People have parties featuring this fish served with crispthin hard bread, potatoes, chopped onions and beer or aquavit. The main activities of this time of the year have to do with harvesting and food gathering. Some Swedes enjoy picking berries, the most common being lingon berries and blueberries. They also take up potatoes and other vegetables they have grown themselves. Moose hunting puts a damper on the berry picking.
Many men save a week's vacation and use it for a week of hunting.
It can even be hard to do business in Norrbotten the second week of September. This like many other holidays has an eve that is either celebrated or is a shortened working day. The Friday before All Saint's Day is a short day at the university and School children have vacation. December-January Christmas dominates this time of year. A day of celebration featuring a very early morning visit from Sankta Lucia.