Swedish wedding

[TVTomy]

Hi!

Can anyone tell me how a traditional swedish wedding looks like?

How do the sweds celebrate after the offical part of the wedding?

What do they eat and drink?

Thanks for your help - tack så mycket!
Tomy

Well the few I have gone to, have been like most anywhere in western europe or the states, as for the food, maybe a bit more fish and such, same drink´, wine beer ect.. perhaps Bosse might have more on this.

[tandir]

I love this tradition, Niquie! My best friend is planning her wedding at the moment, so, as bridesmaid, am finding myself doing a lot of homework for her big day. I must pass these two on ...

BTW, we found another endearing Turkish tradition. The bride writes the names of all the single female guests under her wedding shoes, and at the end of the evening the name left most visible will be the next to marry

Her shoes will be black with names underneath....

[bosse_s]

I feel the pressure... Well, after the official ceremony, there is a dinner/party. The common thing is that the couple leave the church/whatever first in a fancy car, then the guests leave for the party and the wedding couple shows up after the guests have arrived. The party usually starts with a dinner. I guess there is no typical “wedding food”, but depending on where you are in the country there might be some “local flavour” to it. Typical though, is that there are a lot of speeches, starting with the father of the bride, then running in an order managed by the “toastmaster”. During dinner, speeches are mixed with songs, and toasts for the couple. After the dinner (three-meal course or more, and it usually last for at least three hours), there is coffee and aperitif - and naturally the Wiener waltz. Then, there is a party. The wedding couple is supposed to leave the party before the last guests to a secret resort.

Swedish weddings are not "fancy" in an American tv-kinda-way, but perhaps a bit more "traditional" in the sense that the toasts and speeches are an important feature. On the whole, I do not think it differs very much. As we live in a secularized country, I think it is fair to say that there has been an increasing influence of wedding traditions taken from other countries, so there aren’t to many rules really.

Read through these posts and see if it gives you an idea.

http://www.amerikanska.com/modules.p...ding+tradition