![]() He reflects on the fact that gathering smultron with Sara was perhaps the happiest time in his whole life. ![]() She is a double for the love of Isak's youth with whom he remembered gathering smultron. ![]() Borg sets out on a long car ride from Stockholm to Lund in order to be awarded an honorary degree. During the journey (of self-discovery) he meets a series of hitchhikers, one of whom is a woman named Sara. The main character in the film is called Professor Isak Borg, a widowed and rather grumpy 78-year-old physician. The reason that so many Swedes regard smultron with such affection is because of Smultronstället, a film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and released in 1957. Even Vår Kokbok, Sweden's most popular cookery book, doesn't have a single smultron recipe! Smultronstället The mere mention of smultron (wild strawberries) to most Swedes is likely to produce a smile, even though they are unlikely to be their favourite berry! In truth most Swedes prefer cultivated strawberries and regard smultron as something of a novelty. ![]()
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