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Midsommar: herring, little frogs and preparing for the weather
To someone seeing Swedish Midsummer from the outside, the whole thing may seem fairly sensible at first.
It is summer. The days are long. People gather outdoors, eat together and put flowers in their hair.
Then fully grown adults begin hopping around a leafy pole while singing about frogs with no ears and no tails.
That is roughly where Midsummer becomes more interesting.
Midsummer is one of Sweden’s biggest celebrations. It takes place in June, close to the longest day o
Johanna N
Jun 116 min read
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