Lundström Family Home in Edsviken

The Lundström Family Home in Edsviken is a domestic space marked by concealment and absence. Linnea Lundström returns to her room after flushing the charred remains of a letter from her father, while a later inspection by Jeanette Kihlberg and Jens Hurtig finds a villa that appears abandoned despite its furnishings. Together, these scenes place the house between the appearance of order and the traces that disrupt it.

Setting and domestic order

The location is identified as the Lundström house in Edsviken. In the scene centered on Linnea, she destroys a letter from her father by burning it and flushing its remains down the toilet. She then goes back to her room, and the narration concludes, “Everything is in order.” The neat final impression follows an act of deliberate disposal: the house’s apparent order coexists with a family communication that Linnea has removed from view.

Linnea and the burned letter

The scene gives the house a private, inward dimension. Linnea’s handling of the letter is practical and quiet; the narrative does not explain its contents or state why she burns it. That absence matters: the letter’s remains are gone, but its connection to her father is made explicit. The return to her room and the closing note of order leave the act contained within ordinary domestic routine rather than turning it into an open confrontation.

Inspection and signs of absence

In a later inspection, Jeanette and Jens Hurtig find the house dark and apparently unoccupied. The alarm is on, and fresh tire tracks are visible in the grit before the garage, where the overhanging branches have kept the ground relatively dry. The tracks offer a concrete sign of recent movement even as the house itself seems deserted.

Outside, the neglected garden deepens that impression: the grass is tall, and fruit has been left to rot on apple trees. Inside, there is furniture—a pair of sofas, a table, and a piano—but each is covered in thick dust. The contrast between the fresh tracks and the stale interior makes the villa difficult to read as simply empty or recently used. It holds evidence of presence and abandonment at once.