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The Swedish community in Qatar recently celebrated its National Day with pride and patriotism.
The Swedish Association of Qatar hosted a reception at Hotel JW Marriott Marquis, West Bay Doha, to mark the occasion. Officials from the embassy of Sweden, Swedish business and professional community members, and guests joined the celebration.
Ann Jangsell Williams, president of the Swedish Association Qatar, welcomed the guests for joining in the National Day celebrations “away from homeland with the heart pounding extra hard for motherland Sweden”. She mentioned the deep emotional bonds and patriotism of the Swedish nationals.
She congratulated Swedish nationals and friends on the occasion and recalled how they celebrate the day back home with family members and family friends in Stockholm.
She thanked the embassy and the Swedish community for their support in organising various socio-cultural events from the community platform. She also thanked the media for its continuous support in covering and highlighting Swedish cultural and traditional events in Qatar.
Sweden has been celebrating its National Day since 1983, when the King and the Queen of Sweden take part in a ceremony at Skansen, Stockholm open air museum. The surroundings are covered with yellow and blue Swedish flags and children in traditional colourful costumes present bouquets of summer flowers to the royal couple.
June 6 is the day on which Gustav Vasa was crowned as King in 1523, who laid the foundation of Sweden as an independent state. The Constitution of the country was adopted on same day in 1809.
Arthur Hazelius, the founder of Skansen Open Air Museum, Stockholm held the first National Day celebration on June 6, 1890.
Sweden presented Midsummer Day as a form of Swedish National Day at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, USA. In 1916, 06 June became Swedish Flag Day celebrating the acquiring of its own flag following the dissolution of the Union with Norway in 1905.
The Swedish Association of Qatar hosted a reception at Hotel JW Marriott Marquis, West Bay Doha, to mark the occasion. Officials from the embassy of Sweden, Swedish business and professional community members, and guests joined the celebration.
Ann Jangsell Williams, president of the Swedish Association Qatar, welcomed the guests for joining in the National Day celebrations “away from homeland with the heart pounding extra hard for motherland Sweden”. She mentioned the deep emotional bonds and patriotism of the Swedish nationals.
She congratulated Swedish nationals and friends on the occasion and recalled how they celebrate the day back home with family members and family friends in Stockholm.
She thanked the embassy and the Swedish community for their support in organising various socio-cultural events from the community platform. She also thanked the media for its continuous support in covering and highlighting Swedish cultural and traditional events in Qatar.
Sweden has been celebrating its National Day since 1983, when the King and the Queen of Sweden take part in a ceremony at Skansen, Stockholm open air museum. The surroundings are covered with yellow and blue Swedish flags and children in traditional colourful costumes present bouquets of summer flowers to the royal couple.
June 6 is the day on which Gustav Vasa was crowned as King in 1523, who laid the foundation of Sweden as an independent state. The Constitution of the country was adopted on same day in 1809.
Arthur Hazelius, the founder of Skansen Open Air Museum, Stockholm held the first National Day celebration on June 6, 1890.
Sweden presented Midsummer Day as a form of Swedish National Day at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, USA. In 1916, 06 June became Swedish Flag Day celebrating the acquiring of its own flag following the dissolution of the Union with Norway in 1905.
