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I think it's more common that you bring a specific thing to the buffet, rather than bringing your whole lunch. Never experienced that you keep your lunch to yourselves like that.

@LivingSwedish

24 күн бұрын

Yeh, maybe it was just not meant to be a buffet...

@JoakimDrakoga

24 күн бұрын

+1

@GeneRauXxX

16 күн бұрын

we actually do that all the time, it should be considered norm. eat your own food. we dont have time nor the energy to feed some hungry fellas from somewhere who doesn't now or will never ever see each other in the future what is the point? yeah. jk I have no idea whats going on. sounds like they were just weirds for some reason.

For every midsummer I have ever been too (I'm over 50), someone organizes but do not actually make all the food beyond some of the basics like bread. Instead everyone attending gets to bring a different dish or snacks to complete the whole feast. And that goes for the lunch as well as in the evening. And then everyone shares. Usually the only thing people bring for themselves is the alcohol. Which is almost always the case in Sweden since it's expensive :)

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing! :)

@ragulper

22 күн бұрын

Agree that is most common, even if smaller celebrations might have a host that fixes the whole buffet. Never heard of people bringing separate lunches. Some kind of covid leftover?

The lunch thing sounded wierd to me. Usually the midsummer buffet is for everyone to take and eat from.

@LivingSwedish

24 күн бұрын

I thought it was weird. Maybe just a unique thing 😅

I have never heard about not sharing food...but I'm only 66 years old. What do I know? I know we have something called "knytkalas" where everybody brings something to share!

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

😅 🤷🏻‍♀️

Seems strange when you are invited to a party not to share the food, never heard of it. The difference is if you gather together unplanned that everyone eats their own food. It happens when we are out with the boat in the archipelago and eat together with friends on the rocks

@LivingSwedish

24 күн бұрын

Maybe it was a bit of a last-minute thing between the neighbours 😅

@cynic7049

23 күн бұрын

@@LivingSwedish Or at least started as an unplanned thing, and then they just kept it like that since it went so well.

I'm swedish, my honest opinion is that midsummer eve should be our national day. It's almost like a christmas celebration but it is in the summer with your community. 6th of june is quite new, and it's like "what should I do? Maybe hang out with the family and eat something unhealthy". To me midsummer is more about the nature, community etc, to me it feel a lot more like something that should be our national day. We hang out, drop our rationality, jump around frogs etc. It's honest and a bit naive. When I speak to friends I know from other countries that have participated with us, they're like "what have you been smoking?!", but they still participate and laugh.

@ragulper

22 күн бұрын

Saying another day than Midsummer is our national day is fighting words. 😉

@LivingSwedish

20 күн бұрын

Hahaha I agree! And I love that everyone is so relaxed and happy on midsummer.

There is a big midsummer celebration in New York City. Flower crowns to make, lots of singing and laughter and of course the maypole!! I never knew about this before. I live 4 hrs away but it was definitely worth the trip. I do plan to visit Sweden during midsummer. When is it celebrated? Thank you for the video😊

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

Oh, that sounds amazing! I'm sure it's bigger than in London :) Midsummer is always celebrated on a Friday between 19 and 25 June ❤️

THANK YOU for sharing this! I wish I knew of a Swedish community over, near my. I really would like to experience all things Swedish!

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

I'm sure you can find one. Maybe there is a Facebook group? There is normally a FB for everything these days 😅

@JohnPaul-158

23 күн бұрын

@@LivingSwedish haha, I never thought to look on fb! I tried to "ggogle" it, but nothing near me... But thanks!

Interesting what you mentioned about food, when I grew up sometimes neighbours would bring out tables, and everyone brought food, and we ate from everything. So it may just be a local thing. Although I don't see neighbours celebrating together that often anymore, maybe if you live in houses and people know eachother well, which was the case when I grew up. But back then the naive swedes didn't always lock their doors cause nothing ever happend.

@LivingSwedish

20 күн бұрын

In our neighbourhood, actually in our street, I also saw (on a photo) they once got together outside at a large table. But it hasn't happened since we moved here. It looked amazing!

