{"id":193,"date":"2009-04-07T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=193"},"modified":"2009-04-07T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T02:50:14","slug":"swedish-easter-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-easter-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Easter Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, as most of you probably know, this is the week of Easter, known in the Christian tradition as Holy Week. In Swedish, it\u2019s<strong> Stilla veckan<\/strong> or <strong>Passionsveckan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And this is how the days of the Holy Week are known in Swedish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday &#8211; <strong>bl\u00e5m\u00e5ndag<\/strong> or <strong>svarta m\u00e5ndag<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday &#8211; <strong>vita tisdag<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday \u2013 <strong>dymmelonsdag<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Thursday \u2013 <strong>sk\u00e4rtorsdag<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday &#8211; <strong>l\u00e5ngfredag<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Saturday \u2013 <strong>p\u00e5skafton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And of course Sunday is known as <strong>P\u00e5skdagen<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe Swedish word for Easter is <strong>P\u00e5sk<\/strong>, which comes from the Hebrew word \u201c<em>pesach<\/em>\u201d, which of course doesn\u2019t mean \u201cEaster\u201d in the Jewish tradition, but Passover.<\/p>\n<p>I have to admit, this is my favorite time of the year. Partly this is due to my wonderful neighbor who bakes up a storm during this week and brings over all sorts of yummy sweets and cakes that are traditionally served during Easter in her native country.<\/p>\n<p>But, how does the Swedish <strong>P\u00e5sk<\/strong> traditions differ from what is common in other European lands? One difference is the kids who dress up as Easter witches and go door-to-door (at least they do in some neighborhoods) in a manner similar to trick-or-treating and get candy in exchange for Easter greetings. This custom is known as \u201c<strong>p\u00e5skk\u00e4rring<\/strong>\u201d and I think it\u2019s particularly sweet. In some areas in my part of Sweden, in <strong>V\u00e4sterbotten<\/strong>, the tradition got reversed and it\u2019s the kids who bring candy to the homes they visit.<\/p>\n<p>What else? There are of course Easter eggs \u2013 <strong>p\u00e5sk\u00e4gg<\/strong>, which are decorated, as in other countries. But sometimes people refer to those big cardboard eggs filled with candy as \u201c<strong>p\u00e5sk\u00e4gg<\/strong>\u201d as well. Personally, my favorite <strong>p\u00e5sk\u00e4gg<\/strong> are those made of chocolate. Yum!<\/p>\n<p>One tradition that I am not so fond of is \u201c<strong>p\u00e5skris<\/strong>\u201d, simply because I am horribly allergic to most things with branches that sprout leaves or buds. <strong>P\u00e5skris<\/strong> are simply branches (mostly birch) decorated in a festive manner. It\u2019s an Easter equivalent of Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I\u2019m missing all this wonderful stuff, because I\u2019m abroad.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about Swedish Easter traditions, take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordiskamuseet.se\/publication.asp?publicationid=1848\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> on the <strong>Nordiska museet<\/strong> website. It&#8217;s in Swedish, but well worth the effort to read it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glad P\u00e5sk<\/strong> everybody!!!<\/p>\n<p><em>PS. The blog is still having some technical issues and I can&#8217;t post any photos. Bummer!!!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, as most of you probably know, this is the week of Easter, known in the Christian tradition as Holy Week. In Swedish, it\u2019s Stilla veckan or Passionsveckan. And this is how the days of the Holy Week are known in Swedish: Monday &#8211; bl\u00e5m\u00e5ndag or svarta m\u00e5ndag Tuesday &#8211; vita tisdag Wednesday \u2013 dymmelonsdag&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-easter-traditions\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[3167,3168,3219,3340],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-easter","tag-easter-traditions","tag-holy-week","tag-pask"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}