Bo Lagercrantz description of "Sommarnatt" 1945:
"He fell in love with three trees on the hill towards Söder Mälarstrand. In 1945, he painted yet another summer night with the same focus. The twilight made the bay blue-white and the trees were almost black because of the night sky. The painting contains more nature than city. And although it captures half of Stockholm, there is not a single person in the painting. The focus is on the stillness of the city in the middle of the night. Yet, a breeze creates movements in the trees. The distant background is made up of pastel watercolours. Everything stops. The buildings of Stockholm become like a long, shadowing wall. Above this, the sky has a powerful movement. This reflects on the water, which portrays the shimmering sky. Throughout 1945, he painted a number of variations of this specific view."