When June rolls around in Sweden, it's time to pick wildflowers, feast on pickled herring and dance around the maypole.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers perform during the 2021 Midsummer's Festival. The festival is back in full this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Every year around the summer solstice, Swedes gather to ...

What's fascinating about Midsommar, the new horror movie from Ari Aster, is how it slowly settles you into into an isolated Swedish village, and gently elevates the tension of their customs until it's ...

Social News Reporter Alice Sjoberg has explained why Midsummer is many Swedes favourite holiday (stock image) -Credit:JONATHAN NACKSTRAND, AFP via Getty Images Back in 2019, audiences worldwide found ...

(CNN) — Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what Swedish Midsummer is all about (she even taught him the ...

Every summer, when the days are longer and the nights hardly turn dark, Sweden bursts into celebration with its much-loved Midsummer Festival. Held in June, around the longest day of the year, ...

As if feeling left out, a robot lawn mower buzzes towards the maypole where four locals are putting me through my paces. Topped by a rooster for protection, the pole is decorated with rings ...

(CNN) — Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what Swedish Midsummer is all about (she even taught him the ...

Visit Sweden is inviting people from around the world to experience the joy of Midsummer through a series of virtual events. On Friday June 19th, Midsummer’s Eve, the country’s most beloved traditions ...

For Swedish-born chef Emma Bengtsson, of New York City's Aquavit, Midsummer celebrations back home are filled with flower gathering, picnics of gravlox and first-harvest potatoes, and plenty of her ...