The American Swedish Historical Museum will hold its Lucia and Christmas Market on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7, in a ...

The Swedish Santa Lucia Festival is held on December 13 to bring light and hope during the winter solstice. Kicking off the holiday season, St. Lucia’s Day is celebrated in Sweden and other countries ...

With a crown of flaming candles, glittering garlands of tinsel and flowing white gowns, celebrants of a traditional St. Lucia ceremony Friday night brought a glow to the winter dark. In Sweden, ...

The month of December in Lindsborg is full of holiday cheer with traditional Swedish celebrations, a fun parade and more.

Families celebrated a Scandinavian Christmas tradition in Petaluma on Sunday, observing “Lucia Fest” with pageantry, songs and sm??rg??sbord. St. Lucia Day on Dec. 13 begins the Christmas season in ...

A Lucia celebration at Skansen in Stockholm in 2023. Photo: Mikaela Landeström/TT Whether you're just out of Sweden temporarily or you've moved away for good, you might find yourself missing the ...

Weatherwise, the day could not have been more fitting for the Santa Lucia pageant in Walnut Creek. It was cold, damp and fog enshrouded, with a bleak Bergmanesque sky that greeted the congregants who ...

The 40th annual celebration of the Santa Lucia Festival on Dec. 10 gave people a day to access their "inner Swede." Attendees packed the Chapel at Bethany Homes in Fargo, bragged they were "all" Swede ...

Swedes know a thing or two about living with light, or, right about now, living with a lack of it. In December, the country’s capital Stockholm experiences around six hours of daylight a day, but in ...