Christmas in Sweden: Holiday like no other
It's a festivity when we do everything in our power to spend time with family and friends.Read more »
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A traditional Swedish Christmas
The Christmas tree, the decorations, Advent Stars and candle sticks, wrapping paper for the gifts and soon.. the jultomte. All about the first Christmas trees, the decorations, Advent Stars and "Kalle Anka" on TV, a tradition every Christmas. And, why is Christmas so red?Read more »
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Cabbage rolls
with pressed potato and lingonberry sauce Cabbage rolls were probably imported to Sweden by the Turks who went there in the early 18th century to claim the money they had lent to the Swedish king Charles XII.]Read more »
Christmas among early pioneers
The early Swedish pioneers in North Dakota found ways to celebrate Christmas the traditional way.Read more »
Saffron oven pancake
Saffron oven pancake is a specialty of Gotland, Sweden’s largest island and also the largest island in the Baltic Sea.Read more »
Yes, the future queen of Sweden might be in the royal wedding
HRH Princess Estelle has been practicing to make an appearance in the wedding of her uncle, HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, on June 13, 2015.Read more »
Christmas in Scandinavia
There’s no better time than Christmas time to get your feet wet when it comes to trying out Scandinavian traditions. Just like in America, Scandinavian Christmas celebrations have become more secular events during recent decades, opening up this festive time of year for everyone to enjoy, regardless of faith, nationality, or background. Leave it to the Scandinavians to know best how to brighten the darkest time of the year – after all, they’re pros!Read more »
Tomasdagen, Tomas Day, Dec. 21.
Christmas stalks, market day and beer: In the old days Tomas Day, December 21, was an important way station.Read more »
Deep in the forest
The Holavedsleden trail between Tranås and Gränna runs in beautiful, hilly primeval forest. It’s the same idyllic landscape with bath-friendly lakes that inspired the great artist and illustrator John Bauer, the same forest in which thieves once lurked behind every other tree. Nordstjernan's Emil Sergel and Roger Borgelid instead encounter a magical tranquility in the deep forests of the Småland province.Premium content Read more »
Swedish Lucia, the Queen of Light
The Lucia celebration is something that Swedes themselves, and also the rest of the world consider as the most typical Swedish tradition. ..typically Swedish today, but is really international when you look at the background and development of the tradition. Additionally, our customs around Lucia are among the most complicated of the year.Read more »
Allemansrätten - 'Everyman’s right'
There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona...Read more »
When did Swedes go blond?
What do Emil in Lönneberga, Anders Zorn’s “dalkullor,” and Kalle on the tube of Kalles Kaviar have in common? They’re all Swedish, blond, and blue-eyed.Read more »
Reed between the lines
When Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh set out to design a nature center with a difference, he didn't need to look much further than the shore of the lake it would stand on.Premium content Read more »
Summer salad with salmon
Swedes love fish and what's not to love when it's combined with fresh, spicy ingredients?Read more »
In search of new frontiers
"With the help of the James Webb telescope, we will be able to see parts of the universe and other things we have not been able to see before. And what we have already been able to see, we will be able to see better." - astronomer Jens Melinder at the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University.Read more »
Bountiful garden with a touch of the exotic
A lavish arboretum in the northern Stockholm archipelago — a fertile Eden where magnificent flowers and beautiful deciduous trees bend and bow wherever you turn your gaze.Premium content Read more »
The lucky Swede.
One of the classic stories of rags to riches to rags is the career of the Swedish immigrant Erik Olof Lindblom.Read more »
Swedes and citrus in the Sunshine State
They're a symbol of the Sunshine State. When you think oranges in the United States, you think Florida. You certainly don't think Sweden.Premium content Read more »
We take the rough with the smooth, the ups with the downs ..
The first issues of our 149th year of consecutive publishing of Nordstjernan, have been published.Read more »
Walkabout Tour of Stockholm I
.. walk in the city of my youth: Leif Rosqvist goes for a walk through his old neighborhoods in the heart of Stockholm.Premium content Read more »
Building on tradition
From the Royal Family and their summer mansion on the island of Öland, to the apartment-dwelling Swede who spends summer evenings on the outskirts of town at a quaint little "shed" in his own miniature garden - the act of getting away from conventional residential surroundings is a passion built into the Swedish national mentality.Premium content Read more »
Record number of people shop food online
Not surprisingly the online food trade has doubled in Sweden during the pandemic.Read more »
Orienteering: It's all about finding your way
Orienteering is a sport that mirrors the Scandinavian spirit - a love of the outdoors, a rational approach to detail and a respect for healthy competition.Premium content Read more »
Mountain Hiking in Sweden
- it’s for everybody not just for survivalists and hardcore connoisseurs.Read more »
Hiking trails in Sweden
Some are 4 or 5 hours away by car, others accessible from any of the major cities by night train or an hour and a half by air.Read more »
Food in the wintry north
Sami culinary traditions in Jokkmokk, kaffeost (coffee cheese) in Kangos and food served on ice in Jukkasjarvi.Premium content Read more »
Learning (and teaching) Swedish
As we work on offering you more opportunities to practice your Swedish, we had the opportunity to hear from a teacher of Swedish in Sweden.Read more »
Moving to Sweden
What is it like to actually move to Sweden? A recently relocated Californian about his first year in Stockholm.Read more »
Wild skating through the archipelago
The Stockholm archipelago has the world's best conditions for Nordic tour skating. Local skating guide Joakim Malm does not hesitate for a second about this appraisal. The location and climate are factors that together produce ice that attracts visitors from all over the world.Premium content Read more »