#swedish traditions

[a-gnosis]

Some more old Lucia pics:

Lucia celebration some time between 1909 and 1915. Photo: Ingeborg Enander.

Lucia celebration at Skansen 1896. Photo: Frans G. Klemming.

Three year old Hjalmar Carlander dressed as Lucia 1879. Photo: A. Jensen.

Man dressed as Lucia in the 1870s. Photo: B.A. Lindgren.

[dendro80]

God Jul, Merry Christmas, Happy Yule!

Had a great Christmas Eve with some traditional swedish and finn-swedishs food. Opened presents, had swedish fika with glögg. Enjoyed laughs and just had a relaxed, good time.

December 2024

Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

[alittlebitbethany]

Hello everybody for day 13 of A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown 2024 Kirsten and I would like to wish our friends and followers who celebrate it a happy St Lucia’s Day. Kirsten is dressed in her St Lucia gown but I couldn’t find her wreath so I had to improve. Kirsten is very relieved that she will not have to try and wear my Mum’s Christmas centrepiece! Image Description: a photo of an American Girl doll wearing a white nightgown with a red sash and red hair ribbons. She is standing behind lit Christmas centrepiece decorated with icicles, bauble and pinecones. There is a Christmas backdrop.

[omarera]

I see a lot of confused comments on what “Sommarprat” is. Is it an interview? A podcast? Can you watch it? So, here is some info on what “Sommarprat” is.

It’s so much more than a podcast. It’s Swedish core and has a long tradition and is like it’s own prestigious institution. Sommarprat at the radio station P1 (no you can’t watch it) on Sveriges Radio is broadcasted during every summer on P1 starting at 1:00 p.m. The presenters are specially invited "summer hosts" (or "summer speakers"), who are responsible for each day. They introduce themselves, talk about freely chosen topics and play music of their own choice. The “talk” is 90 minutes including music of the “speakers” choice.

The first show was aired June 29th year 1959 so it has been aired for over 60 year’s. It is a show that I would say most Swedes are aware of and some listen to all episodes. It’s very honorable to be selected and some/many compare it to as it is almost like getting ennobled/knighted due to the honor.

All “talks” are not just aired but also reviewed in media. The ones that get most attention are usually very emotional or surprising showing new sides to a person or when people talk on specific important or fun topics. There is a mix of “speakers”and different storylines over the summer and some are more experts talking on their subject like climate change etc or people picking one topic that has impacted their life as Edvin talked about how YR. It can also be more of a light hearted humor talk people telling anecdotes from their career and life. It can be anything really, but people get to tell their story on something that is important to them in a way they have had the time to prepare to do.

All “speakers” gets a producer that they plan and create the Sommarprat with so they are all usually very well made. So glad Omar got Mark Levengood, perfect match.

[raincitygirl76]

Wisdom of Tumblr, is it possible to link to every post which one Tumblr user has tagged with the same tag? Because I could’ve sworn there was a way to do that, and that I’ve done it before. But when I try to do it today, I’m only able to link to the most recent post that person gave that tag to.

@starvalisedham has some super interesting posts about how Swedish surnames work in general, and how Swedish noble surnames work in particular. All tagged with #edvin Ryding. But I can’t reblog any of those posts, for some reason. I was hoping to be able to link to all of them instead, as an alternative to Reblogging.

It’s not the end of the world if I can’t. LOL There aren’t THAT many posts, so I can just link each one individually. But it’s bugging me that I could swear I’ve done it before with a completely different Tumblr user and completely different tag.

Edited to Add:

Thanks to the brilliance and helpfulness of @skibasyndrome I now know how to do this. Voila all the links in question!

And here's HOW you do it, once again courtesy of @skibasyndrome

Example:

URL.tumblr.com/tagged/the-tag-you-want

Actual Coding I typed in so I could create the link above. Please note you use the code "%20" instead of spaces when you're typning tags. Since the original tag was Edving Ryding, rather than a space, I typed in Edvin%20Ryding for the relevant tag. And got all that user's posts with that tag.

https://www.tumblr.com/starvalisedham/tagged/edvin%20ryding

[delightful-mirth]

Swedish Advent candle holder (Adventsljusstake) with three lit candles for the third Advent Sunday.

📸: Niklas Nordblad

@justsimplythebest

[a-heart-of-flame]

Swedish Midsummer Traditions

Litha/Midsummer is in a month or two, and I figured I would share some traditions fromy my country that might inspire someone for rituals or activities to their own celebrations! • Walking barefoot all of Midsummer Day is said to bring you good health for the rest of the year.

• Medicinal plants are said to be more potent during Midsummer Night, and thus collecting them is beneficial. • Women (but mostly girls) who want to dream of their future mate/spouse should collect 7 or 9 different wild flowers, and cross equally many fences (traditionally it's meant to be the rock fences that separates fields). This is to be done in silence. The flowers are then placed under the pillow before sleeping. • Another way to divine a future spouse or mate would be to watch a crossroads throughout the Midsummer Night, extra points if you can do so seated on a rock that's "earthbound" (partially buried). You may be given a sign such as a sound of a hammer on steel if your future spouse/mate is a smith, or the scent of baked goods if your spouse/mate is a baker, and so on. • Dancing. We dance around "Midsummer Poles" (very similar to May Poles except we do this in June, and not May 1st) Traditionally you're meant to dance and be merry until sunrise. • Bonfires (and more dancing around them, too)

[malienessan]

Guess what? It’s Fat Tuesday today!

This is a semla, and that’s what a majority of the Swedes eat today, on Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday). It’s a sweat bun with cardamom, filled with mandelmassa (ground almonds and sugar), and topped with sweet whipped cream.

Remember when Link had one? But one that had been tampered with, unfortunately.

If you have a Swedish bakery close by, see if they have semlor today, I can highly recommend it 🤌

[starpillowww]

Someone on Wild's social media is Swedish. Happy waffle day!

[ellinorosterberg]

I’m Swedish, so thanks for this!

Lucia celebration, 1940s, Sweden.

[a-gnosis]

I biked to Högbo Bruk to watch the traditional Midsummer celebrations. When it's Midsummer I just want to see a maypole. And flowers, lots of flowers. Then I had cake with strawberries and whipped cream. But for dinner I had Greek lentil soup and garlic bread (I think it's called faki or fakes? Easy to make and very tasty). Because honestly, traditional Swedish food tastes like shit.

[dendro80]

A weekend at the caravan. Enjoyed some quality time before julafton. Happy fourth of advent. ✨🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🌿

December 2024

Silvköparens camping, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden

[enchantingir]

Happy Midsummer! Part 2

Fullspectrum converted Canon EOS 80D, IR 720 nm The may pole is dressed with leafy twigs, usually birch, and decorated with wild flowers. In many places people gather in the morning to dress the Maypole, then gather again in the afternoon to carry the pole to the place where it is to be erected. Those who owns a local traditional costume dress up for this special occation. The pole is long and…

[birchshutter]

An often forgotten Swedish Christmas tradition is watching a movie set in summertime about a kid who does not know how to whistle and his friend. The kid is jealous of his friend who knows how to whistle and has a grandfather. So go to a retirement home and adopt a grandfather.

[saturnvs]

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