One of the themes of our 2019 catalog is Forest Creatures. This blog post will talk about some forest creatures you will find in Scandinavia — and how one such animal is part of a long-standing feud between Norway and Sweden (and it is NOT the herring). Arctic Fox The Arctic fox (Fjellrev in… More Nordic Forest Creatures
September 29th is National Coffee Day and October 4th is Cinnamon Bun Day, or Kanelbullens dag, an annual celebration in Sweden. So it is a perfect week for Fika (pronounced fee-ka). Fika is a Swedish custom, a kind of social coffee break where people gather to have a cup of coffee or tea and something… More Eureka It’s Time For Fika
No not this kind of Viking dog …. We are talking about the Swedish Vallhund – an ancient, national dog breed of Sweden breed is at least 1,000 years old, going back to the age of the Vikings. At that time, the breed probably had been known as “Vikingarnas Hund,”or the Viking Dog. Also known… More Meet The Viking Dog