http://lifecruiser.org/archive/national-day-celebration-tips-sweden-2011/ Ranked Top 100 Travel Blog Lifecruiser. Travel information & photos. Europe, North & South America. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lifecruiser.org/archive/national-day-celebration-tips-sweden-2011/#comment-42403 al Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:10:46 +0000 http://lifecruiser.org/?p=3696#comment-42403 Cheers to both of you and all my Swedish friends!!!!

]]> http://lifecruiser.org/archive/national-day-celebration-tips-sweden-2011/#comment-42397 Lifecruiser Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:54:46 +0000 http://lifecruiser.org/?p=3696#comment-42397 Thanks Ginnie.
Actually it’s not connected to Norway’s in that sense, even though Sweden once ruled Norway too. And our national day has not had the same significance either, since Sweden has been independent and not been in so many wars as other countries either.
From the beginning Sweden celebrated it as a celebration to the Swedish flag only and it was only since 1983 we changed it to a national day.
It started as a celebration of when the election of King Gustav Vasa the 6th of June 1523 took place.
Sweden is a bit strange in that meaning, we have not been so very patriotic during the years, perhaps because we haven’t been forced to fight for our country’s independence.

]]> http://lifecruiser.org/archive/national-day-celebration-tips-sweden-2011/#comment-42392 Ginnie Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:05:54 +0000 http://lifecruiser.org/?p=3696#comment-42392 Your National Day comes so soon after Norway’s, I see. Maybe that makes sense, of course, because you’re probably very connected at the hip, right?! Cheers, indeed. Or as we say here in The Netherlands, Proost!

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