Living traditions

This heritage includes knowledge of the plant's healing effects and the methods to assimilate these. People have always sought relief for various…

In the past Christmas celebrations ended on St Knut's day, 20 days after Christmas Eve. Christmas was cleaned away and all that was left of the C…

Clapping and singing games are traded orally from child to child without adult interference. The games contain a song or rhythmic speech, often combi…

A Fäbod can be described as a form of small-scale farms where the animals are sent to a pasture for summer grazing, consisting of a number of buildin…

The technique for French polishing was developed in France in the 18th century. It became popular in Sweden at the beginning of the nineteenth centur…

Bastabinne is a technique which uses spruce bast to make baskets and other objects, and to make ropes.

The Swedish "fika" can have multiple meanings, but it is usually associated with taking a break (e.g. from work) with one or more others, t…

Legends are most often spread from mouth to mouth in meetings between people. It can occur from generation to generation, through associations, museu…

Glove making is the art of making and cutting out gloves in leather. It is important to be able to "read" the skin, which requires experien…