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historical clothing : Ingvar and Ingrid Karlsson
Ingvar and Ingrid Karlsson (Colombia/Sweden, 1955)
Figure 1.-- These two Colombian-Swedish children, Ingvar and Ingrid Karlsson, were 10 and 9 years old when they were flown from Colombia to Sweden. Here they are landing at Stockholm's Bromma Airport during June 1955. Their father was a foreman, Anton Karlsson, who had been working in Sweden since 1916. He married a Colombian woman. We are not sure what he was doing in Colombia. The description of foreman suggests posibly a mining engineer. The press caption mentions the Utlandssven-Skärnäs Association mediation, whatever that may be. The children are apparently headed to Falun. We are not sure why the children were sent back to Sweden. It might have to do with La Violencia, the beginning of the Colombian Civil War with left-wing guerrillas.
These two Colombian-Swedish children, Ingvar and Ingrid Karlsson, were 10 and 9 years old when they were flown from Colombia to Sweden. Here they are landing at Stockholm's Bromma Airport during June 1955. Their father was a foreman, Anton Karlsson, who had been working in Sweden since 1916. He married a Colombian woman. We are not sure what he was doing in Colombia. The description of foreman suggests posibly a mining engineer. The press caption mentions the Utlandssven-Skärnäs Association mediation, whatever that may be. The children are apparently heased to Falun. We are not sure why the children were sent back to Sweden, It might have to do with La Violencia, the beginning of the Colombian Civil War with left-wing guerrillas. The parents won't be comimg for another 3 years with their father plans to retire. The children only speak Spanish. The press caption read, "1955-06-17 - Bromma Svenska Dagblade Bild-Arkiv copymeHT Två svenska barn, Ingvar och Ingrid Karlsson från Colombia, resp. tio och nio år, kom med flyg till Bromma på torsdagen för att genom Utlandssven- skarnas förenings förmedling börja i Klippuddens internatskola invid Falun. Pappan, verkmästare Anton Karlsson, är sedan 1916 verksam i Colombia och gift med en indianska. Det dröjer nu tre år innan barnen får träffa föräld- rarna. Då pensioneras hr Karlsson och familjen slår sig ned i Sverige för gott. Ungdomarna klarade den Iånga resan fint. De talar inget annat språk än span-ska."
That transltes as, "Two Swedish children, Ingvar and Ingrid Karlsson from Colombia, respectively ten and nine years old, arrived by plane to Bromma on Thursday to start at Klippudden boarding school near Falun through the mediation of the Swedish Abroad Association. The father, foreman Anton Karlsson, has been working in Colombia since 1916 and is married to an Indian. It will be three years before the children will be united with their parents. Then Mr Karlsson will retire and the family will settle in Sweden for good. The young people coped with the long journey well. They speak no other language than Spanish."
