About The Couple
Roopal and Christoffer live in South West Sweden in Jonkoping city. Roopal´s grandparents and father came to Sweden in 1973 from Uganda and her mother is from India. Roopal and her younger brother and sister are all born in Sweden. Her family is Gujarati.

Christoffer is from a town called Habo, not far from Jonkoping. He moved to Jonkoping in 1999 when he started to work as an Implementation Engineer for a telecom company. His parents, brother and sister live in Habo.

“Even though we are from different cultural backgrounds, our open-minded personalities has made it very easy for us and we find that it the most important character in strengthening our relationship”.

The couple is now moving to Gothenburg and start their married life down there."

How They Met
They first met in 2002 in the company where they both worked. Soon Roopal went on holiday and left Sweden for 4 weeks. In the meanwhile they were in contact all the time. When Roopal returned from her holiday they both knew they were meant to be together. “Once we knew this we started to plan our next steps. We got engaged (the Swedish way) on 9th June 2003 and the happy occasion was witnessed by our families over a dinner.”

The Shopping Trip to Ahmedabad
“After the engagement, we had 14 months to plan our two big weddings and several other occasions plus a shopping trip to Ahmedabad, India. The shopping in India was the first milestone in our planning. Since the wedding was in Sweden (where you cannot find any wedding items) we had to buy everything from invitation cards, sherwanis, sarees, weeding dress, jewellery, mandap decoration pieces, wedding ceremony items and so much more.”

Christian Church Wedding
The wedding ceremony started at 2.30 pm in Christopher’s hometown Habo. After the wedding ceremony a reception was held with a three-course dinner, a big wedding cake and fine entertainment acts by the bride and groom’s families and friends.

Hindu Wedding
The groom arrived riding a big brown horse. The bride arrived in an old and classic 1954 model car. Her younger brother Amrish and her cousin Harshal led her to the mandap. A priest who is Roopal´s mother’s uncle from England led the wedding ceremony. Over six hundred guests witnessed the function.

The theme for the both weddings was wine red and white. For the Christian wedding for the centrepieces we had bowls made of glass with red crystal stones at the bottom, with a green twig and dark red roses. For the Hindu wedding the groom and his father made the mandap. Roopal’s aunt from England, her cousins and close friends decorated the mandap in wine red and white sarees and flowers.

Wedding Menu
Christian Wedding
Starters: Prince Charles Pastry Vegetarian Pastry
Main Course: Buffet of chicken, turkey, roast beef, vegetarian beef and nuggets, assorted exotic fruits, vegetables, potato salad, potatoes au gratin, assorted cheese and crackers. Dessert: Traditional Swedish cheese cake with whipped cream and jam Traditional wedding cake, different biscuits and home made pastry

Hindu Wedding
Aloo curry, mutter panir, poori, dhokla, rice, khadi, shrikand, salad and pickles.

What the Bride and Groom Wore
Christian Wedding: The bride wore an off-white wedding gown from the Amanda Wyatt collection. The fabric was French Crepe in a halter neck design. The gown was bought at a wedding store in Sweden. The groom wore a wedding suit, which he had designed himself. The suit was all black with a white vest. SevenEarth in Ahmedabad, India made the suit.

Hindu Wedding: The bride wore a wine-red chaniya choli in georgette with golden embrodery. The wedding outfit specialist Kuntal in Ahmedabad, India made the dress. The groom wore a light green/beige and red sherwani with a red and gold dupatta from SevenEarth, Ahmedabad.