Johanson and Lund: Friendship Without Possession

The Swarm

Johanson and Tina Lund discover that affection can remain meaningful even when it does not become romance.

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Bearing strength in each event

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An Old Attraction An Old Attraction from "The Swarm". Friendship with History A familiar spark Johanson and Lund enjoy a teasing, intellectually intimate relationship after earlier flirtation.

An Old Attraction from "The Swarm". Friendship with History A familiar spark Johanson and Lund enjoy a teasing, intellectually intimate relationship after earlier flirtation.

Friendship with History A familiar spark Johanson and Lund enjoy a teasing, intellectually intimate relationship after earlier flirtation. Neither initially expects the connection to become a lasting partnership.

Kare Changes the Balance Kare Changes the Balance from "The Swarm". A New Love Complicates Things Jealousy enters the friendship Lund falls in love with Kare Sverdrup, and Johanson feels the loss of a possibility he had never…

Kare Changes the Balance from "The Swarm". A New Love Complicates Things Jealousy enters the friendship Lund falls in love with Kare Sverdrup, and Johanson feels the loss of a possibility he had never…

A New Love Complicates Things Jealousy enters the friendship Lund falls in love with Kare Sverdrup, and Johanson feels the loss of a possibility he had never pursued. The affection between the colleagues becomes more complicated.

The Boat on the Lake The Boat on the Lake from "The Swarm". A Near-Miss Honest restraint Johanson and Lund nearly become lovers, then recognize that she is truly in love with Kare.

The Boat on the Lake from "The Swarm". A Near-Miss Honest restraint Johanson and Lund nearly become lovers, then recognize that she is truly in love with Kare.

A Near-Miss Honest restraint Johanson and Lund nearly become lovers, then recognize that she is truly in love with Kare. Their decision preserves a friendship that could have been damaged by an affair.

Lund Chooses the Coast Lund Chooses the Coast from "The Swarm". Love Faces a Disaster A decision made too late Lund drives toward Sveggesundet to see Kare, while Johanson flies away on research business.

Lund Chooses the Coast from "The Swarm". Love Faces a Disaster A decision made too late Lund drives toward Sveggesundet to see Kare, while Johanson flies away on research business.

Love Faces a Disaster A decision made too late Lund drives toward Sveggesundet to see Kare, while Johanson flies away on research business. The distance between them becomes irreversible when the tsunami reaches the coast.

The Friend Who Remains The Friend Who Remains from "The Swarm". Grief Beyond Romance A lasting absence Johanson mourns Lund as a loved friend and reconsiders the choices that shaped their relationship.

The Friend Who Remains from "The Swarm". Grief Beyond Romance A lasting absence Johanson mourns Lund as a loved friend and reconsiders the choices that shaped their relationship.

Grief Beyond Romance A lasting absence Johanson mourns Lund as a loved friend and reconsiders the choices that shaped their relationship. His grief is genuine even though they never became a couple.

early March, at the university

mid-March, after Lund meets Sverdrup

mid-April, at Johanson’s country house

the day of the tsunami

after Lund’s death