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The exhibition describes Torne Valley’s identity based on Jennie Lind’s own life through photographs and film.

The exhibition Ett enda brev från mor – A single letter from mother – opens at the Museum of Torne Valley on Thursday, June 27, where photographer and filmmaker Jennie Lind presents part of her heritage from Torne Valley through a short film and family photos.

A single letter from Mother exhibition is Jennie Lind’s first own short film documentary. The film is a personal family story about her heritage from Torne Valley and it deals with longing, nostalgia, losses and memories that are related to our modern times. The exhibition is open at the museum from 27 June to 15 September 2024.

The exhibition also includes several family photos from the 30s, 40s and 50s from Torne Valley’s Torinen village. Jennie Lind was born in 1975 in Luleå, Sweden and works mainly in northern Sweden as a filmmaker and photographer. She wants to tell more about Torne Valley and the people who live there, our different cultures, lifestyles and destinies. Since 2005, Jennie Lind has been working as a freelance photographer and since 2018 also as a filmmaker in both commercial, editorial and documentary roles.

The museum of Torne Valley turns 110 years old this year and has operated as a joint museum of Tornio and Haaparanta for 10 years already. The year will be celebrated with the theme year ”Vårt gemensamma museum – Meän museo”.