BOOKS

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Texts about my most popluar books. A complete list of my publications can be found here.

TREK!
This coffee-table book is about famous treks on six continents, including the Inca Trail, Annapurna Circuit, Milford Trek, etc. It includes my personal reports with large photos from each trek, and finishing with a collection of guide information and maps. It is a bestseller both in Sweden and internationally, and the first edition (with 40 treks) published in 2005 is sold out at the moment. A new extended edition (352 pages and 50 treks) has a planned release date towards the end of 2008. Can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk
  terra firma
This book from 2006 is a portfolio with a selection of 115 of my best fine art photographs. The text is a short autobiography, including captions and a very short summary in English.

Swedish Wilderness. The Mountain World of Dag Hammarskjöld
Of all of my books this is the largest, most exclusive and produced in a panoramic size (40x30 cm). It includes the text written by former Director of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld about his mountain hikes. I have illustrated his words with photos from the areas he visited. I have also written comments about the various routes he took. Both in a Swedish and an English edition.
  Vandra Kungsleden
An updated and newly designed and illustrated guidebook based on my former guidebooks about the Swedish Mountains. This is the first guidebook ever that covers all the famous Kings Track in northern Sweden. Published in March 2008. Only in Swedish at the moment.

Blommor och berg
A comprehensive portfolio book, with color photos of mountain flowers, and black and white photos of the mountain landscape in Lapland. Just photos and a short foreword in Swedish.
  Fotografera i fjällen
A popular little handbook about mountain photography. Published 1993. Only in Swedish. Out of print.

Bilder av fjällen
About the Swedish mountains. At the time my biggest book with some folded panoramic pictures, almost one meter in width. Published 1991. Only in Swedish. Out of print.
  Fjällboken
A bestseller with everything you need to know about the Swedish mountains and mountainwalking. Last edition published 2001. Only in Swedish. Co-author Göran Palmgren.

Our Magnificent Wilderness
An award-winning book in Sweden. Foreword by Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. The book describes 40 well-known natural World Heritage Sites. Published 2002. In 7 different languages including English, French and Spanish. Co-author Peter Hanneberg. Can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk
  The Laponian Area. A Swedish World Heritage Site
I made this official book on commission from The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Published 1997. In Swedish and English.

På fjälltur Arjeplogsfjällen
Pocket guide for the backpack about one of the most unknown Swedish mountain areas. Published 1999. Only in Swedish.
  På fjälltur Kebnekaise och Abisko
A classic pocket guide about the most popular Swedish mountain area. Printed in three editions, the last 1997. Only in Swedish.

På fjälltur Padjelanta
The complete guide to this excellent Swedish mountain area. Published 1991. Only in Swedish.
  På fjälltur Sarek
The Bible for all walkers in this rugged alpine mountainarea. Published 2000. Only in Swedish.

Sarek and Kebnekaise where the light is ever-changing
My former magnum opus. A coffee table book and a pictorial documentation with lots of panoramas from the highest parts of the Swedish mountains. It has been used by the Swedish Government and Parliament as a representative gift. Published 2001. In Swedish and English. Can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk
  På fjälltur Vindelfjällen
The complete guide to this mountain wilderness in Lapland. Published 1998. Only in Swedish.

Tyresta nationalparken nära Stockholm
A book I produced on commission from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with Stiftelsen Tyrestaskogen. The area is the forest of my youth and the book is both a personal and an informative description of its nature, history and the success of its conservation. Published 2001. Only in Swedish.
  National Parks in Sweden
My first book and a strong bestseller, with 55000 copies sold. Printed in Swedish, English and German. English edition published 1987. Out of print.

Vandra Kungsleden 1
A success when it was first published and still sought after, the book is hardback, pictorial version of my pocket guide "På fjälltur Abisko och Kebnekaise" and describes the northern parts of the famous trail "Kungsleden". Published 1988. Only in Swedish. Out of print.
  Vandra Kungsleden 2
The second book in the series "Vandra Kungsleden". This one covers the middle parts of the trail "Kungsleden". Published 1991. Only in Swedish. Out of print.

Vandra Kungsleden 3
The third book on "Kungsleden" covers the southern parts of the trail. Published 1995. Only in Swedish. Out of print.
 



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