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Tag Archives: Swedish
Do what you love, and success will follow
My 13-year old lamented the other day that he didn’t know what he wants to do with his life. He was concerned that he doesn’t know what to study in college. “Well, you have plenty of time to figure that … Continue reading
Posted in Nice People, Scandinavia
Tagged bridal crown, forge, heart, master blacksmith, Raw power from Sweden, rose, sculpture, snake, Swedish, Therese Engdahl, wedding dress
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Whippings, weather and witches – and other superstitions relating to Swedish Easter traditions.
Well friends – it is Spring again and with it, time for another ancient and mysterious holiday. To me, in some sense, the word “Spring” is an onomatopoeia of tremendous potency. Here in our northern hemisphere, it is the time … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Just for fun, Scandinavia
Tagged Easter, fertility, Holiday Traditions, Lent, magic, Påskris, Shrovetide, superstition, Swedish, witches
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Fatten up with a Semla on Fat Tuesday!
Well my friends, once again, it is Mardi Gras, Fettisdagen, or Fat Tuesday – whichever moniker you prefer! Back in the day, that meant that this was the last day of Shrovetide, and your last chance to gorge yourself on … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food and Drink Recipes, Scandinavia
Tagged baking, Fat Tuesday, Fettisdagen, Mardi Gras, semla, Shrovetide, Swedish, Traditional
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Bullar – the real Swedish treat!
IKEA has no doubt opened minds and wallets of millions of nesting Americans. I’m totally cool with that. What I do have a problem with, however, is that because of IKEA’s populistic prominence, Swedish meatballs and cinnamon rolls have now … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink Recipes, Scandinavia
Tagged Bullar, cardamom, cardamom rolls, cinnamon, recipe, rolls, Swedish, Traditional
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Celebration of the times before the big disconnect – how the old masters selected wood
I spent my childhood summers on a farm in a rather desolate part of northern Sweden. At one point, much later in life, we were looking into moving a small grain storage barn on the property. It was situated a … Continue reading
Posted in Cool building materials, Culture, On Building, Scandinavia
Tagged Building, history, lumber, Materials, Nature, Swedish, timber, Traditional, Trees, wood
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Julglögg Recipe – the Ultimate in Yuletide Libations
December 13, 2010 Here it is – the recipe for the Swedish version of mulled wine, drunk from the first of Advent, through the Holidays – mentioned in the previous Holiday post. GLÖGG (ö is pronounced like furn in furniture) … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink Recipes
Tagged Christmas, drink, holiday, recipe, Swedish, Traditional
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Lucia, Yule Goats, and other interesting occurrences
December 12, 2010 Okay – so the Holiday Madness is upon us, yet again! Since I’m a transplant away from my own country, I always think it’s fun to compare traditions – especially since the US represents such a wide … Continue reading
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