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Julotta (“Jul”: Yule; Christmas, “otta”: dawn)

Posted on December 23, 2020November 10, 2022 by Nordic Studies

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)

F.O. Nilsson and the Swedish Baptists

Posted on January 10, 2020December 10, 2020 by Nordic Studies

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

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Denmark By Madden – Own work, Public Domain

Finland By SVG drawn by Sebastian Koppehel – http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1978/19780380, Public Domain

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Sweden Public Domain

Greenland By Jeffrey Connell (IceKarma) – Own work, Public Domain

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Faroe Islands By User:IceKarma (Jeffrey Connell), who released it to the public domain. – N.a, Public Domain

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