#swedish traditions

[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.

#omar rudberg #Sommarprat 2023 #swedish traditions

[a-gnosis]

Just like last year I biked to Högbo Bruk to watch the Midsummer celebrations and enjoy the nature around there.

#the glorious life of a cartoonist #midsummer's eve #swedish traditions

[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

#young royals #young royals analysis #edvin ryding #swedish names #real sweden #swedish facts #Sweden facts #swedish traditions #nobility Young royals #aristrocracy Young royals #Swedish nobility #Swedish surnames #Swedish naming conventions #tumblr tags #how does tumblr work #how to tumblr #tumblr

[delightful-mirth]

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

📸: Niklas Nordblad

@justsimplythebest

#christmas #yule #yuletide #jul #sweden #swedish traditions #adventsljusstake #advent calendar

[dendro80]

Glad Lucia! ✨🕯️🕯️🕯️✨🌿

A holiday with many influences This Lucia celebration only became common in the 1950s.

But historically, lucia is a much older holiday than that and also one of the most diverse traditions in Sweden with a motley background with several influences.

Some elements are an Italian saint, medieval carnivals, a Neapolitan boat song and a feast day in Western Sweden. The celebration originates from several eras, places and religions, and over the years has been both simple and lavish, playful and serious, innocent and indecent, sacred and profane, folk and aristocratic, private and public.

The night of Lucia, the longest night of the year, was mostly associated with dangers and supernatural beings. Lucia Day also provided an opportunity to predict the coming year. Some believed the light would scare away the supernatural.

In northern Sweden there are legends (preserved by the Nordic Museum) that tell that Lucia was a mountain goddess who led the supernatural beings that were in motion on Lucian night.

From the 18th century, Lucia is dressed in white In the higher classes, however, during the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a celebration that is somewhat similar to our time. The oldest evidence of a white-clad Lucia wooing in the morning is from the year 1764 at Horns, at wealthy familys estate in Västergötland. Lucia then had angel wings and carried candlesticks in her hands.

The tradition we associate with today's Lucia celebration originates from 19th-century Western Sweden, where Lucia Day was a day of celebrations.

Traditions, religion, folklore and superstition in a great mix is the background of our Lucia celebrations today. Today she comes and sings, bring with her light and offers lussekatter (saffronbuns).

Glad Lucia, happy Lucia.

(the photos are borrowed)

#sweden #swedish #swedish culture #culturalheritage #cultural history #culture #st. lucia #swedish things #swedish traditions #swedish folklore #folklore #swedish design #swedishfika #saffron #candles #lussekatter

[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)

#Midsummer #Litha #Swedish Traditions #Safi Speaks

[hanna-kin]

Swedish facts- holidays edition

Here's the third installment of my swedish facts series (not counting the first one)

This will focus in Swedish holidays and traditions including more royal family focused ones.

🎅 Christmas

Celebrated on the 24th (Christmas eve) often with family. You commonly eat lunch, watch Kalle Anka (From all of us to all of you) eat dinner and open gifts. Every family have their own traditions.

Common foods are ham, herring, ribs, meatballs, jansons frestelse, risgrynsgröt (porridge made of rice) and cured salmon.

🎆 New Years

Pretty straight forward. Often celebrated with friends. You eat fancy food, drink champagne and toast at midnight. Every year there's a celebration from Skansen in Stockholm which is broadcasted in TV live. There are music performances from different artists and every year a special person is chosen to read the poem "ring out, wild bells" by Alfred Tennyson. It's read just before midnight and if the timing is right it finishes just as the church bell starts ringing in the new year with It's twelve rings.

💕 Alla Hjärtans dag - Valentine's day

This is not a huge holiday in Sweden but if you are a couple you might go out for dinner or cook something special. You might give roses or gifts but it's not a huge thing. As a kid we made gift cards for friends and family. It's like in the US but toned down.

🍩 Fettisdagen - fatty tuesday

It's a Christian tradition that has it's origins in fasting. I think 47 days before easter? Before fasting you ate to be able to withstand the fasting and from there fettisdagen has become a very celebrated and anticipated tradition where you eat a special kind of baked good. It's a wheat bun with cardamom that's filled with whipped cream and almond mass/paste.

🧇 Våffeldagen -waffle day

Celebrated the 25th of March. It as Christian roots but nowdays we juat eat waffles.

🐣Easter

Easter is a bit all over the place.

Apart from the Christian easter traditions we also dress up like påskkärringar (witches) and kids and over their drawings to their neighbours and often gets candy in return. Parents might by eggs that that they fill with candy that their kids then get. Some kids have to search for theirs.

We eat alot of eggs but also herring.

