Sweden celebrates the the summer solstice with a joyously strange mix of ancient pagan magic, naked lawn-rolling, heavy ...

Swedish Midsummer is one of the biggest celebrations of the year — but it often leaves tourists confused, or even scared if ...

In Sweden, Midsummer Eve is the main day of festivities, when the sun sets late and rises again hours later. It’s a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what ...

The Swedish Day Midsummer Festival returns for its 113th year on Sunday, June 18, at Good Templar Park in Geneva. "Svenskarnas Dag" is the Midwest's oldest Midsummer festival, dating back to 1911.

The traditional music of the annual celebration was first transcribed in the late 19th century to prevent these Scandi ...

For weeks I had been looking forward to the vegan potluck and Maypole dance at my daughter's new school. Parents had been instructed to bring vegan finger food, beverages to share and flowers from the ...

While I had vaguely heard of the Maypole dance over the years, the first one I experienced in person involved schoolchildren in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My son had enrolled as a fifth grader in ...

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 classic “frog ...