Hovs Hallar (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈhoːvsˈhâlːar])[1] is a nature reserve on the northern tip of the Bjäre Peninsula in the county of Skåne, Sweden. It is located approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the coastal town of Torekov. The reserve is an area of geological interest and its impressive cliff faces are home to a variety of seabirds. It is assumed that the area gave the name of the province Halland, meaning "the land beyond Hovs Hallar".
The location is also the setting for the opening scenes of the classic Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal, with the Knight challenging Death to a game of chess for his life on the shoreline, and the closing scene with the Dance Macabre against a stormy sky. [2]
^Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 11.
^Ingmar Bergman Foundation - Shooting the film The Seventh Seal Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
HovsHallar (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhoːvs ˈhâlːar]) is a nature reserve on the northern tip of the Bjäre Peninsula in the county of Skåne, Sweden. It...
fjord between Gothenburg and Varberg, including important salt marshes. HovsHallar Kullaberg Nature Reserve There are several offshore windfarms in the...
well as some of his own nightmares. Principal photography took place at HovsHallar, Stockholm and Fårö. Themes include insanity, particularly as experienced...
Laholmsbukten) is a bay of the Kattegat, between Tylösand in the north and HovsHallar in the south. The Bjäre Peninsula, which forms its southern edge, separates...
sea, and the ending with the dance of death, which were both shot at HovsHallar, a rocky, precipitous beach area in north-western Scania. In the Magic...
mountainous, though a few examples of uncovered cliffs can be found at HovsHallar, at Kullaberg, and on the island Hallands Väderö. With the exception...
include Byrum on northwestern Öland neighboring Blå Jungfrun island, HovsHallar and Kullaberg in northwestern Scania and Härnön in northern Sweden's...
valley" Gotland: land of the Gutar Gästrikland Halland: the land beyond HovsHallar Hälsingland Härjedalen: valley of the Härje river Jämtland Lappland:...
Hope-Taylor, p. 102. Hope-Taylor, p. 270. Turville-Petre, p. 243. Gerda Boëthius, Hallar, tempel och stavkyrkor: Studier till kännedomen om äldre nordisk monumentalarkitektur...
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