Facts: About traditions, holidays and food in Sweden

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Facts: About traditions, holidays and food in Sweden

A crash course in Swedish traditions and holidays and what to eat. Yes Swedes have several traditions all connected with a typical dish. Easter, Walpurgis, National Day, Midsummer, Crayfish, Surströmming, Nobel, Lucia, Advent and Christmas - it is all described here. And specialities like the smelly Surströmming (fermented herring), Cinnamon rolls, semlor etcetera.
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Topics

  • Tourism

Categories

  • midsummer
  • smorgasbord
  • crayfish
  • nobel
  • new year
  • shrove tuesday
  • fat tuesday
  • semlor
  • gustav adolf
  • princess cake
  • surströmming
  • mårten gås
  • christmas
  • advent
  • lucia
  • food
  • traditions
  • holiday
  • easter
  • walpurgis
  • national day

Contacts

Birgitta Palmér

Press Officer Presservice tourism +46 (0)8-508 28 505

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