Historical Quotes

It was towards the end of the 1880s.

The town was asleep. The houses leaned wearily against one another like sleepy travellers in a railway carriage. Some were small, crippled and hunched up like worn-out old beggar women. Others stood there, large and haughty, like town councillors in the courtroom.

From The Town by the Sea*, 1930*

Governor of Halland, 1812–1816

A Night at Halmstad Castle
As I lie there, staring at the lights that were to keep me company for the rest of the night, I see a large, dark and majestic shadow slowly and solemnly glide past the rose-coloured curtain. I immediately got up. There was no living creature in my room or in the adjoining rooms.

Whose shadow was it?

Source:
Karl August Nicander. Okulta berättelser.

Anders Tidström was a Linnaean pupil who published the account Journey through Halland, Skåne and Blekinge in 1756.

An avenue of willow trees leading into the town. Straight streets lined with trees. A large square, also with trees.
Beautiful and well-kept half-timbered houses. A few stone buildings, and hardly any wooden buildings.
In some of the houses along the main street, the timber was glazed, which did not look at all bad.

Source:
Anders Tidström. Resa i Halland, Skåne och Blekinge år 1756

19 july 1904

A large motor car visited Halmstad yesterday. Its visit here was by no means the most pleasant kind, as in a couple of places horses bolted, frightened by the snorting “beast”.

Source:
Hallandsposten 1904-07-19

1860

Halmstad, the residence town of Halland, enjoys a beautiful setting on the River Nissan, whose salmon, with its rosy-red flesh, fetches a higher price on the Swedish market than any other.

Cawing jackdaws perch on the chimneys of the old castle, which is now the Governor’s residence. In the garden, century-old cherry trees are trained against the gate; lilacs and other bushes are also found there in abundance, all in full bloom.

Source:
Horace Marryat. Ett år i Sverige. översättnng Gustav Thomee
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