Tag Archives: Swedish traditions
Glad Lucia! Happy Saint Lucy’s Day. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 13, 2016
It’s December 13, which can mean only one thing: it’s Lucia in Sweden! We’ve collected four posts about the Lucia tradition. You’ll get some history, some music, and even some food. So check them out in the post below. First, I have to call myself out for a bit of erasure. I often write about…
Leap Year in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 29, 2016
February of 2016 has twenty-nine days instead of twenty-eight. In Swedish, that’s called a skottår and February 29 is called skottdag. Nothing too exciting about that. Skott, according to Institutet för språk och folkminnen [the Institute for Language and Folklore], essentially means “to add” in this case. So skottdag is just a day that is…
Kräftskivor – The Swedish Crayfish Party Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 24, 2011
It’s August. You knew that though. What you might not have known though is that August is also the month for crayfish parties throughout Sweden (and really wherever I find myself in the US). Crayfish are essentially tiny little lobsters. A form of shellfish that is common in Cajun culture. In Swedish culture though, the…