Explore Map. About Sweden. Language: English. What to do Culture, history and art Swedish traditions Midsummer Midsummer in Sweden — a cherished tradition. Midsummer in Sweden — a cherished tradition The successful midsummer never-ending lunch party formula involves flowers in your hair, dancing around a pole, singing songs while drinking unsweetened, flavoured schnapps. And downing a whole load of pickled herring served with delightful new potatoes, chives and sour cream.
All in all, a grand day out. Last updated 26 February Strawberry cake and the taste of Swedish summer If you want to know what Swedish summer tastes like, look no further than Swedish strawberry cake. When is Midsummer? Midsummer Eve in is on 25 June. Rural communities marked Midsummer with Morris dancing, processions, late-night drinking, the blessing of crops and a banishment of devils and sprites.
Flinty-eyed provincial Puritans were particularly irritated by the giddiness of Midsummer Day because it had been barely more than a month since everyone had got up to the same sort of thing on May Day, the ancient celebration of spring that overlapped in many respects with the conventions of Midsummer. Stubbes regarded late-night summer partying as a time of dangerous sexual excess, when the usually strict rules of propriety and chastity were relaxed.
On holiday nights in May and June, men and women took advantage of mild temperatures and the privacy afforded by a shady grove to spend time together with a freedom that would have been impossible in day to day life. This year, start summer or mark its midpoint by adopting, or adapting, one or more of these practices. Do something to mark these moments because soon, you will see shadows grow longer as the day length begins to decline … and you might wish that you had.
Having had the immense pleasure to have lived at high latitudes, there really are two seasons separated by the muddy times. I miss living in a place where my grandparents native language was spoken as much as English. The Seasons are actually a binary cycle, since the position of the Sun moves between two extremes.
If we were to dismiss the astrological and meteorological line relating to the four seasons, it could be possible to say we only have TWO seasons in the year. No, I'm not barmy, just thinking a little bit too deep about these things, I guess. Yes, I do realise that we have the seasons, i.
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