A Swedish Christmas card from 1906 with a line from the still popular song “Now it’s Christmas again.” Chain dances have been a part of Christmas celebrations since at least the 17th century.
Explore the days, foods, and traditions of Swedish Christmas—from the Viking Age to the early 1900s.
Landsort in the Stockholm archipelago August 24, 1905. The Stockholm archipelago and its unforgiving conditions was the setting for August Strindberg’s Hemsöborna, playing out on…
Is there anything more personal than eating traditions? Traditional Swedish Christmas food has a different meaning for all Swedes and descendants of Swedes. Here is…
The Swedish midsummer has medieval roots Maybe you’ve heard of the Swedish celebration of Midsummer, or midsommar as we call it. Swedes often joke about…
Today is the last day of Christmas in Sweden. January 13 is Twentieth Day Knut, when the Christmas tree is thrown out, the decorations are…
The myth about the stubborn Swedes Did you grow up hearing that your Swedish heritage was all about being stubborn and serious? It’s time to…