Culture of Sweden

fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren

Christian feast day dedicated to Lucy of Syracuse and observed on 13 December

Swedish encyclopedia published between 1876 and 1957

public holiday on June 6

traditional carved, painted wooden horse statuette

straw Christmas goat in Gävle, Sweden

color

National emblem of Sweden

national personification of Sweden

Lagom (pronounced ) is a Swedish word meaning or .

Scandinavian tradition linked to crayfish harvest regulations

pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Sweden and its people

Swedish authority

holiday

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flesh from crayfish

annual celebration on Finnish people in Sweden

cultural term

thumb|300px|Götaplatsen at night

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Holiday in Sweden and other countries

languages spoken in Sweden

Swedish education organization operated by the labour movement

right|thumb|Two stereotypical raggare at the Power Big Meet 2005 thumb|A lot of raggare on the roof of a 1960s car during Power Big Meet in 2005

Annual secular holiday in Sweden and Finland

flag day in Finland

thumb|200px|The colour scheme from 2007

swedish-style village in Japan

Swedish nonprofit organization

scandinavian tradition

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thumb|Lördagsgodis at IKEA in Hong Kong. Lördagsgodis (Swedish) or lørdagsgodis and lørdagsgodteri (Norwegian), ( or "Saturday candy") is a Norwegian and Swedish tradition of children eating candy or sweets mainly or only on Saturdays.

Swedish springtime tradition; 25 March

Swedish-American institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

thumb|right|A kronkåsa that belonged to Gustaf Banér and Christina Sture (1589)|241x241pxA kronkåsa (, plural kronkåsor) is a form of elaborate drinking cup that was used during the Renaissance in Sweden. thumb|227x227px|Depiction of drinking using kronkåsor, from the Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by [[Olaus Magnus]]

' (pronounced [ˈoːʂgɔŋ]) is an archaic form of Swedish divination. It is sometimes translated as the year walk or yearly round'.

Elvavrålet (Swedish: the eleven roar) is a student tradition where students at universities and colleges at a certain time every night in student residential areas (22:00 or 23:00, on Lappkärrsberget only Tuesdays) open their windows, go out onto balconies or rooftops and scream to relieve stress.

thumb|A Dalecarlian horse, a traditional symbol for Swedish folk culture, in [[Cloquet, Minnesota]] A Suecophile is someone, typically a non-Swede, with a great interest in the culture and language of Sweden. The word Swedophile is sometimes used with the same meaning, likely based on the English "Sweden" instead of Latin "Suecia". The last part of the word is the Greek -phil-, often used in these kinds of terms.