About me and the tours: My first trip to Sweden was in the spring and summer of 1974, when I just got an introduction to Swedish music and the folk culture that surrounds it. In the following years I travelled much more around Sweden, getting to know the people, language, and traditions very well... In 1977 I conducted my first intimate folk-tour for others. I took 3 people on a 6-week trip that included festivals, private meetings with dancers and musicians, and the experience of the wonderful Swedish summer. All three of the travellers wound up moving to Sweden! I don't expect anyone on my current tours to go to that extent, but I certainly felt that I had shown a favorable picture of the country! While I have kept up my Swedish music, language, and connections, I had only travelled there sporadically through the intervening years. In the summer of 2004, I refreshed my travel knowledge by taking a very small group on a 4-week tour. I scouted for places to go and to stay, checked out prices, took pictures, and started planning for annual tours. In 2005 I launched folksweden.com, with 2 week tours planned every summer. The tours thus far have been fabulously enjoyable! I am fully fluent in Swedish, and am a great afficianado of the Swedish folk-culture, as you may see in the tour website. I love sharing my enthusiasm with others, and am looking forward to an extraordinarily fun experience with the travellers on the tour in 2017! |
Tim Rued's Sweden Tour 2017 June 28 - July 12 |
timrued@aol.com tim@folksweden.com (209) 609-6183 Tim Rued PO Box 5554 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA |