Midsummer Eve is always celebrated on a Friday between June 19 and 25. This year, it falls on June 21, but in many places around Sweden festivities are held during the whole Midsummer weekend.

News & Advice You Don't Have to Be in Sweden to Celebrate Midsummer This Year Midsummer pole dances, folk dancing, and flower wreath-making are going virtual.

The Real History of Midsummer Much of the horror in Midsommar comes from the ancient Pagan history of the festival. But, according to Tidholm, the Midsummer festival in Sweden actually has few ...

What it's like to celebrate midsummer in Sweden The Swedish celebration of summer and the season of fertility is marked with a huge smorgasbord, maypole dancing and partying late into the night.

The Swedish Day Midsummer Festival returns for its 113th year on Sunday, June 18, at Good Templar Park in Geneva. "Svenskarnas Dag" is the Midwest's oldest Midsummer festival, dating back to 1911 ...

As Vikander told Kimmel, “Everybody between the ages of five and 95 in Sweden knows this dance and does it every year.” Midsummer at the world’s oldest open-air museum ...

Although this is my tenth Midsummer in Sweden, the celebrations I’ve been to have been low-key affairs eschewing tradition: a barbecue, games, but no maypole. Malin and Christian, however, go ...

As Vikander told Kimmel, “Everybody between the ages of five and 95 in Sweden knows this dance and does it every year.” Midsummer at the world’s oldest open-air museum The Midsummer maypole ...

As Vikander told Kimmel, “Everybody between the ages of five and 95 in Sweden knows this dance and does it every year.” Midsummer at the world’s oldest open-air museum ...