Swedish Traditions and feasts (Part 1)
Hi now I thounght it would be fun to tell you about some of the Swedish traditions and feasts that are celebrated in Sweden :P
The Easter
Easter is celebrated here in Sweden in the month of April and the reason why is that we are celebrating and remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, in Sweden the Christainity is the biggest and oldest religion.
But it's not common nowadays in Sweden to be a very religous and believing Christain, it becomes more rare year after year I believe. So persons that are not very religous just celebrating this with dressing up like little witches and goes around in the neighborhood and asks for candy and gives home-made eastern-cards, this is for the little children only like when they are around five years old. Alot of candy is also eaten during the easter.
Painting and eating more eggs than usual is something that becomes common during the easter as well.
Making homemade twigs is also very popular during the eastern to have on the table and and put outside the house.
But for a person that are religous and a true Christain they goes to church more ofthen as well to listen to the preaching priest during the eastern.
Homemade Twigs(called Påskris in Sweden) and an easter bunny with painted eggs.
Walpurgis Night (Day Eve)
This feast is celebrated the 30th of April and it's a tribute to the comming spring. Swedes celebrating this with doing a huge fire, a bonfire and then watch it burn and after the fire swedes usualy goes and partying with friends, the partying is very typical and usual amon swedish teenagers and sad but true it is quite often someone is harmed during this feast night of celebrating because of consuming too much alcohol.
A lighted bonfire.
The Midsummer
The tradition of celebrating midsummer takes place in the middle of the month of June and this is guaranteed celebrated everywhere in Sweden. It's a huge feast which celebrates with dancing around the midsummer-pole (shown in the picture) and then of course with a lot of partying with friends and relatives.
Young people and teenagers are often hanging around in parks and party with friends and other people, as on Day Eve this is a feast whith strong connection to party with alcohol to young people.
A midsommer pole, coverd with flowers
and leaves and dancing people.
Crayfish Party
This is not celebrated by every Swedish person, but it's very typcical for Sweden so I listed anyhow ;P .
It's in August you goes out on the lake with the boat ful of crayfish traps and places them out during daylight to then check on them by midnight and collect the crayfishes that walked in to the traps.
Then you cook the crayfishes alive with spices and the crabfishes shifts colour to red and dies. After that you eat them and it's popular in sweden to eat the cooked crayfishes with family and friends, we call it a "Kräftskiva" and it's very nice.
But if I relate to myself this is a family tradition and I've has as long as I can remember catched crayfishes and it's enjoying ;P .
But as I wrote before, celebrating this is very individual in sweden and is not celebrated by everybody.
Coocked Crayfishes.
That was all for now :P But keep reading my blog and have heads up for the continoued part (part 2) of swedish traditions ! Best Regards ;P / Martin ;P
The Easter
Easter is celebrated here in Sweden in the month of April and the reason why is that we are celebrating and remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, in Sweden the Christainity is the biggest and oldest religion.
But it's not common nowadays in Sweden to be a very religous and believing Christain, it becomes more rare year after year I believe. So persons that are not very religous just celebrating this with dressing up like little witches and goes around in the neighborhood and asks for candy and gives home-made eastern-cards, this is for the little children only like when they are around five years old. Alot of candy is also eaten during the easter.
Painting and eating more eggs than usual is something that becomes common during the easter as well.
Making homemade twigs is also very popular during the eastern to have on the table and and put outside the house.
But for a person that are religous and a true Christain they goes to church more ofthen as well to listen to the preaching priest during the eastern.
Homemade Twigs(called Påskris in Sweden) and an easter bunny with painted eggs.
Walpurgis Night (Day Eve)
This feast is celebrated the 30th of April and it's a tribute to the comming spring. Swedes celebrating this with doing a huge fire, a bonfire and then watch it burn and after the fire swedes usualy goes and partying with friends, the partying is very typical and usual amon swedish teenagers and sad but true it is quite often someone is harmed during this feast night of celebrating because of consuming too much alcohol.
A lighted bonfire.
The Midsummer
The tradition of celebrating midsummer takes place in the middle of the month of June and this is guaranteed celebrated everywhere in Sweden. It's a huge feast which celebrates with dancing around the midsummer-pole (shown in the picture) and then of course with a lot of partying with friends and relatives.
Young people and teenagers are often hanging around in parks and party with friends and other people, as on Day Eve this is a feast whith strong connection to party with alcohol to young people.
A midsommer pole, coverd with flowers
and leaves and dancing people.
Crayfish Party
This is not celebrated by every Swedish person, but it's very typcical for Sweden so I listed anyhow ;P .
It's in August you goes out on the lake with the boat ful of crayfish traps and places them out during daylight to then check on them by midnight and collect the crayfishes that walked in to the traps.
Then you cook the crayfishes alive with spices and the crabfishes shifts colour to red and dies. After that you eat them and it's popular in sweden to eat the cooked crayfishes with family and friends, we call it a "Kräftskiva" and it's very nice.
But if I relate to myself this is a family tradition and I've has as long as I can remember catched crayfishes and it's enjoying ;P .
But as I wrote before, celebrating this is very individual in sweden and is not celebrated by everybody.
Coocked Crayfishes.
That was all for now :P But keep reading my blog and have heads up for the continoued part (part 2) of swedish traditions ! Best Regards ;P / Martin ;P
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