{"id":5802,"date":"2017-07-11T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T09:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/?p=5802\/"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:11:04","slug":"national-day-of-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/national-day-of-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day of Sweden: June 6th – Why & How Swedes Celebrate Their National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Day of Sweden Celebrations – King of Sweden in Va\u0308xjo\u0308<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Celebrations of the Swedish national day<\/a> become more and more popular<\/a>. Nowadays, about every third Swedes celebrates their nation. Originally the June 6th<\/strong> was called the “Swedish flag day”<\/a>, svenska flaggens dag<\/em>. First in 1983 it became the national day of Sweden. Since 2005 it has officially become a public holiday.<\/p>\n

Why do Swedes celebrate their national day?<\/h3>\n

Swedes celebrate it in memory of the election of the nations founding father, Gustav Vasa<\/a>, on June 6th, 1523.<\/p>\n

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Swedish flag – National Day in Sweden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Swedish national day experience<\/h2>\n

This year, in 2017, I went to the central park of V\u00e4xj\u00f6, called Linn\u00e9parken<\/em>, where the King of Sweden was invited to to hold a speech and celebrate together with the V\u00e4xj\u00f6bo<\/em> (citizens of V\u00e4xj\u00f6). Never before I was able to see the King and Queen of Sweden in real life. Which made it even more exciting to finally see them and take pictures and videos (see below).<\/p>\n

The weather was excellent. Swedes waved their little flags. The Swedish national anthem<\/a> was sung, of course. And politicians held speeches about regional achievements. Then finally it was time for the King to step on stage.<\/p>

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Here is his speech (in Swedish) including the part with the Swedish national anthem.<\/p>\n