Swedish Language & Culture

• Flag of Sweden

• History of Alfred Nobel & The Nobel Channel 

• Peace Studies Resource Institute

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• History of the Sweden-Finns from soc.culture.nordic

• Sea-Lord Somerled

• A bit of Swedish history

• Henriette's örtsidor - Plant Pages

• Runes and Runestones

• Sweden & Norway Cultural Traditions Wedding and Sankthans or Jonsok - Sankhansaften (Midsummer's Eve) arrives on the 23rd of June. Sankthans is an abbreviation of St. Johannes (St.John). The day is also called jonsok, which means the wake of Johannes or Johannes wake, originally in memory of John the Baptist.

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• Sápmi/Saami History, Government, Culture, Traditions

• An Introduction to the Sami People

• Saami Weaving

• "Who are the Sami's" and "How are we depicted?" Photoessay

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• Traditional Swedish Clothing or Folkdräkt

• The History of Folkdräkt

• Bo Skräddare Folkdräkt Pages

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• The Sauna & a photo by Tomas Utsi

• Swedish Massage

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• Swedish Information Smorgasbord

• Lonely Planet Guide to Sweden

• Tomas Utsi Photographer - Beautiful photos of Sweden and the Saami

• Photos of Stockholm by David Metraux

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• Swedish Warmbloods   North Swedish

• Swedish Horseracing

• Arctic Fox - conservation project

• Swedish EnviroNet

Swedish Language & Translation

• SwedenGenWeb Dictionary

• Swedish Schoolnet Swedish-English Dictionary

• Swedish Language Course for beginners

• Re: QUEST dot Net  Language Translation Site

• InterTran Language Translator Site

• Listing of Swedish Dictionaries -  & Prices

• Foreign Language Keyboard Help

• Verba Volant (www.logos.it/index) receive an email a day with famous quotes translated into several languages. For example, a quote from Alfred Adler: det är lättare att kämpa för sina principer än att leva upp till dem

Swedish Music

• Svensk Säckpipa Olle Gällmo w/mp3 by "Björskötten" from Dalarna

• Swedish/Irish Folk Music mp3's --Wing Commander Mackenzie

• Swedish Folk Music Cd's & Cassettes

• Kristina Från Duvemåla

• Swedish Jazz Web

• ABBA links

Swedish Recipes

• Swedish Herbal Institute

• Swedish recipes

• Lillamy.org Recipes Page - Click around the site for Swedish cultural info punctuated by several Carl Larsson prints

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• Jansson's Temptation

Swedish Wedding Traditions

• Lysning or Wedding Banns were usually announced in church for three weeks in a row.

• Morgongåva or a Morning Gift (by law) from the groom to the bride.

• Swedish Wedding Traditions - 3 rings, coins in the shoes, and a wedding crown for some.  Wedding Culture

• Swedish Wedding Crowns   Britta sporting a traditional wedding crown

• Scandinavian wedding celebrations

• A Swedish Mom's Story of Labor & Childbirth

Assorted Links

• ANNO 1890 - How to search the Swedish Census

• Birgitta of Sweden

• A Website about the Swedish Military