The summer conference in celebration of Swedish tradition
The JCI International Crayfish Conference is a relaxing low intense conference with the chance to experience the tradition that is the Swedish Crayfish Party. The Crayfish tradition is an old tradition which started as a celebration of the season for fishing crayfish is starting. During the 19th century the purpose of the tradition changed to be a celebration about the end of summer and a loud welcome to autumn, which in Sweden more or less feel the same as summer.
The expression Kräftskiva or directly translate to english Crayfish Disc(?), Crayfish Plate(?), Crayfish Slab(?)… you know Conference sounds much better… Anyhow, the expression was during the 1930s where adopted by the public and soon after that was integrated as a Swedish tradition. The tradition might look a bit strange through the international looking glas with our paraphernalia like hats and other decorations, our snaps songs and apparently how we consume the crayfish is deemed extremely Scandinavian. But you will come to see that it is a joyful tradition with a lot of singing, smiles and snaps, a lot of snaps.
We in JCI Halmstad really hope you will come and experience our fine tradition that is Crayfish Slab which actually in the end is a pretty accurate name since eating crayfish with your bare hands is pretty slabbigt which is Swedish slang for messy/smudgy. If you are already familiar with the tradition and/or International Crayfish Conference we urge you to come back for another year of crayfish fun!
Hope to see you there!
