--- title: Jennifer Garner Explains How She Got Lost in Kayak in Sweden description: Jennifer Garner has a charming explanation for how she got lost while kayaking with her daughter this summer in Sweden. canonical: https://time.com/5388840/jennifer-garner-explains-kayak-sweden-jimmy-fallon/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-06T17:03:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:42.579Z og:title: Jennifer Garner Has a Story About Getting Lost in a Kayak og:description: There's a good explanation for her crazy story og:url: https://time.com/5388840/jennifer-garner-explains-kayak-sweden-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3362c8905ac785c/69893996bc6cfc794f3e6e25/jennifer-garner-kayak-sweden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 5 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Garner Has a Story About Getting Lost in a Kayak twitter:description: There's a good explanation for her crazy story twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3362c8905ac785c/69893996bc6cfc794f3e6e25/jennifer-garner-kayak-sweden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Let Jennifer Garner Tell You About That Time She Got Stranded in a Kayak in Sweden > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2018 5:03 PM UTC  THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0918 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Jennifer Garner during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 5, 2018 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0918 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Jennifer Garner during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 5, 2018 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2018 5:03 PM UTC A few weeks ago, [Jennifer Garner](http://time.com/5185749/jennifer-garner-oscars-2018-meme/) announced to the world via her [very delightful Instagram](http://time.com/5187506/jennifer-garner-shocked-face-oscars-meme-response/) that she and her eldest daughter got lost in a kayak in Sweden this summer. In the post, Garner mentioned that despite paddling “as hard as we could for 100 hours,” they ended up in a shipping lane and had to be rescued by a mysterious hero named Mattias. As might be expected, this scintillating tale left many of her followers with questions, which were all answered when Garner appeared on [_The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_](http://time.com/5348309/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network-2/) on Wednesday night. In the interview, Garner explained how the pair ended up in Sweden. Apparently, her daughter had done a class project on Sweden that interested her so much that she thought that “maybe” she was a socialist, prompting Garner to whisk her away to Sweden for a quick trip before her daughter began middle school. After arriving in Stockholm, Garner revealed that she and her daughter accidentally drifted into a shipping lane that led to the ocean and that to distract them from the current, she had an apropos suggestion: “La la la, let’s sing _Mamma Mia!_ We’re in Sweden.” After calling for help from the kayak company, a very blonde employee named Mattias came to Garner and her daughter’s rescue. 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