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2 unusual facts about The New Land


Halvar Björk

He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 till 1986, but also made many substantial film- and TV-roles; for example, he acted in Autumn Sonata (1978) and Sunday's Children (1992) by Ingmar Bergman and The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) by Jan Troell.

The Last Letter Home

The New Land, a 1972 sequel to the first film, based on the last two novels.


Vilhelm Moberg

Swedish film director Jan Troell 1971-72 turned the books into two major feature films, The Emigrants and The New Land, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann as Karl Oskar and Kristina, and nominated for several Academy Awards and winner of Golden Globe Awards.


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Hamhung Royal Villa

The founder of Joseon had lived here before he came to Hanyang to move the formal capital, Kaesong of Goryeo to the new land.

Laura Roslin

This fulfils the Mosaic prophecy that the anointed leader will "guide the caravan of the heavens to their new homeland" but the leader will not live to enter the new land.

Mākaro / Ward Island

Maori tradition is that both of these islands received their original Māori names from Kupe, the semi-legendary first navigator to reach New Zealand and get home again with reports of the new land, but this cannot be verified.

Treaty of Payne's Landing

After touring the area for several months and conferring with the Creeks who had already been settled there, the seven chiefs signed on March 28, 1833 at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory a statement that the new land was acceptable.