Midsommarfirande på Hembygdsgården, Sollerön
On Siljan's sun-drenched island, birch-horn calls echo across the water as costumed fiddlers strike up for ring-dances and maypole games at the Sollerön heritage homestead from 3 p.m. each midsummer eve.
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"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
"A decorated wagon procession with banner-bearers and fiddlers winds from Enåbron to the ancient timber farmstead of Rättviks Gammelgård, where the maypole is dressed and raised in full Dalarna folk costume."
Midsommarfirande vid Rättviks Gammelgård
"Orsa Spelmanslag provides the fiddle music as the folk-dance troupe performs traditional dances among the log buildings of the heritage yard before the public joins in for maypole ring-dances on Midsummer Day."
Midsommarfirande på Orsa Hembygdsgård
"In this high-valley village east of Mora, the folk-dance troupe carries the flower garland into the old gammelgård to open Midsummer Day celebrations with maypole-raising, dancing and traditional dress."
Midsommarfirande vid Våmhus Gammelgård
"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
"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
"This village hembygdspark celebration in the Kronoberg forest combines dancing round the midsummer pole with a tombola, shooting gallery, ball-toss and coffee stall, enlivened by a duo of folk-pop troubadours."
Midsommarfirande i Angelstads hembygdspark
"Ryssby village gathers in its hembygdspark for traditional singing and dancing round the maypole from 2 p.m., with homemade cakes and the invitation to arrive the evening before to help dress the pole with flowers."
Midsommarfirande i Ryssby hembygdspark