LOVERS OF ALL THINGS SWEDISH CAN STILL CATCH THE FEAST OF ST. LUCIA, A BELOVED SCANDINAVIAN TRADITION in Bay Ridge.

Stanton’s long-running celebration of Swedish heritage will continue this weekend as the community hosts its 74th annual ...

The Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad brought a touch of Nordic warmth to the capital last evening as it hosted its annual Lucia ...

Celebrate Nordic heritage at the Swedish Historical Society’s Lucia Concert on Dec. 5 with candlelight, choral music, and ...

Historic Bishop Hill IL invites the public to its 2025 Lucia Nights (Festival of Lights) celebration on Friday, Dec. 12 and ...

The annual Santa Lucia Festival sponsored by the Agassiz Swedish Heritage Society will mark its 25th year at 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1515 Fifth Ave. NW in East Grand Forks.

Ridge kids relived an ancient Swedish tradition last Tuesday — tapping into the neighborhood’s well-known Scandinavian history. Fifteen students of the Christ Church After School program participated ...

Irma LaBelle had to move to Two Harbors from her native Sweden -- where she was born in 1915 -- before she ever even heard of the Santa Lucia festival. "We were not real well off," LaBelle remembers.

Come celebrate a traditional Swedish Lucia Festival at The Salvation Army, 83 S. Main St., at 6 p.m. on Sunday. This year’s Lucia Bride will be portrayed by Vanessa Fredette of Jamestown. She is a ...

In the mid to late 1800s when Swedish immigrants, such as the Chellberg family, arrived in Northwest Indiana, they brought along with them many special Christmas traditions. On Saturday, Chellberg ...

The simplest gestures can sometimes lead to the grandest traditions. That certainly is the case with the St. Lucia celebration at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Begun in 1951 when a pastor’s ...