The Keep (Kärnan), on the docks of Helsingborg. What remains of the local medieval castle.
As I read this fragment, I thought of all the times I have seen the Keep live when sailing on the Öresund (Three? Four?).
“She (Gerda, Danish) was excited, and astonished, and appalled, at what she had done. But now, standing in the cold grey daylight on the wharf at Helsingborg, in the shadow of the Keep, sudden panic seized her. She was in a strange town, in a country whose language and customs she hardly understood. She had come too far, there was no possibility of turning back; and now she must find her own way, uninvited, unexpected, on unknown roads to a stranger’s house. Her excitement faded, leaving behind a sick anxiety.”
“Gerda, who had been listening in silence, thought of what Kat – cool, rational, level-headed Kat – would think of all this. ‘I don’t believe in wizards, and sorceresses,’ she told the old woman. ‘They are tales to frighten children.’
Given the description of the character Kat (Kat – cool, rational, level-headed Kat), it is more than probable that she is the Clever Princess of this canon, and also that she is Swedish.
I just don't hope that this Kat is actually Kai enchanted by a typo fairy!! (Crosses fingers until they hurt!)
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