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Swedish Club Lucia
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Applications for the Swedish Club of Houston's 2008 Lucia are now being
accepted. Our 2008 Lucia will be presented at the
Swedish Christmas Traditions and Lucia Procession.
Candidates must be young women between the ages of 16 and 24, and they must be members of the Club. In addition, they must be able to attend the Swedish Christmas Traditions program, and they must also be able to represent the Club at the Texas Day celebration in Barkeryd, Sweden on Sunday, August 2, 2009. Round-trip airfare for our 2008 Lucia will be provided from Chicago to Sweden. Our Lucia is responsible for her own ground or air transportation to and from Chicago. As ambassador of the Swedish Club of Houston, our Lucia will be in a parade and send greetings to the people of Barkeryd on behalf of the Club. Finally, on her return to Houston, our Lucia must write an article for publication in The Swedish Club News about her adventures in Sweden. The Swedish Club of Houston has been represented by the following Lucia's:
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Application for Lucia Candidates,
Lucia Attendants, and Star Boys
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Applications must be postmarked by October 1, 2008 to:
For more information, contact Margaret St. Clair. |
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Why is Barkeryd, Sweden important to Texans?
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Barkeryd, Sweden is a small parish near Nässjö in Småland.
The church is a beautiful rose color and can hold as many as 450 people.
This small parish had half of the population emigrate to Texas between 1836
and 1927. The conditions were bad and the opportunity of settling in America
was given to the people of Barkeryd. Around 1867 many young people left
Barkeryd and S.M. Swenson and Svante Palm paid for their passage to come to
work for them in Texas. Texas was a new place where workers were needed to
help on the farms. The immigrants worked off their passage in about 2 years.
After the debt was paid off they were free to live and work for themselves.
In honor of the large number of immigrants to Texas from Barkeryd, the people of Barkeryd were proclaimed honorary citizens of Texas on May 27, 1975 by Gov. Dolph Briscoe. There are many Swedish communities around Central Texas which were settled by the Barkeryd immigrants. Some of them are New Sweden, Hutto, Lund, Austin, Manor, Govalle, Palm Valley, Round Rock, Georgetown and many more. The Swedish settlers made a real mark in Texas' history; many important people were of Swedish decent. Today you can travel in Central Texas and see the many beautiful churches and landmarks that Swedes helped make. Be proud of your Swedish heritage. Travel to Sweden and find out where your roots came from! |
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