A farewell celebration.

'It's good to be the... pastor!' The entire southern California Swedish congregation turned up for an early Swedish National Day celebration and to bid farewell to a popular pastor.  

  • Staffan Simonsson, Inger Pearson proudly showing the collages artistically put together for SWEA by Kerstin Alm.

  • Staffan Simonsson, after almost five years, leaves southern California to return to Sweden and the locally employed assistant, Inger Pearson leaves her assignment as local assistant after 40 years with the Los Angeles Swedish church.

  • Former Cal. Consul General Siri Eliason; Pernilla Håkansdotter Olsson; Maj Lis Aasa, president of the Swedish Church board.

  • Our earlier interview with Staffan Simonsson:
    The Swedish Pastor in California is leaving town

  • The southern California Swedish church choir

  • Photographed by Kerstin Alm