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Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen together comprise one of the central holidays in the Swedish calendar. With its beginnings in ancient pagan fertility rites, Midsummer in Sweden remains tied to longstanding practices: traditionally occurring across 23 and 24 June, but now held on the Friday and Saturday which fall between\u00a019 June and 26 June, the main festivities during Midsommarafton see dancing around a maypole, as families gather and sing songs, children jump in close imitation of frogs, and people wear crowns made of wild flowers.<\/p>\n

I was in Skellefte\u00e5 over the past weekend, and took these photographs of the city, its celebrations, Landsf\u00f6rsamling church, and\u00a0Lejonstr\u00f6msbron bridge.<\/p>\n

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With its beginnings in ancient pagan fertility rites, Midsummer in Sweden remains tied to longstanding practices: traditionally occurring across 23 and 24 June, but now held on the Friday and Saturday which fall between\u00a019 June and 26 June, the main festivities 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