19th June (transfered from document)
Nice weather, about 8 degrees.
We and the Swedish fishing guides (from the fishing camp “Nordic Sea Angling”) with relatives are doing our first try to set a new standard for Skreda when it comes to celebrate also the Swedish Midsummer. This day is always celebrated on the Friday closest to the summer solstice day (sommarsolståndet), in difference to the Norwegian Midsummer, which is always celebrated on the summer solstice day, whenever it will be.
As we didn’t have any Swedish Midsummer pole and the fishing guides woke up late after a long night fishing, we skipped this part of the celebration and went straight to the dinner with ”sill” (marinated herring) and potatoes as starter (is usually eaten at lunch time in Sweden) and meat barbeque as main course. To this we had ”nubbe” (flavored alcohol), beer and wine. During the intake of this we could surprise the passing Norwegians with “nubbe” songs of better or worse content.
Dessert had of course to be the classical strawberries with whipped cream. We were surprised to see strawberries so cheap in Norway, but perhaps Norwegians also eat strawberries at their midsummer so it is the same classic for them as for us?
What happens in Skreda 