Old love will not be cut down
24 August 2021In an old newspaper clip from Dagens Nyheter on July 24, 1989, you can read the following: “A love carving from 1881 in a pine tree outside Mora now enjoys protection from the forest management board. It was the mechanic Halvar Anders Eriksson and Stenis Anna Persdotter who stopped at Eldris during a walk to the summer cottage in Garberg. During the break, they decided on an engagement. Eriksson peeled the pine bark and engraved his trademark and the initials "AES". There under Stenis Anna's trademark and her initials "APD". As the crown of the work the year 1881.