I left a piece of my heART in Scandinavia.

 I went to Sweden in 2009 with my dad and my step mom. My grandfather is originally from Sweden, he immigrated to Canada in the early 1900's with his mother, father and siblings. My grandfather Hildor had died when my dad was very young,  We did not have much information about Sweden, or if there was any family there. One year my dad decided to venture off with his wife. He found the community where my grandfather was from and numerous relations. All whom were very happy to meet him and hear the story of Jon Olaf's and Alita's family in Canada. My dad had met Pia and Bosse. Pia , my dads 2nd cousin, came to Canada a year later to visit and meet the rest of our family.

When we went to Sweden in 2009, we had stayed with Pia. During our visit, Pia had arranged a large family reunion, and a small community event at the  Los library featuring a reading from one of my dads book, and a small exhibition of the work I brought with me for gifts.This was an amazing experience. I am thankful for Pias thoughfullness to allow us to showcase our work as artists, and share our story as  descendents of Sweden.

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The article writes (using google Translate)
Canada Visit In Los
Harold Johnson from LaRonge in Canada told us about his life and works at Los library Tuesday, Sept. 1.

With he also had his wife Joan and daughter Harmony is an artist. Her paintings are on display at the library in Los.

1907 emigrated Jon-Olov Jonsson and his wife Alida and their children from Orsa Finnmark, Hamra to Canada. They settled in Saskatchewan.
One of the sons, Hildor, moved north and built roads. Hildor then met Mary, a girl of Cree Indian genus, opinion arose and Hildor remained in the area around Molanosa. Hildor and Mary formed a large family with nine children.
One of those children, Harold Johnson, has now visited the library in Los and talked about parts of his life and how he found back to his Swedish roots and realized that the roots go back to Finland.
Harold has written and published four books. These books he donated to the library in the loos, so they should be available for lending.
About 30 people came to the library and listened to a very rewarding story of Harold and his life.
For information contact Los library 0651-18867

original article can be found.
http://ljusdal.se/invanare/kultur/bibliotek/varabibliotek/losbibliotek/aldreaktiviteterpalosbibliotek/canadabesokilos.4.449f64601234c9d701e80004847.htm