Swedish Ambassador and Anne Sofie von Otter - Linden Tree - 10 November 2011


On Thursday, 10 November 2011, the Swedish Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Anders Sven-Olof Petersson and world renowned Swedish mezzo soprano Ms Anne Sofie von Otter joined ACT Minister for the Arts Ms Joy Burch MLA, in planting a Linden tree at the Swedish Embassy.

Ms von Otter was in Canberra to perform at the inaugural Voices in the Forest concert at the National Arboretum Canberra on Saturday 12 November 2011. This event was sponsored, and underwritten, by Mr Bob Winnel’s company The Village Building Company. Mr Winnel and his company have been great supporters of the National Arboretum Canberra.

The Linden tree is widely grown as an ornamental tree throughout its native range in Europe and often planted to form avenues in 17th and early 18th century landscape planning.