Midsommarfirande i Fjällbacka

"The UNESCO World Heritage rock-art site of Vitlycke near Tanumshede marks the summer solstice with a special evening celebration among Bronze Age carvings, linking Sweden's oldest midsummer traditions to the landscape where they were born."

Sommarsolståndet på Vitlycke museum

"The southernmost inhabited island in the Göteborg archipelago holds an intimate two-day Midsommar: visitors are invited to bring wildflowers to help dress the maypole on the Thursday, before harbour-side dancing, home-baked fika and local lotteries on Midsommarafton."

Midsommarfirande på Vrångö

"On car-free Käringön island, the whole community walks together from the harbour up to the Myra meadow where the midsommarstang awaits, celebrating with songs and dancing in a classic Bohuslän archipelago setting with two award-winning island restaurants nearby."

Midsommarfirande på Käringön

"In one of Bohuslän's most perfectly preserved medieval fishing villages, residents and visitors dress and raise the midsommarstang together at Mor Johannas ang, dancing amid tightly-packed red and white timber houses that have barely changed since the 1200s."

Midsommarfirande på Gullholmen

"The classic Bohuslän fishing village of Smögen raises its midsommarstang near the famous Smögenbryggan boardwalk at Badhusparken, with locals and visitors gathering for dancing and herring by the sea in one of Sweden's most quintessential west-coast Midsommar settings."

Midsommarfirande i Smögen

"Nordens Ark, the rare-breeds wildlife park set on the historic Aby Sateri estate in Sotenäs, hosts Midsommar celebrations among its endangered Nordic animals, combining traditional maypole dancing with the unusual backdrop of wolverines, lynx and European bison."

Midsommarfirande på Nordens ark, Åby Säteri

"A proudly non-commercial, volunteer-run music and arts festival held on a rural festplats deep in the Östergötland forest, championing local and emerging talent across multiple outdoor stages."

EFFIR

"One of Uppland's most enduring folk-music gatherings, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2026 with a day of open-air traditional Swedish fiddle playing and dancing in the small town of Kungsängen."

Kungsängens spelmansstämma

"During Ölands Skördefest the entire village street of Eriksöre on eastern Öland opens up as a living gallery, with painters, ceramicists, photographers, wood carvers and blacksmiths exhibiting alongside each other in the authentic Ölandic farmstead setting."

Ölands Skördefest - Eriksöre byagata

"A free children's midsummer celebration held in the grounds of the artist Anders Zorn's beautifully preserved 18th-century gammelgård, with maypole-raising and dances in a heritage setting beside the Dalarna countryside."

Barnens midsommarfirande på Zorns Gammelgård

"Sweden's most celebrated midsummer gathering sees church boats bearing flower garlands row down the Österdalälven before thousands dance ring-dances around a hand-raised 26-metre pole in the natural bowl of Sammilsdal park."

Midsommar i Gropen

"The intimate afternoon maypole-raising at Leksand's historic hembygdsgårdar beside the church brings children and adults together in folk costume for dancing led by Leksands Folkdanslag before the main evening procession."

Lilla majstångsresningen vid Leksands hembygdsgårdar