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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A C M Y L N Z N P O R R I D G E G J T M
R I R R T R A C O N H T T M P N L H K I
B P X H Y I E M J B A N Z H I S G L P E
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L C J F W M I I M E R I N I L B A N L C
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C L D O V O Z F T R S R A J S D P W J P
W E L W V H C L V E E D G Y K Y A J G J
S D B E K K U D C B J F I A A Q R L J E
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W K I O H V K Q W J E B P O T L U C K A
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CELEBRATE  110n
CULTURE  613ne
DAISY  187sw
DANCE  1610ne
DAYLIGHT  1211ne
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  48s
GREENMAN  1210nw
IKEA  1316sw
JOHNDINDAL  148se
MAYPOLE  1413ne
MIDSUMMER  1413nw
MOONBEAMS  420e
MUSIC  1413se
PICKLED  26s
PICNIC  26n
PORRIDGE  104e
POTLUCK  1318e
RIBBONS  139nw
SALMON  616w
SINGING  1110ne
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616n
SUMMERTIME  616e
SWEDEN  1220e
VALUES  814e
WHITEMARSH  913e