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Category: Swedish Tradition

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Celebrate Fettisdagen with a Semla

by Runaway Brit 2 Comments on Celebrate Fettisdagen with a Semla

Today is fettisdagen in Sweden, which means that the mostly-lagom Swedes will help themselves to a semla, or two or three. Semlor are rather large bread rolls filled with mandelmassa (almond paste), cardamom, and a very generous dollop of …

Julbocken: the Swedish Tradition that Usually Goes up in Flames

by Runaway Brit 2 Comments on Julbocken: the Swedish Tradition that Usually Goes up in Flames

“Runway ready! How do I look?” tweets Gävlebocken, the official social media account of Sweden’s famous Christmas goat. Indeed, he’s not only famous in Sweden: according to the Guinness Book of Records, Gävle’s Julbocken is the world’s largest …

All Saints' Day Tribute

Lighting a Candle on All Saints’ Day, Sweden

by Runaway Brit 7 Comments on Lighting a Candle on All Saints’ Day, Sweden

All Saints’ Day is an official holiday in Sweden that usually falls on the first Saturday in November. On this weekend, many businesses close early on Friday, remaining closed on Saturday. This means that people who want to buy their …

Swedish Midsommar

Midsommar: a night of Swedish madness

by Runaway Brit 9 Comments on Midsommar: a night of Swedish madness

“Why, this is very midsummer madness!“ (Twelfth Night)

Child helping to decorate the maypole

Not long ago Sweden welcomed the spring but Valborg is only the warm-up act. Midsummer, or Midsommar in Swedish, is the biggest party of year. …

Valborg – Sweden Welcomes the Spring

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In Britain, Bonfire Night conjures up childhood memories of sheltering from the driving November rain, eating jacket potatoes while effigies, or ‘guys’, burn on a huge bonfire. Overhead, fireworks crackle with the acrid smell of sulphur – all to commemorate …

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