{"id":237980,"date":"2024-06-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=237980"},"modified":"2024-07-07T21:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:44:43","slug":"traditioner-vid-midsommar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer traditions - are they kept alive and are they changing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Midsummer traditions are important, probably for most Swedes. The traditions evoke memories from childhood, provide links to history and make us Swedes feel that we have something in common. But will they be kept alive, and are they changing?<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7d63c5f404\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7d63c5f404\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/#Viktiga_midsommartraditioner\" >Important midsummer traditions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/#Vad_behovs_for_att_midsommartraditionerna_ska_hallas_vid_liv\" >What is needed to keep Midsummer traditions alive?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/#Forandras_midsommartraditionerna\" >Are Midsummer traditions changing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/#Nagra_funderingar_%E2%80%A6\" >Some thoughts...<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/traditioner-vid-midsommar\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-viktiga-midsommartraditioner\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Viktiga_midsommartraditioner\"><\/span>Important midsummer traditions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the traditional Midsummer celebrations, held at local farms around the country, attract large numbers of people. Meanwhile, many Swedes living abroad try to keep traditions alive with Swedish flags, strawberries and herring from IKEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We celebrated this year traditional (very nice!) midsummer at Forsa forng\u00e5rd outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/gora-i-hudiksvall\/\">Hudiksvall<\/a>, and then headed to the beautiful Ur\u00f6 G\u00e5rd St\u00e4llplats campsite. 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Things that people like are often kept alive, plain and simple! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, organising the big celebrations requires commitment, for example in the form of associations at local farms, and we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. 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