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A segment outside the town library, on a street named after Astrid Lindgren.
A segment stands on Astrid Lindgrens allé outside the town library in Trelleborg, Sweden's southernmost town and a ferry port for Germany. The address is an accident worth enjoying: a piece of a wall built to stop people moving, outside a library, on a street named for a writer whose books are mostly about children going wherever they like.
The local paper placed it between the library and the museum in 2019, as a gesture of gratitude. The Foundation's entry says whose: Carsten Bredlau, one of the Berlin children taken in by Swedish families under the holiday programme that ran from 1955 to 1995, gave it in autumn 1995; it first stood at the Söderslättsgymnasiet and carries Jürgen Große's Save the earth, one of the Indiano Global Messages painted on the Wall in spring 1990.
How did it get here?
Given in autumn 1995 by Carsten Bredlau, by the Foundation's account; painted by Jürgen Große, known as Indiano, in 1990.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #151.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A segment on the Astrid Lindgren Allé outside the town library in Trelleborg.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Därför står en bit av Berlinmuren i Trelleborg ↗
Trelleborgs Allehanda, 9 November 2019: a piece of the Berlin Wall stands between the library and the museum, placed as a gesture of gratitude.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The Foundation's own entry for this listing: donated in autumn 1995 by Carsten Bredlau, who as a child had been a guest of the Swedish holiday programme for Berlin children, first set up at the Söderslättsgymnasiet and later moved to its present place between the library and the museum; painted by Jürgen Große, Indiano, with the message Save the earth from his Global Messages series of spring 1990.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 151
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