Björn Allard (1923-2006) was employed as a photographer at the Swedish National Heritage Board in the 1950s and 1960s. He took part in archaeological surveys and excavations to contribute documentary photographs. Since he held an academic degree in Nordic and comparative archeology, he was certainly well suited for the work.
An important part of Björn Allard’s tasks was to document at the Board’s culture-historical surveys and archaeological excavations in northern Sweden, due to the regulations of Swedish lakes and rivers at the expansion of hydropower and the construction of new power plants in the 1950s and 1960s.
Five Swedish provinces will be represented in the album. From north to south: Lapland (Lappland), Ångermanland, Jämtland, Dalecarlia (Dalarna), Östergötland and Västergötland.
The images are taken between 1957 and 1959. They show landscapes, cultural environments in the countryside and archaeologists from the Swedish National Heritage Board at field work. Locals in northern Sweden, at work or at leisure, will appear now and then.
A woman fishing at lake Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Aerial view, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Archaeologist at work, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Arranging a fire ladder for photographing, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Boathouses by lake Tisjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Cleansing of archaeological site, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Elk hunters, Lakavattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Farmer plowing, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Fire engine at prehistoric mound, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Fishing in lake Tisjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Fishing-nets, lake Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Fiskön (‘Fish island’) in lake Tisjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Girl and dog, Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Girl and goat at Sami camp, Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Hay-drying racks, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Junsterforsen (Junster rapids), Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Lake Smalsjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Lake Smalsjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Lake Tisjön, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Logs in Ångermanälven river at Hälla (Hielle), Åsele, Lappland, Sweden, 1959Mountain birches, Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Mountain cattle, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Old cottage, Hökvattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Old hut at Tisjölandet, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Rowboat on lake Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Rowboat, lake Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Sami camp, Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Sami hut, Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Seaplane on lake Satisjaure (Satihaure), Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, 1958Sheep, Lakavattnet, Jämtland, Sweden, 1958Shelter over archaeological excavation, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958Stone Age settlement at Tisjölandet, Dalarna, Sweden, 1957Stone Age settlement, Hälla (Hielle), Åsele, Lappland, Sweden, 1959Two men on a tractor with a compressor, Häggum, Västergötland, Sweden, 1958
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