In Sweden, we too have indigenous people, called Sami, who mostly live up north and are caretakers of reindeers. They too have special clothing and a culture rich with crafts and chanting in their own language. I was thinking of them today, as I walked out the door, happily smiling at the sun and feeling reassured about spring also coming this year. Now, our days are becoming longer again, ie we have more daylight.

The Sami people have concluded that we have eight seasons, to mark the shifts in nature. I was wondering if this now is the “spring-winter” but not yet. I have yet to wait for that. Their eight seasons are:

• Spring-winter (March-April)
• Spring (April-May)
• Spring-summer (June)
• Summer (June-July)
• Autumn-summer (August)
• Autumn (Sept-Oct)
• Autumn-winter (Nov-Dec)
• Winter (Dec-March)

The snow has thawed at the moment in Stockholm, Sweden, but we’ll have to wait another two months before we can step into spring. However, with this categorizations, it becomes a little more accurately described to the actual climate here, in comparison to other places. How is it where you live?

For more knowledge about this and the Sami names of the seasons, click here.