#Mikael Niemi

[forislynx]

Hon såg på mig, det gjorde ont, hennes blick var som inifrån en tavla.

Mikael Niemi, Koka björn

[ronnydeschepper]

"Popmuziek uit Vittula" van Mikael Niemi

Door omstandigheden is het al een hele tijd geleden dat ik mijn “willekeurige woordenzoeker” nog eens heb moeten gebruiken. Vandaag is het dan eindelijk zo ver en het is meteen prijs: “Popmuziek uit Vittula” van Mikael Niemi. Ik herinner me nog de opwinding toen ik me het boek aanschafte. “Het Zweedse antwoord op The Commitments” stond er als teaser op de kaft. “The Commitments”! Het boek…

[onbeingadreamer]

Books/plays/short stories I read in 2024

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

The Gambler and a A Nasty Business by Fyodor Dostoevsky

A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Looking for Alaska by John Green

One Day by David Nicholls

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Black girl / White girl by Joyce Carol Oates

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi

Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

The Mire by Liza Marklund

Simon & Sophie by Emma Granholm

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

[ladysternchen]

Thanks @chaos-of-the-abyss for the tag 😊

Favorite color: uh, that's tough. I don't really have THE one favourite colour, but colours like blue and purple feel very comforting to me.

Last song I listened to: Ballad of the Absent Mare by Leonard Cohen (I once had a horse like that- she comes to his hand but she's not really tame... yeah, fits!)

Last film I watched: uuuummm... no idea. Possibly something I watched with my kids? I'm not at all into films anymore (because I'm totally lacking time)

Currently reading: Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi. It's a bit of a weird read, but a great one.

Currently watching: again, not watching much due to lack of time and also accessibility, but whenever I can get my hands (or eyes) on it, I'm watching and re-watching Call the Midwife. My favourite show of all time.

Currently craving: anything, really, as I'm currently super hungry but still waiting for my fasting-period to end (I normally have no issues with this at all and been doing it for five years now, but when I'm really tired and stressed out, it gets hard)

Coffee or tea: Both, but not strong at all. My husband keeps calling what I drink 'coloured water', as my body really doesn't cope well with caffeine.

Hobby to try: I really want to learn how to sew properly. I'm so utterly un-talented when it comes to any sort of crafting, but I have to learn this if I ever want to take my cosplay to a more serious level. Also drawing. But TIMEEEEE.

Current AU: My current WIP, where Morgoth wins the first battle of Beleriand and Eglador never gets to become Doriath. So when the Noldor arrive in Beleriand, they find what they so longed for- free lands to rule. Or so they think... A Deed Unforgiven is probably the darkest work I've done yet, and is rated E not without reason. Roughly everyone who lives in canon by the end of the First Age lives. Roughly everyone who is dead in canon by the end of the First Age is dead. Oh, and before anyone asks why I would do that to my most beloved character? Because almost everything is better than what canon does to him imho. Plus we have an agreement that we both like my killing him off xD Not going to tag anyone because that gives me fits of anxiety, but please feel free to consider yourself tagged by me if you come across that post and feel like you want to answer some questions ;-)

[maitomymmeli]

Astrotruckers by Mikael Niemi <3

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[maisalampinen]

MOOMIN ARABIA | STYLIST’S ASSISTANT

Client: Moomin Arabia

Production: Duotone

Producer: Claudia Fleege

Production Manager: Jaana Hiltunen

Production Assistant: Ronja Syvälahti

Photographer: Mikael Niemi

Photo Assistant: Severi Uusitalo

Light Assistant: Jari Hämäläinen

Light Assistant / Trainee: Mert Abedan

Cinematography: Sam Gladstone

Video Assistant: Nikke Puustinen

Stylist: Fanni Lyytikäinen

Stylist's Assistant: Maisa Lampinen

Stylist's Assistant: Sara Kyllönen

MUAH: Emma Bentley

Talent: Eemil, Kaisa, Wesley

[kattahj]

When I was a kid in school, I largely learned Swedish history, Gustav Vasa, Olaus Petri and so on... but the part of Sweden I live in was Danish at that point. (Apart from a few city-local stories, we did not learn Danish history.) Finland, on the other hand, was a part of Sweden, but since it's not anymore, it was largely ignored in our education.

Author Mikael Niemi has spoken about how he lived so far north as a child that the map of Sweden they got in school ended before it got to their town. So even in then-current geography, their "home country" wasn't portrayed to cover their actual home.

When descendants of Swedes living in America take up Swedish traditions, those are frequently traditions that are younger than their ancestors' migration, often picked up from some little corner of the country and made to "represent the nation" in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Nation building is always mythical, and it assumes an "us" that, upon a closer look, isn't as clear-cut as you'd think.

its crazy that so many people say the US isnt a nation. the US is like, way more of a nation than most countries. way less internal diversity. way stronger sense of self-conception. etc. you may be confused, because we're not an *ethnicity*

[disease]

ROLF EKROTH SPRING 2023 MW [DTL]

[forislynx]

– Sådana hus existerar, sa prosten. De kallas bibliotek. – Nej, sa jag. – Jag har varit i sådana. – Nej. – I Härnösand. I Uppsala. Bibliotek finns på många platser. – Det måste vara fruktansvärt. Prosten betraktade mig undrande. Han förstod mig inte. – Så mycket tid, stammade jag. Ingen kan någonsin hinna läsa dem alla. – Nej, knappast. – Bara ... Gud. – Ja, Gud förstås. Kanske detta är meningen med biblioteken, att vi där ska uppleva Guds storhet. – Men om biblioteken finns. Behöver vi då kyrkorna?

Mikael Niemi, Koka björn

[scandireader]

@alina009 Yesss! I really liked that one too! Although (dare I say it) I probably liked the film even more? (IMDb)

[les-toupies-h]

Mikael Niemi

[foxandcatlibrary]

21st Book I Read in 2022

Title: Koka Björn

Author: Mikael Niemi

Notes: Fick denna rekommenderad till mig av en vän. Men skulle nog inte läst ut den om jag inte varit fast med den på min tågresa. Fint skriven, men historien var tråkig tyckte jag.

[mayolfederico]

diciassette agosto

Ugo Carrega

  Oroscopo

Volevi studiare le tue stelle – le custodi del tuo cortile di prigione, il loro zodiaco. I pianeti borbottavano le loro formule di potere babilonesi – come gli ossi di uno stregone. Avevi ragione di temere il possibile rimbombo di quegli ossi, la chiarezza con cui si sarebbe percepito il loro bisbiglio, pur sepolti com’erano nel corpo caldo.

Ma a te non occorreva…

[uselessatheart]

It might just be possible, if you were very careful, to look at the occasional book that could teach you something, such as encyclopedias or repair manuals. The most dangerous kind of book was fiction-- that's where all the brooding was sparked and encouraged. Damnit all! Addictive and risky products like that should only be available in state-regulated monopoly stores, rationed and sold only to those with a license, and mature in age.

Mikael Niemi, Popular Music from Vittula

[maisalampinen]

ARABIA | MOOMIN'S DAY 2023

Client: Moomin Arabia

Producers: Elina Forss, Claudia Fleege / Duotone

Production Manager: Jaana Hiltunen / Duotone

Photographer & Director: Mikael Niemi

Cinematographer: Sam Gladstone

Stylist: Fanni Lyytikäinen

MUAH: Anna Mannila

Stylist's Assistant: Maisa Lampinen

Photo Assistant: Severi Uusitalo

1st AC: Alex Richardson

Music: Aapeli Mattila

Colour Grade: Antti Peltoranta / Toast

Talents: Milja / As You Are Agency & Vilja