Perhaps the most iconic Midsummer tradition is the dance around the maypole (majstang). This large wooden pole, adorned with ...

Whether you're in Sweden or celebrating elsewhere, Midsummer is a wonderful way to embrace the warmth and light of summer, Scandinavian style. The heart of Midsummer celebrations lies in the ...

The sun never sets on Midsummer’s night in Sweden, ushering in 24 hours of unique festivities that blur the line between past and present. On a Friday between June 19 and 25, when the Swedish ...

Are you really allowed to deface the nicest thing we have, midsummer, to this degree? "Is it really okay to distort Swedish traditions like this before an international audience? Play up to the ...

Unlike most Swedish holidays such as Midsummer's Eve (midsommarafton), Easter (påskafton) and Christmas Eve (julafton), the trettondag holiday is observed on the actual day, rather than the night ...

A beautiful waterfront house, a Swedish flag fluttering in the wind. A sailboat tied to the wooden deck below. This is the setting of the friends' annual Midsummer celebrations. The friends are ...

But after a family tragedy keeps them together, Christian invites a grieving Dani to join him and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village.