June 6th.

I feel a kind of bitter sweet feeling today. It is The Swedish National Day. We celebrate our flag.

And it is the first year I do this as a dual citizen. Here is the Swedish national Anthem, all four verses. Usually we only sing the first two.

You ancient, you free, you mountainous North

You quiet, you joyful beauty!

I greet you, most beautiful land on earth,

Your sun, Your sky, Your meadows green.

Your sun, Your sky, Your meadows green.

You throne upon memories of great olden days,

When the honor of your name flew over the earth.

I know that You are and will be as you were.

Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North.

Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North.

I forever want to serve my beloved country,

your faithfulness to death, I swear.

Your right, I will protect with mind and hand,

your banner, great the brave carries.

your banner, great the brave carries.

With God I shall fight, for home and hearth,

for Sweden, the dear motherland.

I trade You not, for anything in the world

No, I want to live I want to die in the North.

No, I want to live I want to die in the North.

But as I listen to this song.. There are parts I realize I can't sing along with anymore. I can't say that I want to live in Norden. I don't. I have chosen not to. I wouldn't mind being buried there.. But I don't want to live there.

I also can't say I wouldn't trade Sweden for something else, as I have already done that.

So it is bitter sweet to listen to the song. My heart belongs to the USA now. When I said 'I do' at the swearing in, I really meant it, the oath.

I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;

that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;

that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;

that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law;

that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law;

that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law;

and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.

So today I feel a little bit lost. I want to feel my Swedish part in me, to feel the beauty of the Swedish flag.

So .. Today we are flying the Swedish flag outside our house, as we did last year. Even if most Americans remember D-Day today. And thus fly the Grand Old Flag.

But today I am Swedish.