Scandinavia Easter Traditions & Easter Customs
Travel to Scandinavia during the Easter holidays and find countries filled with the spring's energy. Everywhere, you can see colorful Easter decorations like painted eggs and chickens, lovingly created by young and old. Find out more how the Scandinavian country of your choice celebrates the Easter holidays, with their own traditions and customs!
- Denmark's Easter Traditions include a fish or lamb feast and anonymous letters. Also, there are snowdrop flowers involved...and people can win eggs! Find out how these things work together to create an interesting picture of Easter traditions in Denmark.
- Sweden's Easter Traditions indicate that the family feast is on Easter Saturday (Holy Saturday) - not on Sunday, as in the other countries. (Preferably eating Smörgåsbord.) According to Swedish folklore, during Easter the witches fly to the Blue Mountain to meet the devil (it's true!) which has a big influence on today's Easter traditions in Sweden...
- Norway's Easter Traditions are always good news for Norwegians: they have the longest Easter weekend in all of Scandinavia. But there's crime involved. Find out why everyone in Norway solves crimes during the Easter holidays in Easter traditions in Norway!
- Finland's Easter Traditions combine traditional belief with lots of children's fun. Read what you need to do if during Easter in Finland a child hands you a twig or other Easter decoration...
- Iceland's Easter Traditions are less public an event, and more family time spent with loved ones. Children receive chocolate eggs, and families get together for an Easter dinner. Read more about the current Easter traditions in Iceland.