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People packed the church to listen to Pastor Roberto Baptista.
National Day
celebration
Photos by Mario Henrique
The Swedish National Day (a holiday observed on June 6
in Sweden) was celebrated in São Paulo on Sunday June
8 at the Scandinavian Church. As usual, the event attracted
many members of the Swedish community in São
Paulo and their spouses, children and friends.
The day began with a mass celebrated by Pastor
Roberto Baptista, after which everyone watched the children raise
the Swedish flag in a very festive atmosphere. This was followed by
a cocktail party and welcome speech by Sweden’s Consul General
Renato Pacheco Neto, who welcomed all to the traditional buffet
luncheon in the Skandinavium banquet hall.
After the much appreciated luncheon, everyone listened to a
speech by Pernilla Josefsson Lazo, Minister Counsellor at the Embassy
of Sweden in Brasília, and participated in a raffle with many prizes,
including a microwave oven donated by Electrolux. The celebration
ended with people dancing merrily around the Midsummer Pole, a
typically Swedish tradition.
(From left) Norwegian Consul General
Cesar Garrubo, Danish Consul General
Eva Bisgaard Pedersen, Renato Pacheco
Neto and Pernilla Josefsson Lazo from
the Swedish Embassy in Brasilia.
Johan Norén from Business
Sweden receives his raffle
prize from Julia von Maltzan
Pacheco, the Swedish Consul
General’s wife.
Sweden’s Consul General Renato Pacheco Neto welcomed all
participants in the National Day celebration.
More than 200 people filled the Skandinavium for the buffet
luncheon.
Swedish ladies in their traditional dresses: Beata
Moberg, Cecilia Calson, Katarina Ausenius and
Isabelle Berglund.
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