When it comes to baked goods, minimalist design and baby names, the Swedes just do things right. OK, I might be a bit biased, since I’m Swedish myself. Nevertheless, I’m eager to share how our ...

Families celebrated a Scandinavian Christmas tradition in Petaluma on Sunday, observing "Lucia Fest" with pageantry, songs and sm?g?bord. St. Lucia Day on Dec. 13 begins the Christmas season in Sweden ...

The Swedish Church in Paris is organizing its traditional Christmas market! On the menu? Swedish gourmet specialties, gift ...

My father’s parents, Ingrid and Bengt, grew up in Sweden, though they met each other in the United States. When they started a family, they tried very hard to assimilate. They didn’t teach their kids ...

A straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition. Gavle city spokeswoman Anna Ostman said someone set fire to the ...

Seasonal cheer %u2013 Skansa-style %u2013 was on the agenda when the Swedish Folkdancers of New York launched the holiday season with its annual Lucia Pageant and Christmas Dance at the Danish ...

In December 2018, a rumor that Sweden had begnu referring to "Christmas" as "Winter Celebration" in an effort to appease their "extremist" Muslim population started to circulate on social media: This ...