Swedish Touches: Recipes and Traditions

by Martha Wiberg Thompson

The book has beautiful photos of customs, festivities, foodways, and institutions that carry on the best of Sweden’s Old World traditions. Color reproductions are included of works by famous Swedish artists and American artists of Swedish descent, including Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, Carl Milles, John F. Carlson, Birger Sandzen, Paul Granlund, and others.

A section on Swedish folk arts, and Dala painting, as revived in America, include Dala interiors by Karen Jenson, noted Minnesota folk artist. Take a tour of interesting Swedish historic sites in America, including those in Lindsborg, Kansas; Bishop Hill, Illinois; Scandia, Minnesota; and The American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.

Paperback. 160 pages.