Swedish Ways: Kristi himmelfärdsdag
Today, Norway celebrate their release from the union with Sweden. They celebrate it passionately, so happy are they to be rid of …
Swedish Ways: Första maj
The first of May, första maj, is a red letter day in Sweden. Emphasis on red. You could stay at home nursing …
Swedish Ways: Valborgsmässoafton
On the final day of April, Swedes take to lighting big bonfires and sing to celebrate the coming of spring and to …
Swedish Ways: Påsk
Glad påsk! In Britain, Easter seems to only mean two bank holidays, chocolate eggs and Biblical adaptations on telly. In Sweden, aside …
Swedish Ways: Långfredagen
Because I’ve been really busy with work recently, and because today is a Bank Holiday, I’m actually going to take a little …
Swedish Ways: Våffeldagen (with recipe!)
It’s that time again! Today, we put the clocks forward one hour – in fact, by the time we’ve woken up today, …
Swedish Ways: Fettisdagen
Shrove Tuesday, you say? Fat Tuesday (fettisdagen) we say! Instead of pancakes, we eat something called a semla. The semla is a …
Swedish Ways: Tjugondedag Knut
Admittedly, I could have gone for the obvious one – Friday the 13th – but seeing as how there’s about three of …
Swedish Ways: Trettonhelgen
This is only about a week overdue as the day in question was last Thursday! Trettondagsafton and Trettondagen (last Friday), indeed all …