Swedish Christmas Traditions - Christmas Magazine

By Jan-Öjvind Swahn
Information kindly provided by the Consulate General of Sweden, Vancouver

Advent - Warming up for Christmas
A solemn but happy occasion in Swedish homes: lighting the first of the Advent Sunday candles.

Lucia - The Christ child as saint
Lucia: the only festival that can be termed typically and uniquely Swedish.

Christmas - Festival of gifts, candles and groaning tables
The Christmas dinner table marks the main difference today between Swedish Yuletide customs and those of other countries.

New Year - Festive round, resolutions and visions for the future

Twelfth Night and Hilarymas - Rounding off Christmas