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athletics ani) sport (idrott).
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Maggiore" of Lappland — this district too is a national park — excursions can
be made fairly inconveniently among the surrounding mountains. A comparatively
convenient, but magnificent trip is that from the railway station of Murjek to
Jokkmokk and Kvikkjokk.
Apart from this, too, North-Western Lappland, with its snow-covered mountains,
and glaciers, its lakes, which lie dreaming in the light of the midnight sun, and
its foaming waterfalls, gives opportunities for many magnificent tourist-excursions
but, as has been mentioned above, these can only be enjoyed by such tourists
as are specially equipped for spending some time among the wilds, and who
are accustomed to making pedestrian tours of many miles in length.
Photo. Bona jlf.PCll. Kiruna.
Kebnekaise (Lappland).
7. ATHLETICS AND SPORT (IDROTT).
"Idrott" (athletics and sport) is an ancient Swedish word, which shows
that these exercises were in vogue amongst the Swedes from the earliest
times. In ancient times, the Yiking who roved from place to place
conquering and colonizing, attracted the attention of the world by his physical
beauty, his vigour, and his sagacity. It was a custom of these inhabitants
of the North to develop their strength, suppleness of limb, and courage, just
as the culture of the mind was promoted by exercise in the art of
poetry and in jurisprudence. Their principal sports consisted of racing,
either with or without armour; different kinds of running and leaping;
wrestling and other contests and trials of strength; ski-running, skating,
swimming, riding, javelin-throwing, archery, as well as fencing with
sword and shield. Besides these, there were many throwing and running
games, principally ball-sports. Hunting and fishing were also highly
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