Sweden Diaries

In Vimmerby cemetery there is yet another grave that is somewhat interesting. On the grave marker it is written “The young brothers Johan Magnus and Achates Phalén”. It is one of two graves that inspired Astrid Lindgren to write the novel The Brothers Lionheart. The other grave that served as inspiration to that novel can be seen in Northern Cemetery in Stockholm and has the inscription “Here lies the brothers Nils Bernström and Bertil Bernström”.

The Brothers Lionheart is about two brothers who both die young, one of an illness and the other in an accident. It’s not a sad story really because the brothers reunite again in Nangijala, the place where you go after you die.

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