With only a few hours of light each day in December, the Swedes embrace the darkness by candlelight. From the lighting of the ...

Every year, girls and women will be putting candles in their hair in order to mark an ancient Christmas tradition that's only ...

Good food and good conversations are an important part of the holidays. Check out what's on the menu for some Grand Forks-area residents.

The Scandinavian Julmarknad will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jamestown Community College’s Hamilton Collegiate Center and other locations around Jamestown. The Scandinavian ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Where many Christmas traditions lean into maximalism and abundance—more lights, more ornaments, more ...

Waiting in line is a festive tradition at the Minneapolis Scandinavian gift shop. A festive tradition like none other, the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This Christmas, I decided to get back to my roots and make a whole bunch of Scandinavian cookies. In all, I came up with seven delicious, pretty cookies that ...

Minnesotans shop at Minneapolis’ Ingebretsen’s to keep Scandinavian holiday traditions alive with food, gifts and family ...

Aase Beaulieu's fondest Christmas memory is of spending every first Sunday of Advent with her mother in their long, narrow kitchen in Copenhagen, making cookies. The home was filled with the scents of ...

My mother's side of the family is half Danish and my father's side half Norwegian. But at Christmastime, we feel 100 percent Scandinavian. Largely ignoring the English and Scottish bits of our ...

This Christmas, I decided to get back to my roots and make a whole bunch of Scandinavian cookies. In all, I came up with seven delicious, pretty cookies that you can serve holiday guests. Here are the ...