🔥Valborg- celebrated 30th of April

It's celebrated to welcome spring. You light huge bonfires in the evening and in some cities Valborg is a huge thing. In Uppsala and Lund for instance. There are choirs performing and speeches and poems being held/read. It's a huge deal among uni students but also an appreciated tradition along families. It's just a different kind of celebration 😂.

Valborg is also the current kings birthday.

🌸 Första Maj

The day after Valborg. It's the "working class'" holiday and super important for many people. May day in the UK. Many speeches are being held, especially by the labour party and other parties on the left. There are also many demonstrations.

🤰🏾Mother’s day

No need to explained. Celebrated the last sunday of May.

🇸🇪 Nationaldagen - our national day - June 6

I would say that it's not as big as in many other countries but it's still celebrated a bit. The royal family is always involved. You have the day off but like I said I wouldn't call it a very important holiday for most people. Some people dress up in tradtional clothing though.

☀️ Midsommar

Perhaps the most swedish holiday/tradition of them all. Celebrated with families and/or friends. You commonly have a barbecue, eat the traditional foods like the new potatoes and again herring.

Strawberries are common to eat for dessert. Either the way they are with ice cream or whipped cream or strawberry cake.

You dance around the may pole (mostly kids and their parents) and you make flower crowns and dress nicely. Some wear their traditional clothing like on our national day.

It's not as crazy as the movie.

🦞 Kräftskiva - cray fish party

Usually held in August. You eat crayfish and wear weird hats.

🥨 Kanalbullens dag - cinnamon bun day.

Celebrated 4th of October. We celebrate the amazingness that is cinnamon buns. Not the weird ones with frosting.

🎃 Halloween - 31 October

Not a huge holiday. Mostly celebrated among kids that go trick or treating (still not a huge thing) and students that likes to party.

🕯Alla Helgona - All saints day. Celebrated Saturday between the 31st of October and 6th of November.

We remember the people in our lives that are no longer with us by visiting their graves and light candles at the graveyard.

It's a beautiful holiday.

👨‍👧Father's day - pretty straight forward. Celebrated the second Sunday in November.

⭐️ Advent

Celebrated the 4 Sundays before Christmas eve. We light a candle every sunday leading up to christmas.

👸🏿 Lucia

YR did a good way showing it and it's basically about celebrating light. There's a performance done by a choir and one of the women is dressed like lucia.

I was going to include traditions with the royal family but this post is already so long. If people are interested I could make one revolving around the royal family and the traditions that they are very involved with.

#young royals #swedish traditions

[lucimiir]

I just read the bear and the nightingale! I loved the little household spirits, and they reminded me of my family’s tradition of hiding tomte (gnome-like creatures in swedish folklore that will do your chores at night if you leave them offerings of bread and milk but cause mischief if you don’t) around the house at Christmas for the kids to find.

So I made some! I’ll give them to my grandmother when I see her for the holidays.

#the bear and the nightingale #the winternight trilogy #the domovei #tomte #swedish folklore #russian folklore #swedish traditions #christmas #my art #crafts

[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 🤌

#semla #fat tuesday #fettisdagen #Sweden #Swedish traditions

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

jag såg en dokumentär om Gävlebocken på SVT och nu vill jag inte längre att den brinner. Det är en rolig tradition men det står så mycket arbete bakom bocken och folk som bygger den verkligen tycker om den och gråter när den brinner.

#swedish #langblr #swedish traditions

[starpillowww]

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

#minnesota wild #waffles #Swedish traditions

[a-gnosis]

Since we for once actually had GOOD weather on Midsummer's Eve, I took my bike and headed to Högbo Bruk (about 5 km from my town) to watch the raising and dancing around the maypole. And enjoy the area because it is a quite nice place. There was once an ironworks there deriving its origin from the 17th century, but today it’s a recreation area.

#the glorious life of a cartoonist #midsummer #swedish traditions

[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.

#god jul #merry christmas #swedish #swedish traditions #sa du sten #all makt åt tengil vår befriare

[dendro80]

The third of advent was yesterday. 🕯️🕯️🕯️

December 2023

Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

#sweden #swedish #my photos #my life #enjoythelittlethings #dalarna #gaylife #candles #swedish design #swedish traditions #swedish culture #swedish tradition #traditions #adventskalender #my stuff #my post #nisse #julmys #god jul #holiday #gayguy #homesweethome #christmas decorations #home decor #december 2023

[ankipanki]

“December 13th is not a date in Sweden. It’s Lucia”

It’s dark. It’s cold. And it’s Lucia.

#Lucia #sweden #swedish traditions #swedish tradition #tradition #december 13th #Youtube

[hanna-kin]

Swedish fact - what do the royal family even do edition

Today is Polar Music Prize which made me remember that I was supposed to make a post about what the royal family does.

