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Some life stories are so touching and inspiring that I just can’t let go of them. “To hell with the old people’s home \u2013 I need a lathe!”<\/strong> These words were spoken by 80-year-old Lennart Andersson in a wonderful article I read about a few months ago. If you scroll down you’ll find the English version of this story about an unforgettable man and how he got his lathe…<\/span>[Photo above by Joakim Bj\u00f6rck]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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“To hell with \u00e4ldreboende \u2013 jag beh\u00f6ver en svarv!”<\/strong> N\u00e4r jag l\u00e4ste om Lennart Andersson i b\u00f6rjan av \u00e5ret k\u00e4nde jag dels att den underbara artikeln av Joakim Bj\u00f6rck var v\u00e4rd hela \u00e5rsprenumerationen f\u00f6r Sydsvenskan, och dels att s\u00e5dan uppfinningsrikedom, livsgl\u00e4dje och arbetslust som Lennart har m\u00e5ste tas tillvara! Lennart vill bygga en h\u00e4st av metall p\u00e5 tre hjul som drivs av en motors\u00e5gsmotor, med en vilda v\u00e4stern-diligens bakom, med plats f\u00f6r flera personer. Det k\u00e4ndes som att v\u00e4rlden blir lite b\u00e4ttre om han kan g\u00e5 loss p\u00e5 och uppfylla sina dr\u00f6mmar. S\u00e5 det var ju klart att Lennart skulle ha en svarv! Mina v\u00e4nner Annica Gilbertsson och Cecilia Nebel k\u00e4nde likadant och en plan b\u00f6rjade ta form. <\/span>Vi fick kontakt med Lennart \u2013 ett \u00e4ventyr i sig sj\u00e4lvt \u2013 och mottog handskrivna brev med sp\u00e4nnande livshistorier och m\u00e5nga teckningar av projektet. Ett par m\u00e5nader senare, efter idogt letande, hittade vi en svarv till Lennart. L\u00f6rdagen den 15:e juni h\u00e4mtade v\u00e4nnerna Annica Gilbertsson, Tove Nilstun och jag den utanf\u00f6r Halmstad med helt storartad hj\u00e4lp fr\u00e5n m\u00e5nga h\u00e5ll och torsdag den 20:e juni blev det svarvleverans till Lennart i Alsterbro. Hela processen har varit en of\u00f6rgl\u00f6mlig upplevelse och var bara m\u00f6jlig tack vare att s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga m\u00e4nniskor bidragit med hj\u00e4lp (inte minst lyfthj\u00e4lp, det \u00e4r en tung svarv!), finansiering av svarven, id\u00e9er och hejarop.\u00a0Vi vet att det betyder mycket f\u00f6r Lennart, inte bara att f\u00e5 en svarv, utan att vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga som inspirerats av hans livsgl\u00e4dje och uppfinningsrikedom.\u00a0<\/span>Den fantastiska artikelserien om Lennart av HD\/Sydsvenskan-journalisten Joakim Bj\u00f6rck finns att l\u00e4sa h\u00e4r intill. Ni kan ocks\u00e5 se fram emot mera material med Lennart \u2013 dokument\u00e4rfilmaren Mattias Ohlsson har n\u00e4mligen f\u00f6ljt Lennart i m\u00e5nga m\u00e5nader och arbetar p\u00e5 en dokument\u00e4r om honom. Mattias var ocks\u00e5 med b\u00e5de n\u00e4r vi h\u00e4mtade och levererade svarven. Hans kontakt med Lennart \u00e4r s\u00e5 varm och full av nyfikenhet, och det jag sett av resultatet hittills \u00e4r djupt r\u00f6rande, vansinnigt proffsigt och enormt inspirerande. Denna film kommer tvekl\u00f6st ta v\u00e4rlden med storm. Precis som Lennart g\u00f6r, vart han \u00e4n beger sig…<\/span>K\u00e4nner du att du vill hj\u00e4lpa Lennart finns det fortfarande saker att g\u00f6ra. Just nu \u00e4r det fr\u00e4mst tv\u00e5 saker: <\/span>Han skulle beh\u00f6va en l\u00e4kare som kan komma p\u00e5 hembes\u00f6k (mot betalning). N\u00e5gon som kan ta Lennart p\u00e5 hans s\u00e4tt och vara lite flexibel. Kan du, eller k\u00e4nner du n\u00e5gon som kan? Mejla g\u00e4rna ml@mlkold.com.<\/span>Dessutom \u00e4r han p\u00e5 jakt efter v\u00e4xten vall\u00f6rt (Lennart anv\u00e4nder det engelska namned Comfrey). Det \u00e4r \u00e4kta<\/em> vall\u00f6rt (symphytum officinale) han beh\u00f6ver, och som v\u00e4xt, inte fr\u00f6er. Har du en s\u00e5dan planta vi kan f\u00e5, eller f\u00e5 k\u00f6pa? Mejla mig p\u00e5 ml@mlkold.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last year Lennart returned to Sweden after being a real MacGyver in the Caribbean for 38 adventurous years. And he’s keeping it up here! He’s got great plans to make a metal horse powered by a chain saw engine so it can pull a wagon with him and passengers in it. And he’s well on his way! But it’s impossible to finalize without a lathe, of course. So when I read an article about him in at the beginning of this year I decided I wanted for find one for him. My great friends Cecilia Nebel and Annica Gilbertsson leapt at the idea, and together we’ve communicated with Lennart about what kind of lathe he needed and in this process we received incredible drawings and (even more incredible) life stories in a number of handwritten letters. In late May we found the perfect lathe for Lennart! Good friends Annica Gilbertsson and Tove Nilstun and I collected it outside Halmstad on Saturday June 15, with great help from many others. On Thursday June 20 we drove from Malm\u00f6 to Alsterbro, the village where Lennart lives.<\/span>We started a collection for the lathe and with the help of so many sweet and enthusiastic people, the lathe was soon paid for. A bit of extra cash collected will also be given it to Lennart as a contribution to food and medicine. He skimps on those, because he can afford more ball-bearings that way… <\/span>We know that it means a lot to him, not only to get his needed lathe, but to know that there are many of us who have been inspired by his energy and inventiveness.<\/span> The articles on this page only exist in Swedish, I’m afraid. (I am hoping they can be google translated and still make sense?) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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