And in some countries a declaration of love. More»

There are certain things that are so Swedish, they could be symbols for the country. Not just traditional ornaments like a midsommarstång or a Lucia krona... More»

The anti-Nazi song 'The Infamous Horse from Troy' by Karl Gerhard premieres at the Folkan Theater in Stockholm. The song was soon to be prohibited by the Swedish government. More»

The second Sunday of November is Fars dag (Father's Day) in Sweden, this year on this coming Sunday, Nov. 11. More»

1932: Engineer, financier, entrepreneur, and industrialist Ivar Kreuger is found dead in Paris. More»

The von Sydow murders; at the time, in 1933, one of the most gruesome crimes in Swedish 20th century history. More»

The possibly only person in history to die from eating too many of the popular semla dies on this date. More»

'Bondetåget,' in response to the decision to slow down Sweden's armament, 30,000 Swedish farmers demonstrated in Stockholm. More»

Jultomten (Swedish) - Santa Claus (English) - Julemanden (Danish) - Joulupukki (Finnish) - Jólasveinn (Icelandic) - Julenissen (Norwegian). Christmas is and was for a long time one of the most important holidays of the year in all of Scandinavia. More»

1700: The Swedes defeat the Russians at the Battle of Narva, a victory memorialized through a new monument as late as in the year 2000. More»

Wedding bells are ringing at Kalmar Castle. More»

Orphei Drangar is founded in Uppsala during a cholera epidemic in the mid nineteenth century. More»

Soviet submarine S-363 becomes 'Whiskey on the rocks' More»

Sweden becomes a member of the United Nations in 1946. More»

Annika Sörenstam wins her fist LPGA title in 1995 a year after being Rookie of the Year. More»