No community, organization, club, or other group in Sweden would ever arrange a meeting without fika. Spånga scout group is no exception. I’m a sort of consulting member of the scout group, acting as a mentor when it comes to planning and organizing food for larger events such as summer camps. There is a standing committee that coordinates the scout group’s events. We had a meeting today, and it was my turn to bring fika. Shop-bought lussebullar since it’s nearly December.

There are some in the group who really like to talk, and these committee meetings often take an hour and a half even when there isn’t much on the agenda. An hour and a half seems to be some magical limit; when we start approaching that limit people tend to cut down on the chit-chat and get to the point much faster.

Today only three members were present and we barely had anything on the agenda but one of the ladies really wanted to tell us each of her things at least three times so it still took 40 minutes before we were done.