As long as you are very clear about the "rules" I guess its ok to just bring your own food. But I have never experienced that - normally everyone share everything.

@LivingSwedish

20 күн бұрын

Fair enough!

Nice video! Do you also know the history behind Midsommar? 🌸 P.S. Skansen is actually a outdoor museum - the first in the world! And it also has a zoo. A long history of Tivoli at that place. 😊

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

I know a little bit about the history but I'm always happy to hear the knowledge of others 😊

@GuinevereKnight

22 күн бұрын

@@LivingSwedish It enriches your celebration to know and feel the ties back in history, and know why you celebrate, I feel atleast. I think both Germany and the UK has Maypoles, but actually in May? It's a little different here though. I won't go on about it, my tip is to visit Nordiska museet on Djurgården if you haven't already. It too belongs to the swedish people, just like Skansen does and they have a permanent exhibit about our holidays and their history. (Should be digital guides in multiple languages.) Those two places does teach a lot about Sweden, it's history, people etc. The people working there are great to ask too. There are lots more to do and see there too of course. I don't know how much you and the family likes museums, but I think it's really nice. 😊

Never heard of only eating your own dish. Mostly everyone brings something and everything is shared (it is called knytkalas and very traditional). But maybe there were a lot of people with specific demands, maybe vegans, allergies etc. More and more of those things these days but it is not traditionally swedish.

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

That's a good point with different dietaries. Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻

Midsummer probably is the Swedish holiday that have the most following counting all age.groups. Yule may win among children, parents and older people, but not by much. And the group left, teenager and young adults midsummer wins out by a lot. When young Swedes start to get more interested in partying and the other sex than family the fact that midsummer in its core is a fertility rite starts to hit home.

@cynic7049

23 күн бұрын

In US Prom or Valentines day may be the best time to get laid, in Sweden it is midsummer. From we started counting centuries ago until last decade, the month most kid was born (during a decade single years sometimes differed) always was March (nine months after midsummer). And I thing the change probably have moire to do with better contraceptives and awareness than in behavioral change.

@LivingSwedish

20 күн бұрын

Oh dear hahaha yes!

@LivingSwedish

20 күн бұрын

🙏

Okey.. another "swedish concept" to learn.. and that is "knytkalas".. I think its more common out in the countryside.. becuse I did spend many years of my youth on a farm! In anyway, those farmers lived a distance frome each others.. but they liked to attend typical swedish festivitys! Like in good old days, when they meet there spouse! In anyway it was "knytkalas", bring your own food and and the "farmers comunity" did the rest! Another concept that is "normal" in sweden.. bring your own wine/beer/alcohol, to a party.. especialy if one is young.. becuse any alcohol in sweden is f''''ing expensive! There is more going on in the "swedish mindset".. one of this is "debt of gratitude".. its kinda work different.. its kinda people avoid you/your party, becuse they think they cant "pay back" by invite you to there own celebrations/parties!! It still trickle down to how much one know each other.. its kind of the same as in Stoneage. mothers talk to each others and the males get to be football coaches for there kids team.. especialy if they is born in UK!

@Gelis8

24 күн бұрын

I don't know if I'm misunderstanding what you're writing. But at "knytkalas", you bring your own food and offer your food to everyone. Other guests do the same so it becomes a buffet for everyone. If you bring your own food to yourself and do not invite others for the food and other guests do the same, it is not a "knytkalas". But as you wrote in the countryside, so-called "logdans" are usually organized by the farmergroup and there you usually bring your own food just for yourself, but for example the comunity arranges music and the barn etc etc.

@LivingSwedish

23 күн бұрын

Ah, yes! Thanks for sharing! 👏🏻

@stiglarsson8405

22 күн бұрын

@@Gelis8 We can probably discuse "knytkalas", "logdans", "farmers festivitys", "garden parties".. and having a party with close or new friends! Anyway there is a pletora of combinations.. its like you said some is.. bring somthing to the party, for all to share.. those is often close friends and/or neighbours! The problem for foreginers is then to know wich sort of invitation one did get?

Strange thing about the food😵‍💫I have never experienced that kind of arrangement before and i am Swedish🥴I don't think I will go to a party like that👎