A Midsummer Live Stream
Visit Sweden will live stream on Facebook and bring you along to celebrate Midsummer in Sweden.
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- Midsummer in Sweden – a cherished tradition
Midsummer
With roots in pagan times, Midsummer is a celebration of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, but it is also a celebration of life and love.
Photo credit: Faramarz Gosheh/imagebank.sweden.se
Midsummer in Sweden – a cherished tradition
The successful midsummer never-ending lunch party formula involves flowers in your hair, dancing around a pole, singing songs while drinking unsweetened, flavoured schnapps. And downing a whole load of pickled herring served with delightful new potatoes, chives and sour cream. All in all, a grand day out.
A Midsummer Live Stream
On Friday 19 June you can experience one of our most beloved traditions through our Facebook live stream.
Take part of classic Midsummer activities like flower wreath making, the singing at the table set with 'sill' and 'snaps' and watch traditional dancing around the midsummer pole (maypole), and much more – from all over the country. Follow Visit Sweden on Facebook and we will bring you along to celebrate Midsummer in Sweden.
When is Midsummer?
Midsummer Eve in 2020 is on the 19th of June.
Where can you celebrate Midsummer?
Skansen, public parks, gardens, summer cottages, in fact, anywhere in Sweden will do as long as it is outdoors!
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Midsummer flower crown
Midsummer is one of the most celebrated holidays in Sweden. People traditionally pick flowers and create their own floral crowns which they wear throughout the day. It is also said that if you place seven types of flowers under your pillow at midsummer, you will dream about your future spouse.
Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se
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Midsummer flower crown
Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se
La fête de la Saint Jean en Suède
Photo: Christian Ferm/Folio/imagebank.sweden.se
Flower wreath
Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se
Strawberries
Photo: Carolina Romare/imagebank.sweden.se
Midsummer celebration
Photo: Stefan Berg/Folio/imagebank.sweden.se
Who can celebrate midsummer?
Everyone!
How to do Midsummer like a local
Get invited by a local. You will probably go to someones summerhouse ('landställe') which will ensure you get the full experience.
If you're not lucky enough to get an invite, a safe bet to celebrate with Swedish friends (that you don't know yet) is visiting Skansen in Stockholm or visit a public park.
For a really traditional celebration, Dalarna is the place to be. They arrange multiple events leading up to the big day. In Gothenburg, the festivities is at Gunnebo castle and gardens.
Swedish Midsummer for Dummies
Midsummer pole
With roots in pagan times, Midsummer is a celebration of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, but it is also a celebration of life and love. One central aspect of the celebration is to dance around the midsummer pole, or maypole.
Photo: Vilhelm Stokstad/imagebank.sweden.se
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