Comments on: The Scandinavian Santa Lucia Celebrations Explained /santa-lucia-day/ All Things Norway, In English Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: John /santa-lucia-day/#comment-995603 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:32:51 +0000 /?p=67239#comment-995603 “Norwegians embraced Christianity more or less voluntarily when King Olav Haraldsson declared it an official religion around 1020.”

The ‘more or less’ is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that sentence.

Although perhaps, ‘become Christian or die’ was considered to be voluntarily 1000 years ago. However, by any modern standards, Norway became a Christian country by the sword.

]]> By: Donna Forfang Baker /santa-lucia-day/#comment-995589 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:51:46 +0000 /?p=67239#comment-995589 I am of both Swedish and Norwegian descent and I loved hearing about the holiday traditions and history.

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