme, Jämtland February 9, 1888. His father was a professional soldier, and the family was quite poor. Edwin learned to work hard early in his life. He did well at school and after confirmation, his father and the minister of the local church decided that Edwin should study to…

My father, Harold Swanson, was born in the family home in Spånga, Hanaskog, Sweden on September 16, 1899. His father had a sawmill business. Eventually the family moved to Agnesberg, also in Hanaskog. His father set up an oak flooring business and raised show horses there. My dad graduated from Malmö Tekniska Läroverk which helped…

Drypoint etching is a form of intaglio printmaking that is frequently used to createhighly detailed representational imagery. Intaglio printmaking imvolves makingdesigns by cutting into soft metals like copper; these cuts ensure that when ink isapplied to the design and subsequently cleaned off, the ink stays in the incisions,effectively forming the image. In 1928, a young…