Traditional Swedish Midsummer Celebration in New York City

On the Friday closest to the actual summer solstice, Swedes celebrate Midsummer's Eve, rejoicing in the light of the sun and the arrival of summer with traditional midsummer festivities throughout the weekend. This major holiday is usually celebrated in the heart of nature, as Swedes head out to the countryside to enjoy food, drink, games, dancing and general revelry.

This year Midsummer's Eve falls on June 22 and the holiday will be celebrated in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan, as families and children of all ages help decorate the midsummer pole, make flower wreaths, play traditional games, and dance to the authentic fiddle music of Äkta Spelmän led by Paul Dahlin.  The folk dancing will be led by Jeanne Eriksson Widman.  A number of food stands will offer traditional delicacies from New York's finest Swedish restaurants.

Swedish Midsummer Celebration
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
Battery Park City
New York, NY
June 22, 2007 at 5–8 pm

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The Swedish Midsummer Celebration is presented by Battery Park City Parks Conservancy and co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Sweden in New York. For more information about the event and a complete list of contributors, visit: www.nycmidsummer.com

NOTE: The Consulate General of Sweden in New York does not organize or sponsor any midsummer event other than the celebration in Battery Park City.