Eastern in Sweden, daffodils, Easter eggs, sweets, Påskmust, feathers and witches

Easter celebrations have begun in Sweden with lots of colourful feathers, decorative eggs and even some witches....On Maundy Thursday, children dress up as Easter witches with long skirts, headscarves and rosy red cheeks and enjoy trick or treating in the neighbourhood. This remembers the legend that on that day in old times, witches flew to Blåkulla (blue mountain) to meet the devil!

Easter Saturday is time for a treasure hunt to find the painted boiled eggs, chocolate eggs and other sweets in the shape of traditional spring symbols like rabbits and chickens. Sweets are usually carried in large decorated cardboard eggs. It is not just a time for children and adults can enjoy the specially brewed Easter beer (Påsköl) which is typically a stronger, wheaty brew to be enjoyed with a traditional Swedish smörgåsbord of herring, salmon and of course meatballs!

Swedish Easter traditions, Daffodils, eggs, sweets, Påskmust, feathers and witches are necessary Easter items in Sweden.

Daffodils, eggs, sweets, Påskmust, feathers and witches are necessary Easter items in Sweden.

Swedish Easter traditions, Eggs in all varieties are filling Swedish homes, egg producers most egg selling time during the whole year.

Eggs in all varieties are filling Swedish homes, egg producers most egg selling time during the whole year.

Swedish Easter traditions, Easter (Påsk) celebrations are a special time to welcome in the spring and Swedish families decorate their houses with birch branches decorated with brightly coloured feathers.

Easter (Påsk) celebrations are a special time to welcome in the spring and Swedish families decorate their houses with birch branches decorated with brightly coloured feathers.

Swedish Easter traditions, Children dress up as Easter witches with long skirts, headscarves and rosy red cheeks and enjoy trick or treating in the neighbourhood, so better have some sweets, cookies or fruits at home.

Children dress up as Easter witches with long skirts, headscarves and rosy red cheeks and enjoy trick or treating in the neighbourhood, so better have some sweets, cookies or fruits at home.

Swedish Easter traditions, Easter wizard and Easter witch in Skattungbyn, a small village in Dalarna, Sweden.

Easter wizard and Easter witch in Skattungbyn, a small village in Dalarna, Sweden.

Swedish Easter traditions, By tradition Swed’s by paper eggs and fill them with the children’s favourite sweets. The Easter bunny hides the egg in the garden or house and the children have to find it.

By tradition Swed’s by paper eggs and fill them with the children’s favourite sweets. The Easter bunny hides the egg in the garden or house and the children have to find it.

Swedish Easter traditions, Swedish Påskmust (similar to Cola, but no caffeine, and based an old secret recipe loved by both children and adults and selling more than Cola during Easter) is a must at Easter. Easter is the time where Swedish shops sell the most sweets during the year, 2 million kilo sweets! Chocolate and marzipan is also a tradition, and the trend is more and more dark chocolate.

Swedish Påskmust (similar to Cola, but no caffeine, and based an old secret recipe loved by both children and adults and selling more than Cola during Easter) is a must at Easter. Easter is the time where Swedish shops sell the most sweets during the year, 2 million kilo sweets! Chocolate and marzipan is also a tradition, and the trend is more and more dark chocolate.

Swedish Easter traditions, Easter decorations are popular.

Easter decorations are popular.

Swedish Easter traditions, Cute fluffy Swedish Easter chicks waiting to be brought home for the spring time.

Cute fluffy Swedish Easter chicks waiting to be brought home for the spring time.

Bild: Claudia Nordström & Peter J Funk

Text: Laxmi Rao

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