The Maiden from Backafall, the brig "Three Brothers" cruises this night the Caribbean Sea.. The eternal summer-guest and bard, Gabriel Jönsson, wrote the lyrics for "The Maiden from Backafall" and it became Hven's themesong. As a catchy filmtheme and hit, the ballad is one of the most persistent all-time "evergreens" in Scandinavia. The tune was composed by the troubadour, Gunnar Turesson

Sometimes she does the unexpected

The maiden as a ceramic statuette came about through the Hven Potter Cay Cedergren and the bard Gabriel Jönsson. Gabriel described his Ellen and Cay fashioned her features from the good clay of Hven.

These days, one must probably regard Ellen and Tycho as the island's eternal couple. At the shop, you'll find different variations of them both on display The Backafall Maiden has also become very popular as a Batik print picture

Updated 2000-05-24 Copyright Page - Johan Runeberg , translation by M.S.Woods