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Swedish culture is an offshoot of the Norse culture which dominated southern Scandinavia in prehistory.Sweden was the last of the Scandinavian countries to be Christianised, with pagan resistance apparently strongest in Svealand, where Uppsala was an old and important ritual site as evidenced by the tales of Uppsala temple.
The Culture of Scandinavia encompasses the cultures of the Scandinavia region Northern Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and may also include the Nordic countries Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. National cultures within Scandinavia include: Culture of Sweden; Culture of Norway; Culture of Denmark; Culture of Iceland
The Midsummer maypole tradition dates from the Middle Ages, while the summer solstice celebration can be traced to Norse pagan times, when the culture revolved around the mystical natural world.
The traditions were a continuity from the Nordic Bronze Age, but there were strong influences from the Hallstatt culture in Central Europe. They continued with the Urnfield culture tradition of burning corpses and placing the remains in urns.
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and Sápmi. Folklore is a concept encompassing expressive traditions of a particular culture or group.
The Swedish National Day on June 6 is a public holiday as of 2005, but so far there are few established traditions for this day. The celebration of this day begun as the Day of the Swedish Flag, ca 1900, and the day is chosen in commemoration of the election of Gustav Vasa as King of Sweden on this date in 1523.
When it comes to baked goods, minimalist design and baby names, the Swedes just do things right. So, of course we were curious about how our northern friends celebrate the holidays. And it turns ...
The rich interiors of the palace reflect the fact that Sweden was one of the strongest powers in 17th century Europe. The architecture of the ensemble was influenced by the Palace of Versailles. [6] Birka and Hovgården: Stockholm: 1993 555; iii, iv (cultural) The two sites make up an architectural complex from the Viking Age. Birka was an ...