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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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  194s
CULTURE  194sw
DAISY  82e
DANCE  82w
DAYLIGHT  1818n
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  1012s
GREENMAN  1212s
IKEA  1414w
JOHNDINDAL  1414n
MAYPOLE  914sw
MIDSUMMER  914nw
MOONBEAMS  914w
MUSIC  86w
PICKLED  28ne
PICNIC  617n
PORRIDGE  1418e
POTLUCK  125w
RIBBONS  16s
SALMON  66sw
SINGING  114s
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  66e
SWEDEN  611w
VALUES  88e
WHITEMARSH  99s