Welcome to the
official web site for Svensk Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg, Kansas - Little
Sweden USA. October
9 - 10, 2009 
The
first Svensk Hyllningsfest was held in October 1941, to honor the Swedish
pioneers who settled in the Smoky Valley in 1868-69. Lindsborg's Svensk Hyllningsfest is a biennial tribute to the Swedish pioneers
occurring in October of odd numbered years. The festival features art, crafts, special
foods, ethnic music, folk dancing, parade, smörgåsbord, and
special entertainment. The festival coincides with the Bethany
College homecoming. Many of Lindsborg's residents don traditional Swedish folk costumes
for the event. Swedish folk dance groups and musicians add to the Swedish flavor of the
festival.
At festival time the Lindsborg community
enjoys a "togetherness" as everyone participates in some aspect of the
celebration. Newcomers have as much fun "becoming Swedish" as do the long time
residents. This community closeness may be the highest tribute we can pay to the
immigrants who also exemplified this kind of unity - a fitting legacy for future residents
of the Smoky Valley.
Friday night Swedish smörgåsbord...
A Svensk Hyllningsfest Friday Night tradition! Authentic Swedish cuisine
served buffet style including all of your favorite Swedish delicacies. Limited
to 1,200 diners.
Smörgåsbord
tickets are still available.
Click Here for more info.
On Saturday evening, enjoy our headline entertainment.
Folk dancing and folk music lend a unique character and spirit to Svensk
Hyllningsfest. The Dancers - from eager young grade school students who have been
practicing for months to the Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers
(high school age students) and the Lindsborg Folkdanslag (their
adult counterparts) - are charming and enthusiastic performers. The festival also
features live demonstrations of cooking, arts, crafts, and folk costumes among
others. The parade, featuring area marching bands, floats, antique cars, and other
parade entries is a key attraction.
Festival support buttons are available for
$5. These admit you to all festival events except for the Smörgåsbord
and the Saturday evening entertainment.
Join our ALLSPEL at Svensk
Hyllningsfest!
There will be an opportunity to participate in our ALLSPEL again at Svensk Hyllningsfest in October. For the ALLSPEL we encourage all musicians, fiddlers and players of other instruments, alumni-fiddlers and future fiddlers, guests as well as Lindsborg-musicians, senior citizens as well as students. This will be the second ALLSPEL, and we need you!
Visit our ALLSPEL page.
The Svensk Hyllningsfest Committee is currently seeking Scandinavian or
Scandinavian-American artists, artisans, craftsmen, and entertainers (humorists,
folklorists, dancers, musicians, storytellers, etc.) for participation in the festival.
Spaces are available in the arts and crafts tents for sales or demonstrations and
time slots are currently available at various venues throughout the three day festival.
Please contact the Svensk Hyllningsfest Committee
with your thoughts or suggestions.
The next Svensk Hyllningsfest will occur October
9 - 10, 2009. Please join us
for a true Swedish experience in the heart of America! Lindsborg is located just twenty
miles south of Interstate 70 at Salina, or seventy miles north of Wichita on Interstate
135. For more information about Svensk Hyllningsfest, guest accommodations, or
other special events in Lindsborg, please contact the Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce. For
information on lodging and dining, as well as other area attractions, you may wish to
visit the Lindsborg Chamber of Commerce web site at: http://www.lindsborg.org
Donations to the festival can be mailed to PO Box 323, Lindsborg, KS 67456 and checks can be made out to Svensk Hyllningsfest Committee.
Money donated will be used to fund the festival. Festival support buttons can be purchased by calling the Lindsborg Chamber
of Commerce toll free at 1-888-227-2227.
For ticket orders and additional information
write:
Svensk Hyllningsfest
P.O. Box 323
Lindsborg, KS 67456
Or E-Mail: Committee Chairmen
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