Påskkärring
Påskkärring , Easter witch or Easter woman ( påsk means Easter and kärring woman in Swedish ) is, according to old Swedish tradition, a witch who flies on her broom to Blåkulla on Maundy Thursday , the Swedish counterpart to Brocken or Blocksberg .
In Sweden, children dress up as Påskkärringar on this day . Their clothes usually consist of a long dress, an apron and a headscarf, as well as a coffee kettle, a broom and a basket in which to collect sweets. Because that is the point, you go from house to house in small groups and beg for sweets or other small gifts, as a “reward” self-drawn pictures with Easter motifs are presented.
Since when children in Sweden dress up as Easter women is uncertain. There are records from 1863 attesting to this practice, but it does not appear to have spread until the early 20th century.