Easter in Sweden lasts from Holy Thursday until Easter Monday. Children dress up as Easter Witches and visit homes in search of candy, similar to Halloween. Houses are decorated with birch branches, feathers, and painted eggs, which families paint by hand at home. It is common for an egg hunt to take place on Easter Sunday afternoon, with traditions tracing back to medieval times when witches were believed to hold meetings on Blåkull island, accessible only by broomstick.

1. EASTER IN SWEDEN

2. When does it start?
Easter in Sweden lasts from Holy Thursday
until Easter Monday, when Easter ends the
Swedish.

3. Traditions
Children take center stage as they make
something similar to Halloween, dressing up
as Easter Witches and visiting the homes in
search of the precious candy or sweets.

4. Traditions
The houses are decorated with birch
branches, feathers and painted Easter egg
colors. The eggs can be painted by hand
at home. It's common that search for eggs
takes place on Easter Sunday afternoon.

5. Where does
It goes back to medieval times, when there
were witches who at this time held a "coven"
in the island Blåkull. The only quick and
convenient way to get there was riding a
flying broomstick.

6. JOSE ANTONIO 6ºB END