A 200-year-old legend, with a crown of lit candles adorning her head, will again bring light to the Northland's cold and dark winter months. On Saturday, Dec. 8, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Great Lakes ...

The Lucia Celebration is based on a festival happening in Sweden. It tells the story of young women bringing light and hope during a time of darkness in Swedish winters. The tradition is kept alive by ...

The state's vibrant Swedish-American community each year welcomes the public to its picturesque holiday celebration blending ancient and Christian customs. This is the first year the Delaware Swedish ...

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 Swedish Cultural Society of Duluth's Sankta Lucia breakfast was filled with sweet buns, candle wreaths, gingerbread cookies and Christmas carols sung in Swedish. The annual celebration took place ...

The American Swedish Institute’s Lucia Choir brought a bit of light to these dark days through the museum’s annual Lucia Celebration Concert, commemorating the Feast of Saint Lucia, practiced in ...

Two hundred people attended a Lucia event at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. NINA MOINI: In the old Swedish calendar, December 13 was the shortest day of the year. And this weekend ...