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Framed watercolor of a red Swedish house on a sunny windowsill with wildflowers, a Dala horse and a view of the water

Welcome to Emma Nord♥

Sweden, healing, art and dreams.

An honest blog with lots of room for you.

So glad you’re here

A place to breathe

This blog is my honest path – through healing, old baggage and the longing for a life that truly feels like me. Here you’ll find my art, my thoughts and my big heart for Sweden. Take a moment, stay as long as you like – and feel invited to walk a little of the way with me.

Emma Nord brings together my personal writing, my art and my path to Sweden – all parts of my own story. Here you can discover places in Småland and Swedish traditions, read my writing about healing and self-care and get to know my art.

What this is about

My life, my world

Watercolor: crescent moon with stars and a red heart

Healing & inner child

Honest about what heals: the inner child, old wounds and the courage to start over.

Journal entries → Watercolor: paint palette with brush, twig and a red heart

Art & creativity

Watercolor, acrylic, ink, digital – painting is my language for feeling.

Gallery → Watercolor: red Swedish wooden house with fir trees and a red heart

Sweden & longing

Red houses, quiet lakes, Lagom. The country I long for and my dream of emigrating.

Dreamland → Watercolor: twig with blue and red berries and a red heart

Growth & new paths

Step by step into a life that feels free: your life, your way.

Time for you → Watercolor: blue suitcase in front of a red Swedish house by the lake, with a red heart

Emigrating to Sweden

Costs, housing, work and everyday life – what I’m learning on my way to Småland, with helpful links.

Emigrating → Watercolor: two framed pictures, a paper bag and a twig with berries, with a red heart

Emma’s Studio – Shop

Originals, art prints and little figures from my studio – for a home with heart.

To the shop →
Four framed paintings by Emma Nord on a wall: Madonna and Child, woman with a flower wreath, Swedish house by a lake and girl with a bouquet of tulips
In color

My art

Watercolor, acrylic, digital and mixed media – how I see the world – full of light, color and feeling. Painted with love, to give myself peace and to bring others joy.

To the gallery To the shop

Summery Swedish scene with red wooden houses by the water and wildflowers
My retreat

My safe place

For me, Sweden is more than just a country where I go on vacation. For about 20 years, Sweden has been my safe place in my mind. It’s a method from trauma therapy, and a place I return to inside whenever life gets too loud. The stillness by the lake, the green forests, red wooden houses and that feeling of wide-open space let me experience what a freer, calmer life feels like. Here on Emma Nord, I take you along on my journey. I share impressions from Sweden, tell you about my dream of emigrating and show what a more mindful life can look like.

Between nature, stillness, creativity and the longing for a fresh start, step by step a place is growing that might inspire you, too, to follow your own path.

More about Sweden

Polaroid: woman seen from behind by a lake in front of a red Swedish house, with the words Your life. Your way. Your freedom.
My promise

Your life. Your way. Your freedom.

It’s never too late to take the path that feels right.

That’s exactly what this place is about – the courage to be honest, and the freedom to begin again. At your own pace. With your heart.

“Some places you carry in your heart long before you ever arrive.”
Emma Nord

The most beautiful places in Småland

My journey through Sweden – place by place, with heart.

Come along

Walk with me on my journey

On Instagram and YouTube I take you along – into my everyday life, my art and my dream of living in Sweden.

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