Tips
Tips
Special days
Next to Christmas, Midsummer is the most important celebration for the Swedes – perhaps less so for the Norwegians. In Sweden…
Activities
Many towns and villages have a hembygdsgård. This is often an old farm or collection of buildings. A hembygdsgård often functions…
Food and fika
Fika is a big part of every Swede’s everyday life. It is often translated as a ‘coffee with something sweet-break’. But it is…
Animal encounters
It is possible to spot animals while hiking St. Olavsleden. Granted: most animals will hear you barging through the dense…
Forest food
After you learned where to spot them, you’ll see them just everywhere. Swedish and Norwegian law allows any person to walk any…
Five towns along the route
Sundsvall is the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of approximately 58,000 and…
Tips from locals
We are of course very enthusiastic about the different regions the St. Olavs Path passes. But you don’t just have to believe us:…
Photogenic spots
There are many beautiful places you pass when hiking or cycling St. Olavsleden. Too many to mention. These are just a couple of…
Stories
Stories
What is a pilgrimage?
A pilgrimage is the act of deliberate travel; traveling outside while traveling within. It is a chance to reconnect with the earth, to listen, to face your inner self, to actively commune with a greater power. A pilgrimage is a refuge from the din…
Go-with-the-flow
In the summer of 2018 I walked alone from Åre (Sweden) to Trondheim (Norway) the last 250 kilometres of the St. Olavsleden. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to do the whole path. I was fifty-seven years old at the time. Funny that some people I know…
Time, space and freedom
In 2017, my mother told me about the St Olav’s Path, an old Scandinavian pilgrimage route. She had read a little article in a magazine about spirituality and happiness, and she had taken the decision. She was going to walk through the Swedish…
