Påskkärringar is the Swedish Easter custom of children dressing as witches and visiting homes for treats.
Children commonly wear old clothes, headscarves, painted cheeks, and drawn-on freckles to resemble traditional witches. They may go from door to door carrying decorated coffee pots or baskets and offer handmade Easter drawings or cards in exchange for sweets.
The imagery connects Easter with older Scandinavian folklore about witches and with the belief that witches traveled to the mythical island Blåkulla around Maundy Thursday. The modern practice is generally playful and family-oriented rather than religiously solemn.
Påskkärringar is often compared with Halloween trick-or-treating because children dress up and visit neighbors. The timing and symbolism are different, however: the Swedish custom is associated with Easter and usually occurs during the days before Easter Sunday or on Maundy Thursday.