{"id":5612,"date":"2017-02-22T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/?p=5612\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T18:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:09:22","slug":"swedish-easter-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-easter-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"(Weird) Swedish Easter Traditions – Easter Bunny in Sweden?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Swedish Easter traditions – (photo credit: Lena Granefelt\/imagebank.sweden.se)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Celebrate Easter in Sweden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Easter<\/em> in Swedish: p\u00e5sk<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Swedes celebrate easter in March\/April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easter surprise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you open your house door and you find Swedish kids standing on your door mat, dressed like witches, don’t feel confused it’s already Halloween. No, it’s p\u00e5sk<\/em>, easter in Sweden. Those little witches<\/strong> are also for candy hunt though. So be prepared to have some charges of candy in stock to preserve your home from witchcraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easter decoration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Also, you won’t miss is it’s going to be p\u00e5sk<\/em> soon since all shop windows and public flower boxes are decorated with branches full of feather in flashy neon colors – as bright as sweat pants back in the 90’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food and drinks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Swedes drink a soda called p\u00e5skmust<\/em>, which is basically the same as julmust <\/em>(Christmas must), but with a different, more yellow, bottle design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t be surprised if a Swede gives you a huge egg made of card board. It’s not meant to use as decoration (thank God, since its design is usually a little tacky), but you can open it and – surprise – you’ll find it filled with a blend of delicious Swedish godis<\/em><\/a> (candy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about Swedish traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n