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December 13 You know you’ve been in Sweden too long when seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you. — You Know You’ve Been In Sweden Too Long When… In Sweden and in Swedish communities in North America, thousands of girls will don the traditional white dress and red sash to take part in Lucia Day. Atop the heads of many girls will burn candles in a …Read more 
December 9
Today is Anna’s Day in Sweden, during which Scandinavians honor all those born with that name, which is about a third of the population. What’s the reason behind or the purpose of Anna’s Day, we have no idea, but right now in Scandinavia it’s dark 20 hours a day, so who would blame them for throwing in as many December holidays as possible? Today’s the day Scandinavians begin preparing the Swedish delicacy lutefisk, to …Read more 
October 4 Not a good holiday for those on a diet. It’s worth wondering how a people noted for their healthy physique could be gastronomically symbolized by a cinnamon bun. The thing is a black hole of caloric intake.
Cinnamon buns, or kanelbullar, have been a Swedish staple since at least the 1920s. According to Birgit Nilsson Bergström of Sweden’s Home Baking Council: “We found that the cinnamon bun was the best symbol for Swedish …Read more |
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