We went to the Daughters of Norway Ingeborg Lodge #43 Nordic Fair on October 29, 2022 in Stanwood. You can… Read more Nordic Fair Report from Stanwood
Tag: Swedish Culture
Paul Jernberg – The Song of the Longing Heart
Swedish-American Paul Jernberg spent ten years in Sweden working for the Swedish Baptist Church as a composer and conductor. Now… Read more Paul Jernberg – The Song of the Longing Heart
Three Swedes and a Norwegian walk into a music studio…
Read the story of how a Nordic pop quartet conquered the English-speaking world. Watch their video for “One of Us,”… Read more Three Swedes and a Norwegian walk into a music studio…
From Rättvik to Isanti County
by Karl Nelson A Community Transplanted: The Trans-Atlantic Experience of a Swedish Immigrant Settlement in the Upper Middle West, 1835-1915 by… Read more From Rättvik to Isanti County
Julotta (“Jul”: Yule; Christmas, “otta”: dawn)
Julotta are early Christmas morning church services held in Sweden. Churches in America with Swedish roots still hold these services.… Read more Julotta (“Jul”: Yule; Christmas, “otta”: dawn)
Swedish Krem: Inventing a Scandinavian Christmas Tradition
Story by Kathryn Duncan Johnson My husband’s mother, a mostly-British-heritaged American, decided that her children needed to embrace their Swedish… Read more Swedish Krem: Inventing a Scandinavian Christmas Tradition
F.O. Nilsson and the Swedish Baptists
After founding a Baptist church in 1848—the first successful “free church” in Sweden—F.O. Nilsson would be arrested, imprisoned, and banished… Read more F.O. Nilsson and the Swedish Baptists