Midsommar – Summer Solstice words to know
Midsommar is the most important Swedish holiday of the year. Need to know what you are eating, drinking, or singing about? Here’s are Swedish words to know for Midsommar.
Sommarsolståndet – Summer solstice
Midsommarafton – midsummer eve
Midsommar- midsummer
schnaps or snaps – an aquavit or Swedish hard liquor
Gravad lax – specially smoked salmon; delicious!
färskpotatis – fresh potatoes or new potatoes
gräddfil – sour cream
Gräslök – green onions
jordgubbar – Strawberries
Sill – pickled herring
Senap – mustard
Små grodorna – small frogs; a song to sing around the maypole
midsommarstång or majstång – maypole
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June 20, 2009 10:01 pm
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By Jacob, January 25, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
Gravad lax IS delicious. But there’s no smoke involved. Gravad Lax is salmon, cured using salt and sugar – with dill thrown in for flavouring.