Gretchen Jones first started coming to Høstfest in September 2017. She works with Ross Sutter at the Scandinavian Youth Camps and also teaches Swedish Language during the week of Høstfest in the schools.

Gretchen first traveled to Sweden on a year-long  high school student exchange program where she lived with a family in Trollhättan and attended the local gymnasium, high school.  Now after more than thirty-five years filled with countless trips and many more months Gretchen has both a Swedish and an American family.

Gretchen has also been on staff at Concordia Swedish Language Village, Sjölunden, where she has taught Weaving and Language.