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 K W S P A A L H G H S A O I L C R J G
P C O N E D E W S A G N M H C A K G Q U
L U L N D H U K R O I O N N Y S L Z I A
R L F C S E U L A V L B E D E C E O H E
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P O A E K I V K E I A I R N L C P O M M
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U E N D A R A E I E E S A A Q Y I K A U
X T B S L E U P H B K R U L A D C S H S
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Z R Z Y X M R A I P L W C I M J I N I G
E B B F L U T K M D Z I W H L E C N L N
R E I R T S T O C K H O L M F I R J W I
S L S L B I O L U W G N U C Q A T W U G
J E U A G C T J M C D R Z L A X Y Y S N
M C M I G E R L V T J S F Q M I R U Q I
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  219n
CULTURE  219ne
DAISY  65n
DANCE  65ne
DAYLIGHT  1110n
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  37n
GREENMAN  139n
IKEA  69w
JOHNDINDAL  148s
MAYPOLE  1413ne
MIDSUMMER  98se
MOONBEAMS  1220e
MUSIC  614s
PICKLED  172s
PICNIC  1710s
PORRIDGE  162w
POTLUCK  210n
RIBBONS  1210n
SALMON  166n
SINGING  2020n
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  95w
VALUES  97w
WHITEMARSH  913n