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Written by Dena
29 Apr 2015
A few weeks ago, an invitation came into my mailbox. An invitation to the Spring Ball of the Law society in Lund. The Spring Ball is usually a big deal, or so I’ve heard.
A few phone calls later, I had managed to find friends going to the ball with me. Elisabeth and I had the whole thing planned out. We started off by going shopping a few weeks before the ball (well, of course).
On the day of the ball, we met up early to have brunch.
![Yum](https://studyinsweden.se/transformations/2015/04/vscocam-photo-145-902x902.jpg-1920x.jpg)
Then we went to the Akademiska Föreningen Borgen (basically, the castle of the Academic Society) for the ball.
![The Marshalls](https://studyinsweden.se/transformations/2015/04/vscocam-photo-1-902x1353.jpg-1920x.jpg)
There were 500 lawyers wearing their best dresses and suits. It was quite a view. And everyone had these medals from all the balls they’ve been to. I have one too now! Woohoo! 🙂
![Spring ball](https://studyinsweden.se/transformations/2015/04/Spring-ball-902x541.jpg-1920x.jpg)
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The dinner started at 18:00, and went on until midnight. It started off with the room singing the Swedish anthem. I only knew a few verses, but I tried my best to fit in. 🙂
The dinner was interrupted by many, many speeches (in Swedish), choir and dance performances, and a few bathroom breaks where you risked being run over by the stampede of people running to make it before the doors close again. It’s quite unusual. I even saw some women take off their shoes to run faster.
Throughout the dinner, there were lots of traditional student songs that everyone knew by heart! I think I was the only one having to read the lyrics from the songbook (sånghäfte).
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The ball finished exactly at midnight and then we went on to have a snack and a drink (right after dinner) in another room while the great hall is cleared up to become a dance floor. And well, then there was a concert and a lot of dancing through the night.
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It was a lot of fun and it’s definitely something I’d recommend as a part of the experience of studying in Sweden.
![What's a ball without some glow sticks?](https://studyinsweden.se/transformations/2015/04/IMG_3104-902x1203.jpg-1920x.jpg)