From the archive
Photo Gallery
Pictures from the Grönstedt family albums – from the accordion kings and life on tour to the family home in Lugnviksstrand. Click a picture to view it larger. The captions are in Swedish.
Karl and Erling
The Accordion Kings
The brothers from Lugnviksstrand – on stage, in the studio and with family and friends.
On the road
On Tour
Folk parks, dance floors and the night’s venue – life on the road.
Home
Lugnviksstrand
The childhood home on the Ångerman River and the family home on Spelmansvägen.
2023–2026
The Legacy Lives On
Erling’s centenary in Kramfors, Kalle’s Giulietti coming home, the play on Svanö and the first scholarship from the Erling Grönstedt Memorial Fund.
The 1940s and 50s
The Family Negatives
Black-and-white pictures photographed from the family’s old negatives on a light box – cards and needlework in Lugnviksstrand, skiing on Råstångsberget with the Sandö Bridge below, Karl and Karin at home and a cycle race passing through.
1931–1988
Press Cuttings and Papers
From the family’s keepsakes: the programme from Sweden’s first junior accordion championship in 1936, newspaper cuttings from the 1930s and 40s, letters from the accordion factory, receipts from the tours and the thank-you when Erling retired in 1988. Click a picture to read it.
Four generations
The Grönstedt Family
Family pictures from the 1940s onwards – Carl Gustaf and Jenny on their big days in Lugnviksstrand, grandmother Olga and grandfather Bengt, Gösta and Ann-Mari’s wedding and Erling junior as a little boy. Some pictures are unknown – do you recognise anyone?
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