Sweden
Sand Origin
Frostkilen, Voxnan, Ovanåker
Choosing one sand to represent Sweden was both easy and difficult.
The sand shown here comes from a sandbank along the meandering river Voxnan, a place I return to year after year.
But in AKIN, where sand from every nation is gathered in one piece, Sweden is represented by more than one place: sand from every Swedish province. And from Dalarna, OUAW’s home, sand from every municipality.
Including pieces from across Sweden felt like a must.
Random Sand Fact
The Swedish island of Gotska Sandön is still changing, grain by grain.
Wind, waves and currents move the sand, build new dunes and reshape the coastline. The landscape can change from one day to the next.
In the middle of the dry dunes, old pine forest grows straight out of the sand.
