The publisher of this card, David Wesström, was my father who worked as a bookseller in Båstad between 1932-1979. One of the driving men behind the building of Skånegården between 1916-18 was Ludvig Nobel who came to Båstad in 1905 and whose uncle was Alfred Nobel, the man who founded the Nobel price. And did you know that John F Kennedy stayed at Skånegården with a Swedish woman in 1955? You can read about in at http://hd.se/lasarnas/2008/02/16/laesarbrevet-naer-john-f-kennedy/ (translate by Google)
The publisher of this card, David Wesström, was my father who worked as a bookseller in Båstad between 1932-1979. One of the driving men behind the building of Skånegården between 1916-18 was Ludvig Nobel who came to Båstad in 1905 and whose uncle was Alfred Nobel, the man who founded the Nobel price. And did you know that John F Kennedy stayed at Skånegården with a Swedish woman in 1955? You can read about in at http://hd.se/lasarnas/2008/02/16/laesarbrevet-naer-john-f-kennedy/ (translate by Google)
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