MID SUMMER

CELEBRATE
CULTURE
DAISY
DANCE
DAYLIGHT
FERTILITY
FLOWERS
GREENMAN
IKEA
JOHNDINDAL
MAYPOLE
MIDSUMMER
MOONBEAMS
MUSIC
PICKLED
PICNIC
PORRIDGE
POTLUCK
RIBBONS
SALMON
SINGING
STAWBERRIES
STOCKHOLM
SUMMERTIME
SWEDEN
VALUES
WHITEMARSH

Midsummer celebrations in Sweden were held to welcome summertime and the season of fertility. In some areas, therefore, people dressed up as ‘green men’, clad in ferns. They also decorated their houses and farm tools with foliage, and raised tall, leafy maypoles to dance around, probably as early as the 16th century and modelled on a German tradition. Midsummer was primarily an occasion for young people, but it was also celebrated in the industrial communities of central Sweden, where all mill employees were given a feast of pickled herring, beer and schnapps. It was not until the 20th century, however, that this became the most Swedish of all traditional festivities. Enjoy ~ Culture & Values Committee

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M Y D T C M O I J O H N D I N D A L F V
N E Y L V I M A T Z J L R I B B O N S S
Z K S U Z T J J D R G R E E N M A N T F
N Z I C G R C J Z C E P N Y G H A S X J
M E A E V E E A E B O F L O W E R S G C
W G D L S M M M W H I T E M A R S H E M
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U E E T N B Q Q V R F T I R N Y B H L K
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CELEBRATE  411s
CULTURE  411n
DAISY  313n
DANCE  168ne
DAYLIGHT  1217w
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  1212e
GREENMAN  1210e
IKEA  1113sw
JOHNDINDAL  148e
MAYPOLE  1413se
MIDSUMMER  1419nw
MOONBEAMS  1419w
MUSIC  1419e
PICKLED  1220e
PICNIC  1716w
PORRIDGE  1319ne
POTLUCK  1220w
RIBBONS  139e
SALMON  166nw
SINGING  192w
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  166w
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  616nw
VALUES  1514w
WHITEMARSH  913e