Explore Sweden's UFO Archives: The Most Unusual Summer Talk

The world's largest UFO archive is located in Sweden and is guarded by DN journalist Clas Svahn. Anna Gullberg is captivated by Norrköping's 'X-files', this summer's most unusual 'Sommar i P1'.

When Bibi Rödöö promised education as the theme for this year's summer talks, I never imagined that the person I would learn the most from would be a passionate UFO hunter, more critical of sources than anyone else combined. Highly unexpected, just like the unexplained phenomena that Svahn, now retired after many years at Dagens Nyheter, has been seeking explanations for since childhood.

Svahn's absorbing hobby, the quest for what lies beyond the stars and limited human experience, takes on scientific proportions. Researchers are now beginning to show interest in the collections hidden in Norrköping, many kilometers of genuine 'X-files'.

But Svahn is far from a 'ding, ding world'; he is more meticulous than most in finding explanations. His curiosity, the drive that life can be much more than what we see and experience, is contagious.

I must visit that archive, with Svahn as my guide, Sweden's own Fox Mulder.