"Jag heter Hulda Nyström." That's how you say "My name is Hulda Nystrom" in Swedish, which is what I am on my father's side.	Swedish flag
My mom says she's "Heinz 57" - English, Welsh "and a little bit of French Huguenot"   She's English on her father's side and Welsh and French Huguenot on her mother's side. She thinks there may be some other nationalities on her mother's side, but she doesn't know what they might be.     What others say about Heinz 57:  "My mom used to say ..." Why does Heinz ketchup say "57 varieties"?	+  British flag | Welsh flag  French Huguenots

I know the most about the Swedish side of my family, so I will start with that.

There are several reasons why I know more about my father's side of the family: My father had 5 siblings, whom I all knew, as well as their children; I also knew his parents. We spent holidays together and followed some Swedish traditions. Finally, in spite of the fact that my father was the only male in our family, it was a male dominated family.

I know less about my mother's side of the family because she was an only child; because I never knew her mother, as she died before I was born; because her father died, I think, when I was in junior high school; and because according to my mother, she was never very interested in family history.

Swedish Food
Dream Cookies
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe.php?recid=294

Swedish meatballs
http://www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/recept/us/meatballs-2.html
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/hea/2003/pd120303d.html

Potatis Korv - Christmas potatoe sausage
http://www.odebolt.net/people/potato_sausage.html
http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm

Smörgåsbord - smorgasbord, buffet
http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/smorgasbord/culture/lifestyle/food.html

Swedish Christmas traditions
How we celebrate Christmas in Sweden
http://hem.passagen.se/bjornw/swechristmas.htm

Traditions around Christmas (Högskolan i Luleå - Luleä University, Sweden)
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/folklore/christmas.html

Remembrances of Christmas Eves Past (Swedish-Finn Historical Society)
http://sfhs.eget.net/P_articles/Q_artiklar/Q_107.html

Christmas in Sweden (Jeanne Pasero)
http://www.jeannepasero.com/Christmas/sweden.html

SWEDEN - Swedish Christmas traditions, with recipes (California Mall)
http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm
 

Swedish Music
Gubben Noah - Old Man Noah
http://www.sweden.se/templates/FactSheet____4398.asp

Swedish Language
Online Swedish dictionary: The Swedish Schoolnet
http://www-lexikon.nada.kth.se/skolverket/swe-eng.shtml

Sov gått - Sleep well

Tack så mycket - Thanks so much (Thanks a million)
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5151

Varsågod - You're welcome
http://www.ielanguages.com/swedish.html

Jultid - Yuletide, Christmas time
http://www.fionabroome.com/history/YuleLore1.htm

Famous Swedes
Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite (1866)
http://www.nobel.se/nobel/alfred-nobel
Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.nobel.se/nobel/nobel-foundation/index.html

Ingrid Bergman, famous actress (Casablanca)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000006

Ingmar Bergman, famous writer and director of theater, film, radio, TV
http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_works_of_i_b

Swedish Handicrafts
Red Dalecarlian Horse
http://www.northerner.com/products/dalah25-red.html

Some Highlights of Swedish History
Vikings
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_level

800-1050 A D
         The Viking Age. The Vikings worshipped the Asa gods such as Oden and Thor.
         The origin of the word Thursday comes from the Swedish word Torsdag,
         meaning... you guessed it... Thors day. Actually, most of the days of the week
         come from Nordic mythology.
http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord

Imperialist conquest of Norway
http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/smorgasbord/society/history/union-with-norway.html
http://www.kb.nl/infolev/liber/articles/brisa13.html

Swedish Customs, traditions, celebrations, holidays
http://www.rook.org/heritage/german/swede.html