"Dear Governor, what are we going to do? I am writing as a concerned villager and citizen."

The quote is Sara Lidman's and this year this sparkling woman would have turned 100. She is celebrated all over the country with lectures, theater performances, book circles, education and talks.

In Skellefteå, the Sara Lidman Society and the Västerbotten County Administrative Board celebrate with a three-course dinner at Medlefors Folk High School, where good food is interspersed with exciting readings of Sara's letter to "Överheita", in which she comments on peat mining, road maintenance in sparsely populated areas and Missenträsk railway station.

The evening will be hosted by County Governor Helene Hellmark Knutsson, who will also open this year's Storytelling Festival together with Västerbottensteatern's CEO Challa Gustavsson.

Monica Lindgren, Örjan Berglund and Marianne Karlsson read Sara's letter to the County Administrative Board, SJ and Skellefteå municipality. Maybe we will also hear some answers?

Welcome to celebrate with us!

Photo: Jonas Ekströmer TT

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The quote is Sara Lidman's and this year this sparkling author would have turned 100 years old. She is celebrated all over the country with lectures, theater performances, book circles, education and talks.

In Skellefteå, the Sara Lidmansällskapet and the Västerbotten County Administrative Board celebrate, among other things, a three-course dinner at Medlefors folk high school where good food is interspersed with exciting Sara talk. The host for the evening is the county governor Helene Hellmark Knutsson, who this evening will also inaugurate this year's Storytelling Festival together with Västerbottensteatern's CEO Challa Gustavsson.

Welcome to celebrate with us!