Unfortunately I don't think Young Royals makes the best portrayal of that.

So what are they up to?

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First and foremost, the royal family doesn't have any politcal power though the monarch has a kind of symbolic role in some functions such as the inauguration of the Riksdag (the government) every year.

The main function of the royal family is to represent sweden, both abroad and when other heads of states or other important people visit. They also travel around the world and visit other countries were they meet presidents, head of states and parttake in different cultural activities, visit important places and meeting people.

They also work alot with charities. Queen Silvia works with her foundation Childhood foundation which works to make the world a better place for children and preventing sexual exploitation and violence of Children in the most vulnerable places in the world.

Princess Madeleine is also heavily involved with Childhood foundation. Both of them are very passionate about children and children welfare both in sweden and in other countries.

Crown princess Victoria has her foundation "Victoriafoundation" which works for children with disabilities or chronic illness. A huge focus is making it possible for these children to be involved in different activities such as summer camps, sports and other things that may require other resources and extra staff.

She's very into wildlife and hiking and lives a pretty active life. She works with some environmental questions that ties to this such as littering in nature. Her husband Prince Daniel is also involved in this and he's also very passionate about sports and making sure children are more active and have fun moving around and playing. (I'm so bad at explaining this sorry)

I know Victoria has studied at the University both in sweden and abroad.

Prince Carl Philip and his Wife Sofia had the foundation Project playground which she founded way before they got together. It's another foundation which I'm pretty sure worked with children living on the streets in South Africa but now they work in both Sweden and South Africa and for vulnerable children in general.

Apart from that the prince is very into cars and racing but also design and I think he has some sort of degree in design.

I'd say they all come off as very genuine in the work they have chosen. It does feel like it's something they truly love and that it is important to them but who really knows.

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Both Victoria and Carl Philip have dyslexia and are very open with that.

Most of the family is pretty active and like sports and outdoor activities.

They are often spotted at the Olympics and World championships and are known to call Swedish Olympic champions to congratulate them. If they are very lucky they might even get invited to the palace to meet the royal family.

They are also interested in music and are heavily involved in the polar music prize which we'll get to soon.

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When they are not working with the things mentioned above they are often present in different cultural events in sweden such as openings of libraries, museums and culture centers but they also travel around sweden and visit different cities and towns.

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Apart from all this they are also involved in Swedish holidays.

For Christmas you'll usually get pre recorded greetings from them in cosy and picturesque settings. We've seen the crownprincess couple and their kids make gingerbread cookies, flat bread in a old cottage and stuffed Christmas sausage just to name a few. A couple of years ago they handed over gifts to a charity that work with homeless people. Stuff like that.

A tradition is that one of the children make a little recording of the Christmas trees being delivered to the palace and we always have a little video from advent and Lucia.

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Other holidays they are involved in are Nationaldagen (6 June) Valborg which is also the King's birthday and Victoria's birthday. They are also involved with other holidays but these are definitely the ones that comes to mind.

The birthdays are not real holidays but since its the current monarch and the heir to the throne their birthdays are a huge deal and involve concerts, meets and greets with the public and other wholesome stuff.

The red thread here is that the family wants to come off as warm, wholesome and one with the people. They need to be liked after all. And many people do love them. Every birthday thousands of people want to meet them and will wait for hours to get a chance to meet them.

The recent royal weddings are also testimonials of their popularity.

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Apart from holidays and the above metioned "things" there are two things I really associate the royal family with.

The Nobel Day and The Polar Music Prize

Both are held in Stockholm and is a huge deal.

The Nobel Day

The Nobel Prizes is after the famous inventor Alfred Nobel and is handed out to people in the field of literature, medicine, chemistry, physics and peace.

It's the party of all parties and its very fancy and alot of really famous people attened, among them the royal family, politicians and of course the winners of the prizes. It's an honour to be invited and every year a few uni students get to attend.

The Nobel day is 10 December and that's when the party is held (do you call it party in English?)

The Polar Music Prize

The Polar Music Prize is held every year and celebrates a couple of musicians every year (one in the classical field and one in the more commercial) sometimes more than two.

Some winners include Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Björk, Emmy Lou Harris, Iggy Pop, Paul Simon, Sting, Metallica Patti Smith and Joni Mitchell and many many more

It's a night that celebrates music with performances from many huge swedish musicians.

The King himself hands over the prizes and other family members always attend

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In my mind the royal family of YR would work similarly you'll just have to swap the names.

I could talk about this for ages but it's so long and I need to eat

Did I pass @skamenglishsubs ?

#young royals #swedish facts #swedish traditions