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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F R U E O N H A U P S N K I A M R N H V
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W N G A W A H E H O R C O X I W E S V M
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CELEBRATE  1218ne
CULTURE  81e
DAISY  1516ne
DANCE  714nw
DAYLIGHT  714n
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  510n
GREENMAN  1212ne
IKEA  136nw
JOHNDINDAL  1414ne
MAYPOLE  914se
MIDSUMMER  914w
MOONBEAMS  914ne
MUSIC  86n
PICKLED  1011ne
PICNIC  1619nw
PORRIDGE  1112se
POTLUCK  1120w
RIBBONS  1313ne
SALMON  66n
SINGING  66s
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  917w
SUMMERTIME  66e
SWEDEN  66sw
VALUES  88s
WHITEMARSH  99s