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