One of the relatives has a large farm
near Falkenberg, part of which had been developed into an 18 hole golf club. The
newly built club house was the location for the traditional family reunion
banquet. A local musical group from Tvååker was engaged to provide some of the
entertainment for the evening.
The Andersson family fiddlers were
also called on to play some traditional Swedish music.
We feasted on a variety of good food, took part in a sing-a-long (in both Swedish and English), heard a little about the background of the reunion, saw pictures of some of the absent släkt, and had the opportunity to look at the family tree (which had been printed out, taped together, and was stretched out for a few meters on the wall).
In a family this big, it seems that many occupations are represented. One of the cousins (Per Pedersson) is an award winning pastry chef, and he had prepared enough special decorated cakes for all. We also had to indulge in the ever popular Scandinavian summer treat of jordgubbe (strawberries).
A good time was had by all as we renewed old acquaintances and made new friends of our Swedish and American cousins and their families.
The family fest lasted nearly till dawn (which comes around 3 AM this far north this time of year). So, the next morning we slept late. Then we went to the Bengtsson's house in Falkenberg for an excellent meal and relaxing afternoon.
