MILLIONS OF DAFFODILS | Swedish traveling in the springtime

Swedish traveling in the springtime is filled with colorful gems. Like this unique farm that grows more than a million daffodils for thousands of visitors to enjoy.

Fagerås is a small town where people come every year to experience a colorful spring miracle. Here grow millions of daffodils that is not only yellow but orange and white as well.

In 1978, Arne and Birgit Andersson, the owners of the farm, decided to plant the first bulbs in the soil. Back then it was around 500 that throughout the years have become over a million beautiful daffodils that make people come from everywhere to see their charming colorful corner of the Swedish countryside. It is easy to forget the time when strolling around the small paths enjoying the warmer sun after a long winter.

My mother had learned that my wife Lindsay love daffodils, so it was such a nice surprise when we one charming spring, not too long ago, were treated with a trip together to see it in person. To experience the winding roads of the south of Sweden from a car window is exciting, especially when nature has transformed from its cold rest to bloom in bright joyful colors.

Since we love daffodils it was a much pleasant surprise to see millions of them at once.

We let the green surrounding tell us their story of spring while getting closer and closer to the beloved daffodil farm called Fagerås, which name can be translated to “The Fair Mound.” It is certainly a perfect name for this yellow gem hidden in the south part of Sweden.

We are far from the only visitors. Many people of different age enjoy this beautiful day, strolling around watching more types of daffodils that we did not know could exist. (Fagerås have around 100 different kinds) As much as it is an admiration for the eye it is also a floral lesson that with small signs gives us all sorts of information about the different kinds of daffodils.

Daffodil facts that you might not know about the beloved yellow gem of Sweden:

• Daffodils are one of the earliest flowers to arrive in the spring.

• It is often associated with springtime and rebirth.

• The most common color is yellow, but some can be white, pink, or even green.
• Fun fact: In Swedish daffodil is “påskliljor” which translates literally to “Easter lily”

After strolling around for a while we are enriched with new knowledge and the beauty of how much diversity an easy thing like a daffodil can have. The color yellow has become more than just one color but a widespread palette filled with more different kinds of yellow than a well-assorted art store can offer.

As a great ending of a much pleasant day, we take seats in the heated barn that nowadays is turned into a cafe. We are having “fika” together and it is a perfect way to end an adventure that took us to “The Fair Mound” of Fagerås, where the line between reality and fairy tales are overgrown with the most beautiful flower of spring.

You simply can’t know for sure if you are in a fairy tale or not. We hope that you as well can experience this for yourself when you visit Sweden. For us, it was for sure a day to remember!

Bye for now & Hej då allihopa!

-Jonas & Lindsay

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BONUS TIPS: If you can’t stray too far away from Gothenburg, there’s still plenty of spring treasures in the big city such as one of Europe’s best-preserved 19th-century parks, Trädgårdsföreningen (The Garden Society) of Göteborg, where vibrant tulips adorn the park in the spring and exotic flowers flourish in the Victorian era Palmhuset (Palm Greenhouse) even in the winter.