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More than 35 people participated in the Swedish Midsummer Picnic.

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Jens Hobro enjoyed the Midsummer picnic with his pregnant girlfriend. He has lived in Singapore for eight months and works as regional manager for Electrolux.

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Community singing Swedish classics like "Helan gar" and "Tank om jag hade lilla nubben."

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Aussie-German Yoshi Tachimoto joined in singing. He learned Swedish from a Finnish minority Swede in Vietnam.

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Katarina Wahlstedt (in black) say cheers with Swedish schnapps.

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Charlotte Jakobsson, her boyfriend Yoshi Tachimoto, and Katarina Wahlstedt playing the traditional Swedish game called Kubb.

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Katarina Wahlstedt wearing the traditional Midsummer garland and Charlotte Jakobsson.

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Playing Kubb. The Kubb game can be bought in stores all over Scandinavian. But in Singapore the game was custom-made by a local carpenter.

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Regina Hermelin and Ulf Svensson and their little new Amanda. The smiling couple are waiting for the new Swedish citizen to come soon.

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Fransisca Wijanarko (in front) was invited to join the picnic by her Swedish friend Cherie Tan (in blue). The two girls used to live together and Fransisca once visited Cherie's family in Sweden.

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"Everyone are welcome at Young Professionals Singapore. As long as they are young and like Scandinavian traditions," says YP chairman Katarina Wahlstedt.