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Midsommardagen in Sweden

Midsommardagen in Sweden is held on June 21. Celebrated on Friday, falling between June 20 and 26. This event in the third decade of the month June is annual. Help us Help us 
21 June - Midsommardagen in Sweden
Midsummer started as a way to welcome summer (and maybe fertility). According to Sweden's Nordic Museum, Midsummer celebrations originally developed from a Christian holiday for John the Baptist, which took place on 24 June. Rather than having Midsummer always fall on a different day of the week, it was decided in 1953 that it should always be on the Friday between 20 and 26 June.
Most Swedish cities have their own Midsummer event, and many are marked by dancing around a flower-covered maypole, which some have interpreted as a representation of fertility (however, others argue that no explicit connection has been found between the two).

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National Day in SwedenNational Day in Sweden on June 6 (marks the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union);
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Alexanderson Day in SwedenAlexanderson Day in Sweden on June 30 (celebrated on the Sunday closest to July 2);
Fallens Dagar or The Waterfall Days in Trollhättan, SwedenFallens Dagar or The Waterfall Days in Trollhättan, Sweden on July 19 (Held on the third Friday every year since 1959, the festival is famous for its great music, fun activities, entertaining performances and exciting competitions.);
Olsok or St. Olaf's DayOlsok or St. Olaf's Day on July 29 (King Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway is remembered as Rex perpetuus Norvegiae, the Eternal King of Norway. Olsok is a national day of celebration in the Nordic countries of Norway and the Faroe Islands, and also in the provinces of Härjedalen in Sweden and Savonlinna in Finland)
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