The toys-originally meant to entertain children-entered the national spotlight toward the end of the 1800s. As a response to ...

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.

In Brookline, N.H., David Schur and his daughter Jenny Lewis are keeping their family’s Swedish baking traditions alive ...

Senior staff writer Faith Richardson argues that Sweden is doing an excellent job for its citizens in terms of healthcare, ...

When it comes to baked goods, minimalist design and baby names, the Swedes just do things right. OK, I might be a bit biased, since I’m Swedish myself. Nevertheless, I’m eager to share how our ...

Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what Swedish Midsummer is all about (she even taught him the classic “frog ...

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 ...

While in Stockholm for the NHL Global Series, the Predators’ Adam Wilsby gives us a tour of his hometown — and a taste of ...