Henrik Arnstad

Those beats are made for listening

Of all the places I’ve ever done gongfu tea, my very favorite is my uncle’s living room. A true tea connoisseur, he took a personal interest in educating me and my American partner about tea during our last visit to my hometown of Fuzhou. And then again, I am ruining the Tea Road by being […]

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Summer at the Lake

Four fawns stood in the street over the creek in our subdivision as I was driving out for a beer yesterday evening. Four.  I’m told it’s unusual to see four fawns together, all skinny stilts and big ears and spots and not yet savvy about things like streets. Fawns and such have been a relief […]

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Riding the bus challenge

Nothing excites me more than the split of second when I visualise something in mind which I have never ever possibly imagine before. I am so afraid to miss that fragment of vision, I will have to sketch it down immediately in my book. And this above, is that vision I have been keeping for a […]

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We heart ponchos

It’s rare that I forge a friendship with someone from the second camp. And, if they get me on a bad day, their reaction can feel like a gentle kick in the stomach. I thought about this. Then I thought about my childhood. It turns out that I rode the bus to school nearly 200 […]

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”En svensk tiger” diskuterade historien och podcasten

Den 17 februari samlades företrädare för tre framstående podcasts om historia på Historiska museet i Stockholm, för att diskutera hur bilden av förflutenheten förändras av poddrevolutionen. Nu kan du lyssna till samtalet, som ett avsnitt av ”En svensk tiger”! Deltog gjorde: Ola Larsmo, från podcasten En svensk tiger. Björn Lundberg, från podcasten Lite passé. Malin […]

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Motståndsrörelsen, populärkulturen och nationens hjältar: Kampen om tungvattnet

Göteborgs-Postens kulturdel publicerade fredag 26 februari 2016 ett uppslag, skrivet av Henrik Arnstad, om den norska TV-serien ”Kampen om tungvattnet” och om boken med samma namn, skriven av författaren Asgeir Ueland: Få historiska händelser är så fundamentalt nationellt identitetsskapande som andra världskriget, inte minst i Europa. Nationalstaternas olika minneskulturer kring kriget är än idag – då snart […]

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Walk with me on this side

Sometimes the hikes would last as long as three hours. Lighting at the locations?—?which were not always planned out?—?meant the images themselves are also largely the result of nature’s whims. The issue for me is that after this period the city falls back to sleep again. More specifically, during Christmas people seem to rack their […]

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Something about us

Fill your bookshelf with endless possibilities I get ideas about what’s essential when packing my suitcase. Jeans represent democracy in fashion. You cannot be creative with people around you. In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. They have to wear clothes that make you look better. Fashion should be fun. It shouldn’t be labelled […]

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An American in Morocco

Sometimes the hikes would last as long as three hours. Lighting at the locations?—?which were not always planned out?—?meant the images themselves are also largely the result of nature’s whims. The issue for me is that after this period the city falls back to sleep again. More specifically, during Christmas people seem to rack their […]

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