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  1. 1 Oct 2018

    From the team: After 7 years and 356 twitterers, it's time to say goodbye. Thank you, curators – for having shared Sweden with the world! Bye-bye followers – it’s been fun and wild, but mostly fun! ❤️ 👋

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  2. 30 Sep 2018

    So, this is it. From the last curator () and the first curator (). HEJ DÅ! (Good bye!)

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  3. 30 Sep 2018

    And blog about traditions and holidays at

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  4. 30 Sep 2018

    All good things come to an end. In an hour or so I will tweet the last tweet from this account, not just my last but the last one from this account for ever. It has been a great week. Now I will go back to tweet from and

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  5. 30 Sep 2018

    Other things indicates that the movie takes place years after the war. Les mots by Sartre (1964) TV (late 1950s) The show Nygammalt (1971)

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  6. 30 Sep 2018

    One funny thing is that the film contains several anachronism songs. Many things indicates that the movie takes place during WW2. Most notably a nazi flag.

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  7. 30 Sep 2018

    The short movie was first aired Christmas eve 1975 and since then over one million swedes watch it ever year.

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  8. 30 Sep 2018

    When he started the process the voice actors were already done so Åhlin had to adjust his drawings to the voices. The main character (Karl-bertil Jonsson) was played by a young boy named Per Andrén. And Per Åhlin was inspired by a young Tage Danielsson.

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  9. 30 Sep 2018

    Instead painter Per Åhlin got the assignment to draw the story. He had made some drawings in 1964 for a special edition of the book.

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  10. 30 Sep 2018

    In 1975 Svt (Swedish television) wanted to make a movie from Danielssons story. The plan was to make a real movie with real actors but the budget was limited.

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  11. 30 Sep 2018

    The story was written by Tage Danielsson in 1964 and is about a fourteen year old boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

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  12. 30 Sep 2018

    Every Christmas eve at 7 pm me and my family gather around the TV to watch 30 minutes of pure Christmas magic. Sagan om Karl-bertil Jonssons julafton (The fairy tale of Karl-bertil Jonsson and his Christmas eve) has been on swedish television since 1975.

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  13. 30 Sep 2018

    Do you know who is my favorite swedish character? Santa Claus? The Christmas goat? Arne Weise? Ferdinand the bull? No. My favorite Christmas character is this fourteen year old guy.

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  14. 30 Sep 2018

    However, Lucia and Lucifer have a common root in the Latin word "lux" meaning "light". And lights and candles are very important in swedish celebrations during December (from advent to new years) because of the darkness.

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  15. 30 Sep 2018

    According to several sources, "Lusse" derives from Lucifer (ie the Devil). However, when the word "lussekatt" first begins to be used in the late 19th century, it is derived in the same way as eg. "lussebrud" (Lucia bride) it's unlikely that it's derived from Lucifer.

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  16. 30 Sep 2018

    The devil's cat name changed to lussekatter because "lusse" or "lussi" is an alternative prefix instead of "lucia".

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  17. 30 Sep 2018

    The modern lucia celebration begins to emerge in Sweden in the late 19th century, and it is also then that saffron starts to be used as Christmas sprouts (although in Gothenburg, for example, lussekatter without saffron have been baked).

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  18. 30 Sep 2018

    Jan-Öjvind Swahn writes: "Lussekatter had their counterpart in the cakes that St Nicolaus gave to children, and when his role was taken over by Kinken Jes, he continued with the buns . For some reason, they received the name "duiveskatter" in the low German, = "Devil's cat."

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  19. 30 Sep 2018

    Ok. What about the lussekatter? It's a sweet S-shaped bun that is flavoured with saffron and raisins. Traditionally it's eaten around mid December (Lucia Dec 13).

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  20. 30 Sep 2018

    Nowadays numerous breweries brew one (or more) Christmas beer.

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