Embrace the Spirit of Swedish Midsummer: An Invitation to Celebrate Sweden's Joys
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2023
- 🇸🇪 Step into the enchanting world of Swedish Midsummer and witness the magical tapestry that weaves together nature's beauty, lively traditions, and joyful celebrations. From the vibrant floral decorations to the spirited dances around the maypole, every moment is infused with a sense of community and merriment. Indulge in the delectable flavors of traditional cuisine. Join me on this unforgettable journey as I uncover the secrets of Swedish Midsummer, leaving you with a longing to experience the enchantment firsthand.
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loved it! I always admire and respect German people as a Turk. Swedes are the real original Germans. Greetings from Turkiye.
Hi am write in Svidish Hej vad kul att ni gillar våra traditioner. Jag träffade min fru för 55 år sedan just på midsommar Ha det så bra
We have to blame the British for "små grodorna". It's an old french military march and the British took the mick out of the french calling them frogs. How it ended up as a children's dance song in Sweden no one knows.
No dance for me but pickled herring, Swedish meatballs and strawberries with whipped cream.
Looks like your hosts did a great job 👍💯🇸🇪
Yes, they were fantastic 🥰
We like pickled herring so much that we basically eat it for *all* our national holidays. And yet it is still good every time :)
Wonderfully!
Hello LivingSwedish!
As usual you delivered a great video, glad you had a good midsummer.
Cheers Tom 😄 ☕ 🍺 🍣 🎂👍🏽
2:45-2:50 - The cake is alive!
Finally, someone noticed it hahaha
Everybody loves the Swedish midsummer, don´t get me wrong. But there are some (historical) misunderstandings around it´s backgraund. At least according to the swedish historian Herrman Lindqvist.
The swedish may pole isn´t something typical swedish. It is a tradition we imported from germans during the Hansa period (1600). And the name of the pole should be Maja. Maja means to decorate with leafs.
And the song everybody sing when they dance around the pole, that is "små grodorna". It´s origin was an french march wich the britt´s made a chant of and sang little frogs, meaning the french soldiers. All this according to the historian Herrman Lindqvist
Yes, we have that tradition on the 1st of May each year. But the Swedes developed it and kept up the tradition. It looks like a big event. In Germany, it's still there but not that popular and only in the south of Germany.
@@LivingSwedish Thank you for your reply. I wasn´t aware of that. And I didn´t know that idiotic song små grodorna (little frog), was an chant we have imported from England😀 Until i saw a tv program where Herrmn Lindqvist described why we celebrate midsummer, and the history behind it.
@citizenkane4831 Now tell me how you can be so sure about that.... Because what is know IS that we don't really know for sure, it PROBABLY" may have come from Germany, but again.. We dont know 4 sure. Dont speak the "truth" for someone if you''re not 100% sure about the answer. Glad midsommar!! 😀😀☀☀🌡🌡
Up here in Lapland, we grill in midsummer and don't eat much fish, but it happens more then in Southern Sweden. So today you go to a grocery store, and the meat counters are empty while the fish counters up here are full.
PS! The pastry that you filmed at the end is called Palova where the base in the recipe is the same but you can vary it with different berries on top.
How interesting! I was happy to eat a lot of fish at midsummer :)
You eat different dishes in different parts of Sweden during Midsummer Eve, the only common thing is the dessert and that is that it should be strawberries and something else. If you love fish and where fish dishes are best, go to Gothenburg.
I myself have not been able to eat fish or other shellfish for 46 years, because I got an allergy, if I happened to ingest it, I could suffocate.
Before I got allergies, my mother used to make pickled whitefish, which my father had fished and it is much tastier than herring. When you like fish, you should make the Lappish dish "dip in a cup", then you let chopped yellow onions sweat a little in a small pot so that they become soft but not colored, when the onions become a little transparent, you add more butter (the has butter on it and is used when frying). and let this melt in the onion. Then you take it off the stove.
On the food plate you have laid out boiled potatoes and herring, in the middle of the plate you place a small bowl or coffee cup that you have filled with the onion butter. Now you take a piece of herring and a piece of potato on a fork and dip this into the onion butter and then into your mouth. It's good with a cold beer, I've heard.
Oh no, we eat fish up here in Lapland too. I grew up on pickled herring on midsummer.. And gravlax, eggs with caviar etc. Grilling on midsummer is a new thing really.
Then you haven't lived in Lapland for the last 30 years at least, because up here they mostly sell meat before midsummer. 85% of those who live in Lapland grill at this time.
You mention that you grew up with herring during midsummer and that must have been a long time ago
@@ingvartorma9789 Yes I have, but I didn't live in a town. And the still sell fish, just that it's become this "fad" to grill.. Just because YOU and your mates grill doesn't give you the right to say what other Laplanders do Also there is a total fire ban in Västerbottens län, which means even grilling in your backyard is very irresponsible.if you live in southern Lapland.
It's weird seeing the Swedes all hang out together.
Yeah it’s a pain, but at least it’s only once a year.🤭
The egg half should have majo, shrimps and then rom and dill over.
rom = caviar
Yeah.. midsummer is the peak of the year, the celebrating of high solistice.. its a magical day, if one is swedish!
Well.. its a great day.. or rather evening to make a party.. actualy the best day/eve to step out and "be social" with strangers in your neigbourhood!
In anyway, its the Maypole and dancing around it how its the peak, its this day/eve that swedes forgett about to be reserved.. one supose to dance with ones children or grandchildren!
Its kind of.. when everybody have done embarising dans moves and singing stupid songs.. everyone is equal, on this day/evening!
Cozy! But I always cringe a little bit when I see midsummer songs and dances on youtube. "Små grodorna" looks more like a symptom of something rather than a dance. It´s about frogs, people! Honestly!
Very Nice
Thank you! :)