Retired lecturer Claus Jensen takes you to Gotland, the island off Sweden's eastern coast, with words and pictures. The talk outlines the island's early history and surveys a wide range of its sights.
The focus then turns to Gotland's remarkable picture stones and to its equally distinctive baptismal fonts, which became a successful export across the Baltic region in the early Middle Ages, not least to Denmark. The lecture closes by examining why Asger Jorn was so fascinated by Gotland and why he chose to be buried in the churchyard at Grötlingbo. As always, the talk is wrapped in group singing and coffee-table conversation.
