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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N O M L A S R E W O L F P F T F C H L C
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CELEBRATE  144w
CULTURE  13e
DAISY  1211e
DANCE  158ne
DAYLIGHT  128ne
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  1218w
GREENMAN  139e
IKEA  69se
JOHNDINDAL  148w
MAYPOLE  1413se
MIDSUMMER  1413nw
MOONBEAMS  18s
MUSIC  87e
PICKLED  1920nw
PICNIC  410n
PORRIDGE  1820w
POTLUCK  410s
RIBBONS  65e
SALMON  618w
SINGING  1910w
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  1910s
VALUES  814n
WHITEMARSH  913e