The Ice Queen

DATE: Jun 7, 2005   PHOTOGRAPHER: Johanna

VENLA SAYS: “I remember watching the snow falling and lightly covering the frozen ground. The darkness crept over the northern lands and I curled up in my winter sleep.

In my dream I was as soft as a snowflake and as cold as the ice I cut with my blades. The aurora borealis painted the sky and all the world was sleeping, waiting.

On the brightest day of the winter I woke up with frostbites all over my body. The pale midwinter sun melted my sleep and as the
flaming star set behind the arctic landscape I wanted to free myself from the woollen garment. The spring was coming.

While the days are getting longer and warmer take a look at the wintertime in Finland. How about a little snowball fight?”