Bullaren
Midsummer
VÄLKOMMEN
WELCOME VELKOMMEN
Greetings
Kusins!
Jerry
& Colleen Longstrom
Want to thank all of their Swedish & Norwegian Kusins for making this
a most
unforgettable midsummer and trip to Norway & Sweden!!!!
We had a great time and
hope to be back in a few years.
A wonderful time was had by all of the
Långströms!
Jerry och Colleen
Långström vill tacka alla sina släktingarför att de
gjorde midsommarafton och resan i Norge
och Sverige till en oförglömlig upplevelse.
Vi hade en underbar tid hos Er och hoppas kunna
komma tillbaka om några år.
Långströmmarna förstår verkligen att njuta av
livet.
Midsummer Eve, is
the great festival of summer in Sweden. Nature is at its
finest and there is dancing around the
"Majstång" (Maypole), the symbol of
Swedish Midsummer celebrating.
To decorate with
sprays of foliage has been common in Sweden
from days of old. Young birch branches were put at
the porch steps and the
cottages were decorated with leafy branches, in-doors too. Formerly the
maypole
was common to the whole village, and it was erected in the center of
the village. The young
people saw to it that the Maypole was decorated and
erected, and then the dancing went on all
night long.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF
MIDSUMMER IN BULLAREN.
Putting
up the
Maypole
Finished
| Colleen
learning how to do this! Colleen (standing) Gerd, Bjorg, Laila, Bengt & Kerstin |
Jerry
learning how to do this! Marianne, Jerry, Bjorg, Ulla, Laila & Johnny |
Let the dancing
begin!!
Bengt leading the dancing
| The
next few pictures are of the dancing Långströms
They dance, they jump, they hop, they twirl around, they??? |
Johnny, Liz-Britt, Doris & Gerd Thomas,
Marianne, Ulla, (back) & Doris
| The
Garage!! Kusin Reinert made sure this party was not going to be spoiled by the weather!! Thank you Reinert for going to this trouble!! |
Reinert,
Thomas, Marianne, (back) & Ulla |
| Elsa
serving Hulda a drink!!
Thomas is watching! |
Kent,
Johnny (Norwegian Viking) Bjorg & Bengt The camera was held perfectly still for this picture!!! It is the people in the picture that are shaking!!! |
| Bengt, Mona & Gerd (singing) |
Bengt giving Jerry his
Maypole gift |
| Having a laugh! Thomas, Anne-Lisa, Gerd, Kent & Svante |
Another laugh!! Thomas, Gerd, Doris & Svante |
| Ulla & Emelie | Skoal after a song...One after every song!! They sang lots of songs!! |
| Jerry, (Swede with a Norwegian Viking hat) Johnny, Bengt, (camera) Johan | Laila enjoying herself!!! Bengt with Norwegian Viking hat! |
I hope all you Kusins enjoy this page as much as I enjoyed making it!!
Tack så mycket & Tusen tack, Jerry & Colleen Longstrom